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  • Browser Junkie

    I think I may be a browser junkie...Right now, I'm using the new Mac beta of Google's Chrome to post this.

    Downloading Chrome means I now have 6, count 'em 6, browsers on my machine: Camino (my default), Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome, and Internet Explorer (not on the [...]
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    Posted: December 09, 2009, 8:07am EST

  • Dinner @ Black Sheep Tonight

    Dinner @ The Black Sheep tonight with one out-of-town and other in-town friends. I had never been. I liked the place -- the "Ara Burger" (I think that's what they called it) -- lentil based -- good, except I didn't like the horseradishy/pickly stuff they put on it. The [...]
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    Posted: December 08, 2009, 9:23pm EST

  • Mellow Weekend

    Seasonal ActivitiesYesterday was a cold rainy day, so I spent time addressing Christmas cards and doing laundry.

    Then, last evening, I went over to help a friend get his tree out of the basement (and "fluff" it), so I turned on my iPhone for music -- I don't' [...]
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    Posted: December 06, 2009, 11:38am EST

  • Style Article on Union Hill

    I found this article interesting. The guy fighting the Union Hill historic district is right, of course -- gentrification WILL force out long term residents.

    It sounds, though, like gentrification is already happening in Union Hill -- the historic district designation would just speed that up, I think.
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    Posted: December 05, 2009, 9:01pm EST

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    Posted: December 04, 2009, 8:35pm EST

  • Lewis Ginter Christmas Lights

    Friend and I went to Lewis Ginter tonight to see the lights. Remember how I helped hang some of the lights, so I figured I should go! And it was a member night, so we got in for free.

    They moved some of the butterflies that we got [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 11:37pm EST

  • Lewis Ginter Christmas Lights

    Friend and I went to Lewis Ginter tonight to see the lights. Remember how I helped hang some of the lights, so I figured I should go! And it was a member night, so we got in for free.

    They moved some of the butterflies that we got [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 11:37pm EST

  • The Lemon Tree is in Da House...

    Lemon TreeIt's supposed to get well below freezing here this week for the first time this season, so I had to get my Grandmother's lemon tree into the house. The tree always gets too big for the house, so I lop it off every year before I bring it in. [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 5:56pm EST

  • Squareup

    This is sort of interesting to me. There are already iPhone apps that let you take a credit card (by inputting the number), but this is a device that plugs into the headphone jack and let's you swipe a credit card.

    The other thing that is REALLY nice is' [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 8:18pm EST

  • Latest Great Nephew!

    I've already posted this on Facebook, but here it is for K-D.

    My second great-nephew was born today. Here's a pic, fresh outta the oven --


    Some pictures I took when I went over to the hospital tonight --


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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 5:47pm EST

  • Uncomfortable Exam

    Lawd, the trials and tribulations of a gay man...

    First off, this post is about a medical issue, so you might want to bail out now if you don't like medical topics...

    Secondly, I'll skip directly to the punch line -- I'm fine, no medical issue here.
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 5:27pm EST

  • Google Translate

    I used Google Translate to translate K-D today, just for kicks. The French is not too bad...there's some good French in there (although there's some funky stuff too), but most of it would be understandable by someone who didn't speak English.

    I'm surprised that the translator automatically made [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 6:23pm EST

  • Ride Today...and Christmas Lights...etc.

    Ride TodayI went on a bike ride with the local bike association today. It was just shy of 36 miles, which is the longest ride I have done. It was in the East End -- mostly flat, although there were some hills in the last part of the ride, and [...]
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    Posted: November 29, 2009, 5:45pm EST

  • Hail, Carrots, Friends, Trojans

    HailSo, I was waiting around for a bike ride today to see if it would warm up any...and it started getting colder...and then the hail storm made my decision about whether I was going biking!



    CarrotsI had totally forgotten sowing some carrot seeds earlier this [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 4:06pm EST

  • Friday After

    Yesterday, I got a brief bike ride on the commuter bike during the morning (with only a minor turnover on some wet leaves at the park).

    And then had a very nice time visiting with my sisters. We don't get as much time as I'd like for just the [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 12:39pm EST

  • Fascinatin'

    Whenever I shop for Christmas, I also usually buy stuff for myself also. Recently, I bought the DVD for that Star Trek movie that was in the theaters earlier this year.

    There were a couple of extras on the DVD, including a gag reel. Really, not many bloopers, but [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 8:41pm EST

  • 23 years!

