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Holiday dinners with the family are usually rather subdued affairs. It's always the kid (me) and 4-7 people a generation older. This one was a little different though. They had asked me to show up half an hour early and get Skype going on their computer (after I donated them an old webcam and a headset) so that we could do some remotes out to ( Read more... )

So I got chatting with the cousins yesterday. This coming after a voicemail of "Yo. Are you alive? Haven't seen you in awhile ( Read more... )

That place we went on Saturday night? It's a stealth Applebee's spinoff. And we went to test balloon #1. Clifton, NJ is their first location.

Hey, it was definitely good, but it did feel a little chain-restaurantish, did it not?

Tomorrow, after work, I imagine I'll clink glasses with a few co-workers. The last of my financial obligations to loans from RPI will finally disappear tomorrow, when the EFT clears. Thus, there are small celebration plans in the works ( Read more... )

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But it does appear that Jimmy Carter is now our Dean of living United States Presidents.

I have placed our American flag back in the window, and it is backlit. I will time the lights to keep the flag lit during my time away in upstate New York.

Gerald Ford, rest in peace sir.

Two new tires to replace the ones I only got 20,000 miles out of. $390.

Freakin' Jersey roads! At least I know I'm driving safely.

The Scarlet Knights of Rutgers are the talk of the state today. People are leaving the office to go down and tailgate. Tonight's game against Louisville is being touted as the most important game in their history since 1869, when Rutgers played Princeton in the first-ever collegiate football game ( Read more... )

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