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It Has to Get Better Than That

My team lost, my other half's team, who I rabidly hate, won (thankfully we weren't playing each other)...what an awful night for hockey in my world! One day to recoup, then back at it again...and this time it ... Continued
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Game On!

Well, not for a bit yet, but I'm heading out the door to watch with a good friend in a few minutes. I'm never sure if I'm glad when we play on the West Coast because then I don't have to rush through dinner be... Continued
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I Have a Plan!

I've been talking for the last year about building my mother her own machine, but things keep happening to prevent me from doing so. Well, now I have a plan. My sister is going to get a new computer soon (I'v... Continued
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The Things People Buy

I am occasionally completely flabbergasted by products on the market. Take, for instance, something I saw on TV today. Some spice company or other makes recipe cards with pre-measured spices attached to them ... Continued
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Happy Monday

My head hurts and my monitor is too bright. T'was a successful celebration. :) Au-Ja kicks it off with 1.5 TB HDDs: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS vs Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EARS Tweak... Continued
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Celebration Day

I'll make this post a touch longer than normal, because the inbox is still pretty backed up but I know better than to think I should even consider turning my computer on when I get home tonight. Today is the o... Continued
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Seconds For Saturday

There aren't always enough items in the inbox to do two posts on weekends, but I'm still a bit behind, so we all win! OK, maybe I win a little more than you as just gotten home from a fabulous steak and lobste... Continued
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Happy Birthday To Me

Yep, I'm officially almost old! I say almost because this isn't the scary age with the zero at the end, it's the one with a nine. At any rate, it doesn't really matter all that much because I'm not celebratin... Continued
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Spring Cold

With the ups and downs in weather lately it shouldn't really surprise me, but I have one of those stupid ugly colds that seem to occur in early spring. Since I've just now come out of a Nyquil fog I figured I'... Continued
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What Happened to Spring?

It got COLD! They're even threatening us with some snowfall, which is so many varieties of wrong I simply cannot handle it. It is much too late in the year to be dealing with that again, and I won't. Which m... Continued
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Jewelry Projects!

My niece gave me a bunch of beads a couple of weeks ago, and I've finally done sorting them out. Now I have projects in mind, plus a special gift for a good friend. I'm entirely too excited, but I need to fig... Continued
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Back To Normal

Well, as normal as things get around here anyway. At least this will be a standard variety post for the first time in a while. I'm just going to quick get this done and get back outside...it is amazingly gorg... Continued