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Monthly Archives: December 2005
fish fry on new years eve
What’s coming to Burlington, Iowa without a fish fry? Tom Stimpson (my grandmother’s nephew) got himself a new electric fryer, so of course we tried it out. There’s not much of a sense of scale here, however, so there is … Continue reading
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Skapeti
I little bit of skapeti is planned for dinner tonight (yeah, John – that’s normally Spaghetti – but I spelled it wrong intentionally). Karen’s in the kitchen cooking up a sauce from scratch that smells like it’s going to be … Continue reading
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Iowa
Karen and I flew into Burlington, Iowa today – not a bad flight at all really. We had to get up at a rather unholy hour, but the trip was smooth (bounce through St. Louis with a few hour layover) … Continue reading
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Halo 2 on Legendary mode
I spent some of this Christmas holiday (and break from work) playing Halo 2 on Legendary mode. Actually, I played it co-op in legendary mode with Dan, my Co-op player of thanksgivings and christmas’. I gotta tell you – that’s … Continue reading
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flurries of the holiday
Nope, not snow. Chaos flurries. With my self-imposed electronic divorce, I didn’t hear that my grandmother was admitted to cardiac intesive care on December 22nd. As of today, she’s back home, but the prognosis isn’t very good. I’m going to … Continue reading
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disconnect
Aside from my little “Merry Christmas” note, I’m ending my self-imposed “unplugged”/computer exile for the holidays. It’s always a good thing to do I think – just disconnect thoroughly from everything for a little while. No cell phone, no email… … Continue reading
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Ipanema Brazilian Grill
MEAT MEAT MEAT That’s what’s available at Ipanema Brazilian Grill. Down where Wolfgang Puck’s used to be – we headed there for lunch today. It was sort of a special day – had some very unexpected news that deemed that … Continue reading
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Wireless signal strength graphing widget
I don’t normally say much about these, but I was really impressed with Jeffrey Nelson’s Wireless Grapher Widget. He’s done a wonderful job of the widget, and it works beautifully, taking advantage of all the things you would sort of … Continue reading
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