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A second chance
Last year I attempted to get a promotion at a foreign office my company has. The potential for a great adventure was deep in my mind. Alas it didn't happen. Now however, the chance has presented itself again and I'm still interested. Maybe even more so ( Read more... ) -
Dog injury
Lefty tore a dewclaw on our walk last night and it was bleeding all over. I nearly went to the vet ER but the bleeding stopped after a lot of licking by Lefty. I cleaned and dressed the wound as best I could and went to the vet today. The doctor removed the damaged nail and bandaged his leg. Lefty is doing okay now but he was pretty stressed out. I ( Read more... ) -
Jersey Boys
This year I went to fewer concerts but instead saw more musicals. On Saturday, I enjoyed the modern hit "Jersey Boys". Basing a show on the lives of an iconic band ensure that at least the music will be a highlight. "American Idiot" uses Green Day music but isn't about the band itself. In contrast, "Pippin" was fun in all areas except the music ( Read more... ) -
What a character
A few weeks back, I went to see a show at the improv theater as part of a date. The manager recognized me from when I took a beginner class there 1 year ago. That little greeting was enough to push me to enroll for level 2 ( Read more... ) -
Checking in
A month without a post is too long and so I'm writing today despite not having too much to write about. Perhaps that lack of content is itself worth writing. As the end of the year comes to it's final 6 weeks, work seems to slow down. Everyone is made aware that all that time off they earned is about to expire and the office becomes noticeably more ( Read more... ) -
The Twin Cities
Through some fortune at work, I was called on to attend a tech conference in St. Paul. As I had never been to the Twin Cities before, I arrived a couple days early for site-seeing. Here are some thoughts on that trip ( Read more... ) -
Bad caps
My TV started to fail last week when it wouldn't power on at first. After a few minutes or so, eventually it would turn on. I learned this is a common problem so much that a class action lawsuit was filed against the manufacturer for the defect. They settled and offer to fix all the broken TVs. Unfortunately that offer expired last year so I was ( Read more... ) -
The Greatest Show on Earth
Having recently finished a novel that takes place in a circus (Water for Elephants), my curiosity for circus history was peaked. All of the various mergers were barely enough to keep the circus business alive and today we're pretty much left with one show: Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey ( Read more... )