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How to track my journey: the website is http://www.trainweb.org/capt/AmtrakMapsForward.html. This is a site run by a railfan/computer geek. It scrapes train status off the Amtrak site and presents it in a much more helpful form than Amtrak does. My trains are #449 ( Read more... )

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I paid a few bills today, as usual by computer. My current computerized system goes back to 1988, and since there's no incentive to ever delete anything, there are some rather old names in there. These days, my level of detail wasn't quite as fine as then ( Read more... )

By request, here's my wish list. Sorry it's the only thing I've done here for many months.

Last year, I started using a chimney to start the coals rather than the starter fluid that I'd used forever. Right off the bat, it's worked great, giving fast, consistent results. The only wrinkle I forsee is a lack of newsprint in the future ( Read more... )

Walking home from an organ concert a couple of weekends ago, I paused as I walked past the park benches so I could read the dedication plaques. This one in particular got my attention:


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I read my first facebook death notice yesterday. It was for the grandfather of a guy at work, and I saw him several times yesterday but didn't know about the death until I got home and looked at fb.

I though I was all set for April 1st, but today I found I was even further ahead than I thought ( Read more... )

18.9 - I haven't posted the daily bike milage for a while but this one's notable because it's a lot bigger than the usual 5 I run up going to and from work. It's also notable because the extra miles weren't run up before or after the regular commute ( Read more... )