    Ya know...I almost posted this when I first saw the story but decided against it...It is just painful for me to think about!

    A Belgian car crash victim who was misdiagnosed as being in a vegetative state for 23 years was conscious the whole time, it has emerged.

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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:36pm EST

  • Musings on a Cold Rainy Monday

    Counting down the days until the long holiday! It will be nice to be off! I am still not sure what I'll be doing on Thanksgiving. The standoff between my Mom and me is creating emotional stress fractures in the family.

    The middle sister has been on again,' [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:27pm EST

  • Garnett's, Pennyshaker @ Bogart's

    Had a good time last night.

    I did a quick run to the wine store to pick up a couple of bottles of a favorite Nebbiolo to take with me to a couple of "day after Thanksgiving" parties that I've been invited to (no, alas, the cutie that' [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:47am EST

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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:04pm EST

  • Leaving That Awful Smell...

    I think I might have posted about this before, but I have always liked this quirky song by the Bobs --
    Spontaneous Human Combustion

    Poof! There goes another one! LOL!


    Here's the iTunes link to the song.' [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:42pm EST

  • Youtubes

    I never pictured an Hasidic Reggae singer...


    And I liked this one --


    Youtube is good for some things, but one thing it is NOT good for is finding clips of songs from TV shows. I wanted to find a clip of Willow singing to Tara [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 7:24am EST

  • Mantra

    Today was the first sunny day in a week! So, I got my butt out on a bike ride.

    It was a good bike ride, but there were several hills that were hard -- the worst was the hill from the Huguenot bridge up River Rd to Cary St. [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 8:09pm EST

  • Lazy Saturday

    Lazy day so far...clouds, and the marathon, 1/2 marathon, and 8K is today, so it would be a hassle to get out in the car right now. I usually go out and clap for a while, but I have this feeling that I'm just going to hang out inside today.' [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 9:57am EST

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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 2:10am EST

  • Enoteca Sogno

    Deege and I went to Enoteca Sogno for dinner last night -- wine bar with good Italian food.

    I liked it. I'll go back. One blogger suggested that it was overlooked and that is is an alternative to the crowded Edo's Squid and to Mama Zu's. I'd [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 12:30pm EST

  • Mid-week Holiday

    I have today off. It's been 20 years since I have worked at a place that had Veteran's Day off. It's an odd holiday because it has never been moved to Monday -- so this year, it falls smack dab on hump day.

    It's been rainy and cool, but [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 1:07pm EST

  • Monday, oh Monday

    Update: this post was so effing whiney that the next day, even I didn't like reading it, lol! So I hid it...but I've decided that, given all the other crap I've let hang out there on this journal, why should I be concerned about airing this, right? So, here it' [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 6:59pm EST

  • Hangin'

    I've been kinda doing my own thing lately...not really posting on here or Facebook very much.

    I went to First Fridays -- I liked the black and white silent movie that was projected on the building on Jefferson St. -- I had not seen that before. And I was' [...]
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    Posted: November 08, 2009, 10:37am EST

  • Baby Cries Match Parents Language Patterns

    Of course, I found this interesting --

    A new study of over a thousand recorded cries from 30 French newborns and 30 German newborns found differences in the cries' melody patterns. French cries tended to have a rising melody, while the German cries tended to have a falling melody.[...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:41pm EST

  • Friday Eye Candy

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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:10am EST

  • Moon

    I love the moon, even though I can't take the pictures I'd like to of it!
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 7:33pm EST

  • Hanover Ave Halloween, then Gallery 5

    As usual, friends and I walked over to Hanover Avenue for Halloween. It's always very crowded and fun to look at the lights. This year, I missed the guy who usually is in the noose!

    Here are pics --


    I liked the mask I was [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2009, 12:12am EDT

  • Happy Samhain!

    I was a little disappointed last night that I didn't make it out of the house. Earlier in the day, I did not have plans, but then a Facebook friend popped up with the idea of going to the Camel to hear a jazz band. I have been meaning to' [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 3:02pm EDT

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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 4:01am EDT

  • Variegated Wednesday

    I haven't felt much like posting the last few days. No real reason -- things have been going fine...I guess my muse was on holiday or something. Or maybe it was the rain.

