If this shows up then I've successfully published this from google docs.  Very awesome given LJ's kinda nasty posting/spell check UI.

Here's instructions on setting it up: http://documents.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37571

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I've yet to really say anything about my trip to Germany.  Most likely because Rachel showed me up pretty nicely out of the gate ;o)  She did a great write up that gives a nice day to day view of what we did, starting in Rudesheim.  I recommend you check them all out.

The main things I remember about Germany was just how much it felt like I fit.   ( Read more... )

1. BioShock is an awesome game and I finished it in like 5 days ( Read more... )

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In the continuing line of 'Rachel does research and Shane agrees that's an awesome thing to have'* I today finally bought the luggage for Rachel and my Germany trip.   The bag is from a cool company in Montana called Red Oxx, and soon two of them will be the only things accompanying us to Germany.   I thought I was going to have to go with ( Read more... )

A year ago I left a hotel room, a nice one too, in Boise Idaho and made the final leg of my trip to Seattle.  The weather is about the same now as it was a year ago, but the time in between has been very different.  There are trees everywhere in place of the convenience of anything you want within a 5 minute drive; The temperature tops out in the ( Read more... )

The other night I came across an episode of That 70's Show that I hadn't seen before. It was a musical show and pretty good. One part stuck with me the most though.

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I'm pretty sure the first time I ever heard this song was at the end of Starman which I happened to catch the end of on tv when I was pretty young. Starman was a love story, with a ( Read more... )

A week or so ago Neal Stephenson gave a talk at work about this new book Anathem.  During the talk I kinda zoned out and started to think about typography and visual presentation of books.  My subconcious took audio and put it together with literature and came up with the thought of covering literature much like you might cover a song, give a ( Read more... )

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With the election coming up I'm reminded of an Americanism that kind of baffles me.  In such a free society, with two very distinct political parties that seem to only be able to hope to garner .1% over the other every four year, why isa vast portion of society so secretive about who they will or did vote for?  We live in a society that lives, and ( Read more... )