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Help! I'm overweight, understrong, and totally sick of it.
I spent last weekend attempting to get my open water scuba diving certification. While I knew I was out of shape, I didn't realize I was =that= out of shape. I managed to make the first dive on Saturday, for 25 minutes. By the time we suited up and went out for the second dive I felt tired. Really tired. But I threw on my gear and made it as far as ( Read more... ) -
What is the sound of one ukelele playing Brittney Spears?
Last night Matt and I attended a concert at the Moore Theater. Jonathan Coulton was rocking the house, with Paul and Storm opening up the act. Somewhere in there a woman named Molly showed up with a ukelele and played a ukelele solo version of Toxic, which was just about as awesome as it gets. On top of that, JC rocked the house hard, slow, long, ( Read more... ) -
Home for the Holidays
All but one year of my life I've spent Christmas with my parents. Since Matt's family is not a huge fan of the holiday I pretty much rely on my family to bring out the happy spirit in me. This year I haven't had much spirit, and being cooped up in the condo surrounded by snow has not helped much. We've missed every holiday party, pretty much, and ( Read more... ) -
Why bother?
I know it's the holiday season, and people want to stay in touch, letting me know they are thinking of me. Usually this is done through the sending of holiday cards. I open it up, find a beautiful or funny card, and read a heart-warming message from friends and family. I am reminded of how dear they are to me, and learn what is going on in their ( Read more... ) -
Still reeling
Matt took pics of the TV at 8pm when it was being announced on CNN. I realized that in the entire time I've known him we've pretty much never had a democratic president. We met mid-2000, right as Bush was winning ( Read more... ) -
I like bacon, but....
This scares me.
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I'm a maverick
The past month or so has made for some really interesting newswatching on multiple issues. Clearly the state of the financial arena in the US as well as internationally has been grinding to a halt, and even passed legislation hasn't quite kick-started it like some expected. The other big topic is the election. I've watched all the debates. I've ( Read more... ) -
Seattle Public Library book sales
As an FYI for everyone, the next few Seattle Friends of the Library book sales are:
November 22, 2008: mini-holiday booksale
April 17-19, 2009: spring book sale
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Aging is the greatest
Yesterday while leaving the grocery store at lunch I overheard two men nearby who were also leaving the grocery store. Middle-aged, balding, and slightly paunched might describe them nicely. So what do I hear them saying ( Read more... ) -
Wednesday morning updates
Matt is in NYC at the Web 2.0 conference, speaking even as I type this ( Read more... )