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    I posted a Facebook status about an event night, but here is more detail. I' [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 12:59pm EDT

  • Monday Morning

    Had a good weekend. Couple of bike rides, and last night saw some friends who are back in town as they try to figure out what to do with their house -- it's not selling, even though it's in a great neighborhood, and they have lowered the price. So, they [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 7:48am EDT

  • Neighborhood Foliage

    Took a short tour on the bike through the neighborhood yesterday to take some pictures of the Fall foliage in the neighborhood -- the leaves have been pretty gorgeous this year!









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    Posted: October 25, 2009, 3:14am EDT

  • Neighborhood Foliage

    Took a short tour on the bike through the neighborhood yesterday to take some pictures of the Fall foliage in the neighborhood -- the leaves have been pretty gorgeous this year!









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    Posted: October 25, 2009, 3:14am EDT

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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 12:54am EDT

  • Interesting Features of Exposé

    I found an article on some Exposé features that I did NOT know about.

    For example, while Exposé is active, you can hover your mouse over the thumbnail, then use the spacebar to use Quicklook. Who knew?

    Also, I didn't realize that you could use Command-1 and' [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 12:54am EDT

  • Miscellaneous Stuff

    The weather has been so nice this week, that I've been able to get a bike ride in each night. I don't get to ride long -- just 10 / 12 miles each night before it gets too dark, but it's just been really nice to be able to do [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2009, 7:53pm EDT

  • Technology Post

    I haven't had a technology post lately, so here ya go...

    For (almost) the first time since I bought my iMac in 2007, I have a case of consumer lust...new iMacs are out. There have been updates since I bought mine, but this is the first time that' [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 1:41am EDT

  • Baby Shower

    My youngest nephew and his wife are expecting a baby, so I'll be a great uncle once again! They had a baby shower today at my parents' church.

    My first great nephew --


    His parents --


    Sisters and me --
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    Posted: October 18, 2009, 7:25pm EDT

  • Volunteer Day @ Lewis Ginter

    I did some volunteer work today.

    GayRVA organized a team for HandsOn (run/owned by friends of friends). HandsOn is an organization that brings volunteers to organizations throughout Richmond. The GayRVA team was organized for Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, so I hung Christmas lights today.

    It was [...]
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    Posted: October 17, 2009, 4:11pm EDT

  • Friday Eye Candy, etc.

    I think that my friend in Asheville is eye candy enough, but I suppose I should keep the tradition and have a Friday eye candy, lol!



    My sister asked me last night if I had bought a souvenir. And I was like, no, I don't' [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2009, 9:46pm EDT

  • Asheville Visit

    I went to Asheville, NC for a few days. I had always heard good things about the town/city, and I have a friend living there who used to live in RVA.

    It was a 6.5 hour drive from here. And by the time I stopped for a bite [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2009, 9:10pm EDT

  • Huh...Hmmm...Eyes Open

    When you open up to someone and they open up to you, there's a possibility that you end up with information about the other person that you're not sure what to do with...

    The information didn't shock me, or make me mad, or make me sad, or make me [...]
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    Posted: October 14, 2009, 10:35am EDT

  • Obama Speaking to HRC

    I hear the words. And words are important. But there is frustration in the glbt community with lack of action right now. There was a sign at the march yesterday -- "When did it become 'All Mired Up and Ready to Fold?'," which speaks to the frustration with the slow [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 3:59am EDT

  • "The most important activism is to claim your own truth"

    A friend and I went to the National Equality March in DC today. I'm pooped...not sure why, but I am just dog tired.

    It was much smaller than in year's past, but was still well worth going to. It's energizing to be surrounded by that many like minded' [...]
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    Posted: October 11, 2009, 8:56pm EDT

  • Friday Eye Candy

    In honor of my vacation starting today, this is the first nude eye candy on K-D --

    To answer D's request (see comments), have placed this behind a not safe for work link, lol!

    ' [...]
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    Posted: October 09, 2009, 7:49am EDT

  • The Color Blue

    Oh.my.gosh, I finally found someone who wonders the same things as me, lol!

    I have often thought that two people can't be sure what the other really experiences. For example, I can't be sure that what I see as the color blue is also what you see.

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    Posted: October 08, 2009, 12:30am EDT

  • Midweek

    The crap is totally hitting the fan at work...except it is like in slow motion, with polite e-mails being sent..."here is our position on xyz..." and "we look forward to hearing your thoughts" and "we believe we have accomplished what was envisioned in the original charter." Bullshit corporate e-mails, in [...]
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    Posted: October 07, 2009, 8:08pm EDT

  • Ride Today

    Ok, I took a chance and went on a RABA ride this morning. I had done a 28 mile ride before, so I wasn't concerned about 30 miles. The only problem is that this was a hilly ride (with a terrain rating of "2" by RABA -- 1 being the' [...]
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    Posted: October 04, 2009, 4:40pm EDT

  • InkStop

    Something like this is just totally screwed up. If you think you may have to close you business, then do it the right way, not like this stupid company.

