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In Which Habits Have Actually Been Formed!
It's about that time to keep myself accountable again:
Guitar: Big breakthrough, just yesterday. I've been practicing the same stuff, but just couldn't get motivated to do more than sit at my computer and mess around with a couple of chords for 10 or 15 minutes at a time, which wasn't really getting me anywhere. I had a giftcard from Christmas, ( Read more... ) -
In Which Little Things Add Up
Continuing on with my good habits reports:
Guitar: Progressing about the same. Learned the chords for Outkast's "Hey Ya!" and have been working on that this week -- still can't quite change chords fast enough, so my slow-ass version sounds like an easy-listening cover. Practice makes perfect. Need to push myself more to keep learning new chords ( Read more... ) -
In Which I Keep at Those Pesky Habits
Haven't posted about my goals in a couple of months now, so here's my regular dose of keeping myself accountable:
- Bike to work 2-4 times per week: This has been a rousing success. I learned that until I get a little stronger, my knee really bothers me if I ride more than 3 days a week. I'm soon nearing the time where it will be a little too cold ( Read more... )
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In Which Habits Are Somewhat Formed
Back at the beginning of August, I set some goals for myself, and promised to keep this up to date on progress, more for my own accountability than for anything else. So here goes:
- Bike to work 2-4 times per week: Made good progress the first two weeks of August, riding 2 days one week and 3 days the next. Did something to my right knee and ( Read more... )
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In Which We Are Debt Free!
This doesn't seem like a post that's fit for Facebook or Google+, so it goes here for lack of a better forum.
I am incredibly proud of my wife/partner-in-crime apassingfancy; today we paid off our car loan, and are debt free but for our mortgage! I'm not sure what our true total of debt repayment is, since we both used credit cards for years and had paid student ( Read more... ) -
In Which I Discuss Debt, and the Freedom From It, Among Other Things
Wow. It's been a long time since I've posted here. I've found that the sort of things I tend to share are shorter, and more easily shared these days on Facebook or Google+. But this one is something that's better served by a somewhat longer format, so here goes ( Read more... ) -
In Which I Finally Post
So, I barely use this thing anymore because I find the desire just isn't there to share anything beyond pithy one-liners or links to interesting content, and Facebook meets my needs just fine for that ( Read more... ) -
In Which We Remind Ourselves, Lest We Forget That Our Former President Was A Total Nutjob
I shouldn't be surprised, but somewhere deep down inside me, the last vestiges of sanity have cracked. It is all I can do to sit at the keyboard and type these words without jibbering like a madman ( Read more... ) -
In Which I Link To The Best Story Ever Written
Let Us Now Praise Awesome Dinosaurs.
I did not write this, but part of me (the awesome part) wishes that I had. Big thanks to untoward for pointing it my way. -
In Which Sometimes You Really Are Just Stupid
And by "You," I mean "I."
So, having worked in tech support for long enough back in college, I was well aware that there is a very fundamental reason why the first question you always ask someone who's computer won't turn on is "Is it plugged in?" Because sometimes it isn't. It's worth all the sighs you get when you ask, because if it isn't ( Read more... )