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Scorpions Part Deux

So. It turns out that if you shovel up a bunch of dirt right in front of a forest and plop down a brand new house with delicious wood and dark nooks and crannies, you are begging to encounter at least one or two scorpion families.Much to my chagrin,

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Telephone Tip for the Day

When calling for customer service, Never, NEVER “press 1 for English.” In fact, don’t press any numbers at all. Just sit patiently and wait. You’ll jump to the top of the queue and will get an immediate answer from a human being. Trust me. It works… Just try

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Carissa

Carissa said something I thought was pretty funny today. We went to a lunch meeting today (met a real interesting guy from 3COM who has done everything from Search & Rescue to Network Administration). I was driving and had a little trouble negotiating my way out of the parking lot.

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Moving Progress, Food, and My Worst Nightmare

So, no, I didn’t finish moving yesterday, but I’m ALMOST there… just a bunch of larger items (bed, futon frame, desk, big tv, etc.) My brother and dad are trying to convince me to go in with them on a HUGE high-definintion TV for the new house. I

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Moving is going blindingly fast.

Due in large part to my pre-move preperation, my moving out of the apartment and into the house is going by very quickly and very easily. I may, knock on wood, even be done today! The big question mark right now is whether or not I need the UHaul truck

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Art Welding? Huh?

I’ve just enrolled in a art welding class… Very important skill to have for performance art robot building. I wanted to get into the Photoshop class, but I was asleep at the wheel and missed the deadline for existing students. Now, all the new students have pounced on the

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Bracing myself for the week

Oh boy… Just looked at my calendar, ToDo lists, and inboxes and realized this is going to be a VERY busy week. Monday: * Finalizing first pass on Software Engineering Exchange Charter and Work Plan. * Staff Meeting * Networking Exchange Survey * Get ARIES site visits setup * Cancel / Transfer Utilities from Apartment to

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Plumbing Woes

This morning, I noticed a puddle of water in the back of my toilet. Sure enough, there is a flexipipe sending fresh water from the wall which seems to be leaking at its connection to the tank. God only knows if this is related to my mystery pipe leak…

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Too tired

After Beef Fajita Quesadillas from Chuy's, watching The Mole (it HAS to be Dorothy), and writing about 20 pieces of email, I'm too tired to write the summary I promised. Tomorrow.

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Drip, Drip, Drip

For the last week or so, I am being driven crazy by the drip, drip, dripping of water out of a weird little pipe above my shower. I’m not quite sure where this pipe originates, but the water it drips isn’t very clean. It’s leaving gross brown

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Today's Jam Session

I just had a 5-hour long jam session with Lori, Carissa, and Patsy on Charters vs. Business Plans vs. Work Plans as related to Industry Clusters for Workforce Development. Wait... it wasn't as bad as it sounds, and I can honestly say I felt engaged in the conversation

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Staging Area

Here is the picture of my garage I promised. I didn't get too far in clearing off my bed though... I made spicy kabobs for dinner and then my dad and I watched Adam Sandler and Bob Barker fight in Happy Gilmore.