Category Archives: Life

Jury Duty…

I started the week by reporting for jury duty promptly at 8am on Monday.  Well, perhaps not so promptly as a wreck caused me to be 15 minutes late.  No worries, after reporting in, I sat for 2.5 hours until … Continue reading

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King of the Rain

Having a Counting Crows kinda weekend here in Dallas.

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The Batt

I just discovered that the student-produced newspaper of my university has made its way online.  That’s no surprise, its probably been online for quite some time.  You can find The Battalion here. I only found it because I was wondering … Continue reading

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More things I wonder about…

I started noting things I wonder about here.  Here are a couple more: Wondering about the term "meteoric rise."  The term is used to describe a dramatic upswing and yet all meteors do is fall quickly to the ground and … Continue reading

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The Four-Way Stop

I don’t know how it came up, but Suzanne and I have discovered that we have two very firm, but different beliefs on how a four-way stop is navigated.  These are such long-held beliefs that even if we find out … Continue reading

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Things I wonder about…

I have things I wonder about and mean to post, but always seems to forget them.  Here are two: Why does my printer (HP OfficeJet v40) print pages from first to last?  The result of this is that the first … Continue reading

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Unfortunate Car Trouble…

I had a strange car trouble episode today.  It started as I arrived at work today at 8am.  Like always, I got out of my car and used my keyless remote to lock the car.  But as I did so, … Continue reading

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Our Christmas Tree

This is a post mostly directed at my Mother who requested a picture of our Christmas Tree — a tree with a couple of ornaments she gave us. I should say that this is the first tree I’ve had since … Continue reading

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Christmas Gifts…

When I added Suzanne to my life, it was a package deal.  Coming with her was a 3-year-old cat which Suzanne rescued from a shelter two years ago.  I’ve never really been a cat person and in fact, I’ve always … Continue reading

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Miscellaneous Stuff

Today we went to see "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire".  This is now the second Harry Potter movie that I’ve seen without having read the corresponding book.  I managed to read the first two books, so I had … Continue reading

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