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December 22nd, 2008 No Comments

I didn't even have to fire up Oracle to figure out the date math. That's right, like any self-respecting geek, I used Python: (datetime.datetime.now()-datetime.datetime(2008,3,30)).days

Since the last post, I've taken just over 1000 pictures, traveled to seven states (only one on business), gained three staff and lost four (or five, depending on how you're counting). I've [...]

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March 28th, 2008 1 Comment

It's interesting to step back from myself, and try to figure out the stew of emotions I'm in. I feel like I've completed this tremendous ordeal, or I've been granted some fundamental reprieve. Very emotional, very odd - perhaps because it's an ending, with several different closures.

The team at the office all chipped in [...]

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Three

March 27th, 2008 No Comments

Trying to pack this place is like tackling the freaking Augean Stables. Vacuuming under the couch I found, along with three buckeyes, a superball, and an orange tic-tac, Chance's MP3 player. And under my bedside table was the flash drive I'd written off - I guess it was just the night for recovering solid state [...]

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Four

March 26th, 2008 No Comments

The kitchen is taking up 80% of my time, with the combination of trying to plan meals through Saturday morning, and throwing out stuff I know neither I nor the next tenants will want (like six different powdered drink mixes: strawberry Nesquik, chocolate Nesquik, banana Nesquik, Horlick's (don't ask), Tesco cocoa, and Cadbury cocoa).

I sent [...]

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Five

March 25th, 2008 No Comments

Bookstore today for material for the plane: the first three Discworld books. I am, possibly, the last person in the world to discover Terry Pratchett. And by "world", I mean "people who like to read what I like to read."

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