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I have always taken weather for granted when I was in northern california - having sloshed through one winter in Oregon, I don't do that anymore. We've had an awesome October and I liked it a lot! I rented a john deere tractor - towed it on a trailor behind my truck and levelled my driveway. That doesn't seem like a lot, but it was my first ( Read more... )

anyone watch scrubs? It's a smash comedy - one of the central love interests is a black man and a puerto rican woman experiencing marriage. I think the writers are doing a great job getting through some issues that while much less of a 'big deal' today than 15 years ago, are drawing an audience. bravo.

five factor personality profile

well... not very detailed input - but the output is not too far off

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A quiet weekend, more of a sense of family than it has been in quite a while. My own understanding of a new start, a new demand, a new response. My faith is not about happiness - for that is dependent on circumstances. My faith is dependent on joy, something about relationships. When the joy is hard to find, then there's something going on (or ( Read more... )

It was a week away from the routine - a few days to focus on what's happening in the big world of web stuff, a long night with an friend to listen, a long day's drive from the bay area to oregon with my best friend, a couple of days feeling mostly useless as I tried to assist him in painting the boat, then shear and utter collapse at 8pm as the ( Read more... )

So I'm here attending a conference on topics related to what I'm supposed to do at work. The information is interesting but my opportunity to act on it is so limited I'm frustrated. One book that I have added to my must read list: "The Wisdom of Crowds" ( Amazon ). These kinds of things get some very interesting keynote speakers, this guy was ( Read more... )

( philosophical waxings of a middle aged man with a highly functioning autistic son )

( boring stuff to most people about the 'temperature' of white light )

I'm clearly not in California anymore - if the weather wasn't a constant reminder, the drivers certainly are. Be warned - if you drive in Oregon, you can expect completely insensitive drivers on the road. I thought the gorilla driving tactics I learned while living in Munich were no longer required after I came back to the US, but I'm glad I ( Read more... )