    This company closed on Oct 1, with no notice. Paychecks were NOT issued on that Friday as they were supposed [...]
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    Posted: October 03, 2009, 2:57pm EDT

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    Posted: October 02, 2009, 2:54am EDT

  • Good Day

    Today was an interesting day at work...I got an e-mail this morning that allowed me to set in motion some events that I believe will resolve an issue that has been a thorn in my ass for the entire time I've been at my current place.

    The place where' [...]
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    Posted: October 01, 2009, 7:48pm EDT

  • Candidates Forum

    Deege and I went to the Gay Community Center to hear political candidates Q&A. Some of the folks were more eloquent than others. There was one guy that totally lost every vote in the room with one answer -- so, why the heck was he wasting both his and our [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2009, 11:03pm EDT

  • Accent Archive

    A friend sent this link to the "accent archive" -- recordings of people reading the same English text in different accents. Here's the link to the archive of native English speakers --
    [accent.gmu.edu]

    This accent is closest to how people speak where I grew up, although this woman [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2009, 1:44am EDT

  • Stuff

    So, I went to Ekoji for a meditation session last night...I was a little restless. And at one point, my left foot went to sleep, but I didn't realize it. So, when I uncurled...I could not even feel the foot -- couldn't wiggle my toes or anything!

    Most [...]
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    Posted: September 28, 2009, 1:03pm EDT

  • Sunday Rundown

    Last night after Pride, D dropped me off at Kitchen 64 to have dinner with K and M, after which we came back to my place and watched Valkyrie. I did not know that particular piece of history -- that there had been 15 German assassination attempts on Hitler [...]
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    Posted: September 27, 2009, 4:43pm EDT

  • Garden Pics, etc.

    In the last couple years, I have avoided spraying my roses past the very early Spring for fear of hurting bees and butterflies. What that has meant is that the roses have done very poorly by the time Fall rolls around. So I have not gotten a real Fall flush [...]
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    Posted: September 26, 2009, 12:57pm EDT

  • Friday Wrap-up

    Today should have been an easy day, where I could catch up on some stuff. That was partly true, but I swear to GAWD, the application we support is a pain.in.the.ass sometimes. But the weekend is here...no thought to that until Monday morning!

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    AT&T finally enabled picture messages [...]
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    Posted: September 25, 2009, 6:43pm EDT

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    Posted: September 24, 2009, 9:31pm EDT

  • Picasa 3.5 / Face Recognition

    I'm fascinated by face recognition software. Unfortunately, I haven't had any software that included it, so I haven't been able to play. And I don't plan on upgrading to versions of my software which include the feature (like in the newest iPhoto or the upcoming Photo Elements).

    Since I [...]
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    Posted: September 23, 2009, 9:58pm EDT

  • Taking a Ferris Bueller Day Today

    Actually, it's not so much a Ferris Bueller day as a sick day. I was not feeling well and got zero sleep last night, so I called in sick today. Still not 100%, but better and having a good time hanging out at the house, changing some A/C filters, doing [...]
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    Posted: September 23, 2009, 5:23pm EDT

  • Flower Photo Bike Ride

    Here's another interesting (and pretty) plant from the park tonight from while I was on my bike ride.

    It was growing in the woods -- so shade or mottled sun -- and in a couple of places on the trail. One place was all the way down near a [...]
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    Posted: September 21, 2009, 11:29pm EDT

  • Ekoji tonight

    It was a good meeting at the Ekoji Sangha tonight -- I went to the Meditative Inquiry Group's meeting. Like I said in the last post, it had been almost 2 years since I last attended! I believe they have painted and spruced up a bit since I was [...]
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    Posted: September 20, 2009, 10:05pm EDT

  • Sunday

    Moving slow this morning. But not because I had such a big night last night or anything. J and I went out to dinner, then ran a few errands, but we were not out late. But when I got back to the house, I just wasn't in the mood to' [...]
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    Posted: September 20, 2009, 11:12am EDT

  • Neighbors

    The neighbors came over tonight for our bi-monthly "business" meeting -- meaning food and wine :) We plowed through quite a few bottles tonight!

