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The deposit racket
I was up until midnight last night cleaning the apartment, and I still have miles to go. At least this is a timed activity, over by August 31. Otherwise I could be there for another weak detailing the apartment. This has become my personal odessey to discover whether deposits are truly a racket, and whether…
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Moving
I have too much stuff. I must get rid of some/all of it. I cannot believe I once lived on a boat, and only a short year ago. Now my living room looks like a Chinese shipyard with 43 container ships lined up drop off more junk. It’s probably nice that I don’t have a…
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43 things
Has anybody seen this site, 43 things? It looks intriguing. I’m going to try it. It may have something to do with David Allen’s book, which I stumbled across when looking for project management resources for work. I got that Magnolia house, by the way. That would have been #1 in my 43 things to…
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Looking for new places
I am moving from my Eastlake apartment. I have found narrowed it down to couple places that look nice. Ross House — Right by Kate and Jordan Magnolia Bungalow — By the train tracks in Magnolia I told the guy in the Magnolia place I’d take it last night. Then I found the place by…
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Finding Neverland
I was thinking that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was a fluke for Johnny Depp. Finding Neverland confirms this. He doesn’t overact in this film. The soul of J.M. Barrie shines through, in a non-creepy, non-Willie Wonka sort of way. It almost seems like CCF was a poor satire of this story, which follows a…
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Some recent photos
Loren and I celebrating on the Champs Elysees with Lance, Peter Kowalke came to visit, and of course, a couple Bertie shots. {gallery [tour_peter_bertie]} Here are some photos my new Motorolla v3 RAZR took. Not terrible for a phone, not great either. {gallery [phonePictures]} From left to right: A great self portrait, mug shot, Kei…
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I’m going to do it this time…
Get out of debt. OK. I understand it’s forboten to talk about money in public, makes you seem petty, small minded, bourgeois. But I don’t care. I’m throwing down the gauntlet to the credit card companies and their usurous 20-30% rates. No longer shall they have control over my life. I’ve set a date of…
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Ghost Cycle
http://www.ghostcycle.org/ I saw two of these bikes on my way to work today. Spooky.
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Two chocolate covered thumbs down…
I saw “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” last night. What a dissapointment. I wanted to believe in Willie Wonka, but nothing Johnny Depp did convinced. Also, the characters were one dimensional — the very cute Charlie never had to make a tough decision about whether to sell the Everlasting Gobstopper to Mr. Slugworth. It’s too…
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Poor Rasmussen
He was in 3rd. 4 bike changes and 2 crashes later, he is in 7th. Did he throw the race on purpose? Or did somebody sabotage his bike? Maybe he just has a fear of being third for 7 years in a row, like Jan. We may never know.