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Well, I was wrong. The turnout was great! About 9 or 10 people total. Only Jon was there from last time, but others had been to the very first meetup (there have been 3 meetups altogether). My signs were unnecessary. People actually recognized each other and we hit a critical
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There is another Meetup tonight! I made some signs to put up to avoid the problem of last time. 8 people have rsvp'd, but I'd estimate half will actually show up. With proper care, something like this could really take off. It could EASILY be a
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Oh boy, my Tivo is booked solid with shows. I'm going to have a lot of trouble keeping up with all the new tv that's coming on. Real World starts this week, for example. Tivo is smart enough not to record ALL 25000 showings of Real
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Today, while picking up lunch, I saw a man whisper something in the ear of his lunch date. Her expression betrayed her displeasure at the comment. She grabbed a full, tall, big glass of water and dumped all the water on the guys head and stormed out of the restaurant.
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May I just say that I have been a huge fan of NPR/PRI for as long as I can remember... probably since sixth grade or so... In particular, I believe I have heard every single episode of This American Life... all 200+ of them... You too, can hear almost
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Today in welding class, we learned about two new instruments of death. Both were for arc welding, but slightly different. The Plasma cutter, in particular, scared me when the instructor said, "Now you need to be careful with this one... it'll cut your finger right off. In
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I don't really feel all that inspired to write something about 9/11. I mean, don't get me wrong; I certainly have feelings about it- I just don't think that it's fair for me to tribute when anything I write is going
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Over the weekend, I met with two different folks about writing / compiling the musical score for RAKU, my first robot show. "RAKU", by the way, is just the working title for the show for now. (and the comma DOES belong on the outside of the quotation marks... grrr.
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Well, Alex has posted the story behind his run-in with the law. Mixed feelings: I'm glad it sounds like it was just a misunderstanding, but I am pretty disappointed the story wasn't more exciting... I was hoping a kidnapping, money laundering ring, or drugs would be
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Why, oh why won't Alex tell us why there are warrants out for his arrest? Why, oh why do people sabotage services like Haloscan, preventing me from satisfying my desperate urge to comment on my friends' blogs? Oh, and the next Meetup is coming up (3rd Wednesday
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I learned an important lesson tonight during my welding class. Even if the metal you just welded has been sitting there, cooling off, for a few minutes... Even if you are wearing your gloves... and even if you plan to move very quickly... Do not... do NOT pick up the
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To date, we've found 9 scorpions (some alive, some dead) in the home. I learned tonight that Dave, our newest neighbor, had a battle with a scorpion. Dave lost. 2 Painful Stings on his hands.