    It was a pleasant evening. I was playing host, so at one point I retired to the kitchen to put some bottles in the recycling, [...]
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    Posted: September 18, 2009, 10:43pm EDT

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    Posted: September 17, 2009, 8:44pm EDT

  • Calling them out...

    This is couched in Christian, religious terms, but she's absolutely right -- we need to call people out...my quote on this journal -- "In order to be effective truth must penetrate like an arrow — and that is likely to hurt." comes into play here.

    I’ll look across the [...]
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    Posted: September 15, 2009, 12:50pm EDT

  • Recording system sound / Soundflower / Quicktime / Score one for Windows

    The Mac is generally pretty easy to use. But I just ran into something that made me wrinkle up my nose.

    Quicktime X has a sound recording feature. Great, right?

    But the default is to record from the microphone. Ewww...your recording includes all the background hiss that microphones [...]
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    Posted: September 14, 2009, 10:01pm EDT

  • Monday Musings...

    One of the things I talked about with my youngest sister the other day was that I do not consider love to be a feeling. Rather, love is what you do for someone. If you never do anything for someone, but you say you love them, then really, you're selfishly' [...]
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    Posted: September 14, 2009, 6:19pm EDT

  • C Ride Today

    I had a few aches and pains from the wooden coasters from last night! Several times on the wooden coasters, my leg kept getting thrown against the lap bars that were holding me in -- so that my right thigh has a bruise and is sore. This was before Deege [...]
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    Posted: September 13, 2009, 12:40pm EDT

  • Gay Night at Kings Dominion

    Deege and I went to Kings Dominion tonight for gay night. It was a bit subdued. And KD needs to play better ambient music --- yuck!

    But it was fun to go. No lines. I hadn't been on a roller coaster in several years. I had forgotten how rough' [...]
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    Posted: September 13, 2009, 12:18am EDT

  • 5 mm

    After I got home from my bike ride tonight, I was putting a wireless speedometer/odometer on the hybrid bike (I already have one on the road bike). The speedometer (on the handlebar) has to be within 70cm of the "cat's eye" (sensor) on the fork. And the sensor has to [...]
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    Posted: September 11, 2009, 9:44pm EDT

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    Posted: September 10, 2009, 9:30pm EDT

  • Flowers After 5 and the Fat Goat

    Had a nice time tonight. A friend and I went to Lewis Ginter for their Flowers After 5 thing -- wine tasting and music. It was a bit bleak and cool, but I enjoyed myself. And I look cute in the hoodie that I was wearing, lol.

    Was not [...]
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    Posted: September 10, 2009, 9:22pm EDT

  • Guess what it is...

    Should be easy :)



    Bonus points if you can also guess what's it's made of...


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    I'm in a better mood now. The part of the app that was holding us up finally passed stress tests, so we can finally roll it out!' [...]
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    Posted: September 10, 2009, 4:13pm EDT

  • Hump Day

    I intended to get a walk in tonight, but by the time my new hedge guy showed up, so I could discuss what I want him to, finished talking to my sister on the phone, and then finished updating both the iPhone OS and iTunes...here I still sit!

    I'm' [...]
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    Posted: September 09, 2009, 8:01pm EDT

  • North Bank Trail

    Note to self:If a trail is mentioned by people who are GREAT bikers, be sure to WALK the trail once before riding on a bike...just to be sure that you and the trail are at the same level!Do not ride a dirt trail if there is a chance of rain.Should [...]
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    Posted: September 07, 2009, 3:17pm EDT

  • Billsville Today

    Deege and I went to Williamsburg today...just to walk around, eat at the Cheese Shop, buy Ginger cakes, etc.

    Um, the Ginger cakes are now in individually wrapped plastic -- it sort of spoils the whole "colonial" feel of them!




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    Posted: September 06, 2009, 7:12pm EDT

  • The Call of Nature

    So, my friends who are big into biking made me aware of a concept that I have never even thought about in my wildest dreams -- guys who race bikes (like say, on the Tour de France) do NOT stop to pee! They just whip it out and let her [...]
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    Posted: September 06, 2009, 10:05am EDT

  • Sunday Morning

    The cookout at friends' house yesterday was enjoyable -- it's just nice to have lunch with old friends. My eyes were watering afterwards though -- they have cats, and even though we ate outside, I still got the whammy.

