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I’ve taken a few pictures of the place as it was left for us; not pictured the creative use of extension cords to provide power external structures and my shame at not getting a proper inspection
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Instead of a rundown of 2009, let’s look towards getting things done in 2010.  2009 was a good year; I’ve been employed at something my High  School Career councilor said was my certain destiny.  Wait.  Is that Good?  I’m meeting expectations.  Does that make me a B student? I spoke to a conference on Anti-Spam...
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Yikes!  I’m blocked now by the way, so I cannot respond directly.  The Comment in question (one of around 4 I have ever left on Melanie’s photos) was something along the lines of: “Wow, this is awesome, I’m so jealous.  Can you feel my jealousy falling on you, it’s like grease paint and jealously coming...
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We’ve had a dog for about 9 days now; Lucy the “Jug” or “Puggle” or “Jack Russel Mutant” something.  She’s about four months old and just getting the hang of asking to go out and not chewing on our hands for comfort.  She’s small enough to pick up and carry around, but large enough...
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I was away up North East of here in Sutton, Ontario.  Sutton is a small cottage-y town with a all the amenities of a normal sized town plus the benefits of being a Cottage Town.  Idyllic location, easy-goign residents and easy access to a lake.  Awesome. Anit and Alex threw this Party (Meat Fest) in...
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This outline includes a meal I haven’t eaten yet What do I do about this?  Just accept that I’ve only had 1400 calories today and move on?  Won’t that Starve my system into holding onto calories?  What should I do in this situation?
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I’m on a diet along with going to the gym; but keeping to my meal plans is expensive and time consuming.  I know weight loss isn’t easy; but I needed a way to track myself better. Check this out for today: This actually covers a meal I haven’t had yet; so I’m WAY behind on my...
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I’ve written about my daughter’s nascent fundamentalism before; it finally erupted into real problems for me over the past month. It seems that a discussion about the Lenten Fast (Chocolate for Her if you must know) at a friend’s house led a major arguement and a dream in which God told my little girl that...
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I received this note because NathanW thinks I am a literary geek. 1) What author do you own the most books by? William Gibson if you don’t include Comics/Graphic Novels | Warren Ellis if you do 2) What book do you own the most copies of? Choke 3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions? No,...
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Sometime this morning while I was still in bed and Jen was upstairs with me (we don’t go to bed until 3-4 AM on work nights) our downstairs toilet overflowed or backed up. This is the result: This s the northwest corner of our basement, it looks better now as the water has stopped. ...
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