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The temptation to acquire a house is strong
I have written on this blog numerous times that I wish I didn’t own property and how I don’t plan to buy any for a long, long time. My previous experience with it was too unpleasant (namely, that my...
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My first post from my new Surface
I just got a new Microsoft Surface from work and I am using it to type this blog post. My first impression of the Surface RT – pretty cool. I like it. The keyboard makes it way easier to type stuff...
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This blog’s 2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 4,400 views in 2012. If...
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2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,600 times in 2013. If it...
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I knew him when!
Have you ever wished you knew someone famous so you could say “I knew him when?” Well, that’s happening to me right now. About a month ago, Canadian magician Darcy Oake appeared on Britain’s Got...
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Could I ever win Britain’s/America’s Got Talent? No.
Following up on previous post about Darcy Oake, I started thinking to myself “Could I ever win Britain’s or America’s Got Talent?” After all, I’m a magician. If I practiced up a bit, could I win? Those...
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Quick picture from Turkey!
Just a quick picture for your viewing pleasure, here I am at the ancient city of Tlos, part of the Lycian empire which was in southwest Turkey for several centuries before being conquered by the...
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Sleepy cats
The two cats of ours – Ruby and Esmerelda – are a couple of sleepy heads, like all cats are. But the two of them have different habits. Both cats will sleep in the bedroom at night. However, Ruby (the...
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Could 10 years ago have predicted where I am today?
I recently read an article somewhere (I forget where) that if you want to look at someone’s future 10 years from now, look at what they are doing today. If I look at myself and where I am now, would 10...
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Attention technology: stop reinforcing that which I already like
You know, technology is great… most of the time. It’s great at making things easier, and over the past ten years, it’s been great at connecting me to other people with social networks. This blog gets...
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Switched from a Windows Phone to an iPhone
Well, I finally did it. In 2011, I got a Windows Phone because my company paid for it. In Jan 2013, I upgraded to a Windows Phone 8 because the company paid for it again. I’m all for getting free...
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Forget France, I guess we’ll take England instead
In May (I’m writing this a little after the fact), the wife and I took a trip to Cologne, Germany where I had a conference to attend. But before the conference, we were going to take a few days in...
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I don’t think Bill Cosby will be convicted
I’ve loosely been tracking the trial of Bill Cosby – the TV star from the 1980’s and 1990’s. He’s had a whole stack of sexual harassment allegations spanning multiple decades, and his accusers have...
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I can’t seem to stop breaking dishes
The wife and I hand wash our dishes. This means that instead of using the dishwasher, we pop them in the sink and do them by hand. I don’t mind doing this, it only adds perhaps 10-15 minutes to clean...
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Two big fundamental problems I have with President Trump
Am I seriously doing another blog post? Yup, I guess so. Myself and some friends were talking about President Trump the other night, I just can’t help myself. I articulated why I have problems with...
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“Higher taxes creates jobs how?” Here’s how
The wife and I the other day went down to Mt. St Helen’s. This is about a 3-hour drive from where we live. The city of Seattle is heavily Democratic (capital D). Yet once you get out of the city and...
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I played Ultimate Frisbee today, and boy, did I realize I am not at peak...
Today, I went to a church picnic, and afterwards a group of about 12 of us went to play a game of ultimate frisbee. We played for a bit, and after about 30 minutes when some of the other players...
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Remember that episode on the Simpsons when Homer goes to clown college?...
Remember that episode on the Simpsons when Homer went to clown college? It all started when the first day of the month, Homer declared it was new billboard day! He sees ads that he found desirable...
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What a difference a year makes
About a year and a half ago, we got Esmerelda, the younger cat in the household. When she first arrived, she was super needy. She kept crawling into my lap while I was eating, she kept shoving her face...
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The irony of being sick is that when the worst is behind me, that’s when...
I’m currently writing this on a Tuesday, and two weeks ago on a Wednesday, I got sick. That means it’s been 14 days. It started as a sore throat, and then a stuffed + runny nose the next day, and then...
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