    They are big into biking and now that I' [...]
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    Posted: September 06, 2009, 8:56am EDT

  • Saturday Minutiae

    Getting ready to head over to friends' house for a lunchtime cookout. I'd like to bike over, but I'm resisting the temptation because the hams are still a bit sore. I'm waffling.

    Yes, I'm still sore...but it's not bad -- and it's only 3.5 miles to the friends' [...]
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    Posted: September 05, 2009, 11:25am EDT

  • Start of the long weekend!

    Got my road bike back...unfortunately, I can't go biking! My knees are sore -- I did a 1/2 split maneuver the other day (to get to something that had rolled deep under the car, but without getting on the ground and getting my pants dirty). I think that's when I [...]
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    Posted: September 04, 2009, 4:56pm EDT

  • Friday Eye Candy

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    Posted: September 03, 2009, 9:40pm EDT

  • Governor's Car Caught on the IT Agency's Security Pylons

    So, the Governor's car got jacked up by the pylons at the state's IT agency, lol!?

    VITA and its IT partner, Northrup-Grummond, has been roundly (and in my opinion, rightly) criticized for being expensive and providing poor service. The Gov was visiting the facility today.

    I've been' [...]
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    Posted: September 03, 2009, 5:50pm EDT

  • God shuffled his feet and glanced around at them...

    Title is from an old Crash Test Dummies song...it was playing when I posted this...it's a song that has always amuses me.

    The sky was nice tonight. I did a 6 mile walk...and it was a bit dark by the time I got home, but you could still see [...]
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    Posted: September 02, 2009, 8:47pm EDT

  • Bryan Park Farmer's Market

    I posted the picture above using the LiveJournal app on my phone. Here are a couple more from the ride tonight.

    Remember the tournesols (as Karibu put it) last night? Here they are again -- see how they are just growing in the middle of weeds and vines [...]

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    Posted: September 01, 2009, 6:03pm EDT

  • Comparison of Pics

    Not too long ago, I noticed that one of the pictures from this site was very dark on the laptop I have at work.

    But the pic looked fine on the Mac at home.

    So, I wondered if that was true for other people. I also wondered if [...]
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    Posted: September 01, 2009, 7:26am EDT

  • A Good Day

    Today was a good day. Any time the fire from heaven doesn't come down and burn the flesh from my very bones at work, then it's a good day. I work in a politically charged environment, so I make lots of jokes about the place -- you just never know' [...]
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    Posted: August 31, 2009, 7:45pm EDT

  • Quiet Sunday & Jet Blue All You Can Jet pass

    I've been having a quiet day today. I wanted to go on a bike ride, but my hamstrings on one side and my calf on the other side were sore/painful this morning when I got up -- and hamstrings are nothing to play around with!

    I think having the' [...]
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    Posted: August 30, 2009, 8:06pm EDT

  • Saturday Bike Ride and Snow Leopard

    So, I finally decided to go on one of the Richmond Area Bicycling Association (RABA) rides. They divide the rides into A,B,C, and D depending on how fast and far the ride goes. I chose to do the D ride today because I had never ridden with RABA. The D [...]
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    Posted: August 29, 2009, 2:28pm EDT

  • Friday Eye Candy

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    Posted: August 28, 2009, 1:57am EDT

  • Facebook 3.0 for the iPhone

    Facebook 3.0 for the iPhone is finally out!

    It seems to be working fine. Different navigation, switched to the "new" newsfeed, can now search for new friends (as opposed to just viewing existing friends), etc.








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    Posted: August 27, 2009, 9:01pm EDT

  • Sette tonight

    M and I went to Sette tonight. I had already had a glass of wine, then a couple of beers while I was there...so I was, ahem, talkative, lol!

    Here, we are comparing our iPhones -- he has a later model!
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    Posted: August 26, 2009, 9:53pm EDT

  • On est bien peu de choses...

    While I'm sitting here waiting for a friend to show up for dinner, how about a language lesson?

    Some people who don't know other languages think that translation is a one to one, easy task. If you know the words, then you can translate, right?

    For example, a [...]
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    Posted: August 26, 2009, 6:46pm EDT

  • Whew

    My HIV test result was negative.

    This is good news as this test was not just precautionary. I needed to get the test because, about 3 months ago, I had unprotected sex with someone I didn’t know well.

    I know…it was the wrong thing to do. Believe me, [...]
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    Posted: August 25, 2009, 9:56pm EDT
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