Operation: offspring
Posted on June 30th, 2009 by brian
Crib is now purchased and installed!
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Saturday morning skywriting
Posted on June 29th, 2009 by brian
I saw Jesus when I looked up from my book last Saturday while I was at the pool.
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Slick deal
Posted on June 27th, 2009 by brian
How ’bout this slick deal? 5 books from Barnes & Noble, including shipping & tax: $10 and change.
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MS Word
Posted on June 25th, 2009 by brian
The good news: If I need a MS Word template for writing a letter regarding ‘Resignation due to conflict with boss’ or ‘Letter requesting unpaid speaker for meeting’, I’m all set… because those are already templates!
The bad news: You could spend 15 minutes trying to find a template called ‘I just need to write a simple letter without all the frills’. Actually, longer than 15 mins, since said template doesn’t seem to exist.
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Ducks on a bench
Posted on June 23rd, 2009 by brian
Snapped this evening during my bike ride. Almost all the animals I’ve encountered so far here in Celebration have an unhealthy (IMO) trust of humans. Squirrels, ducks & geese, even mosquitoes.
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Florida whirlwind
Posted on June 13th, 2009 by brian
Somehow we managed to drive ~550 miles — all in the state of Florida — in the last three days.
For work reasons we stayed at the Bahia Mar in Fort Lauderdale. Their web site photos look nice but, of course, marketing photos are supposed to look nice, and you never really know until you get there. I can report that the corridors and rooms are showing their age some. However, proximity to attractions, dining, entertainment, and the beach, plus friendly staff, made the stay enjoyable.
More photos are at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianhart/sets/72157619607167745/
Since the Bahia Mar is basically exactly due east of Alligator Alley and Dede is just a bit north of said Alley, we invited ourselves over to Cape Coral last night. We crashed at Dede’s place… cleaned the pool, relaxed, freaked out the cats, ate at Outback, shopped at Ross (some of us), fed bread to canal fish, and just generally had an enjoyable time. With that baby on the way and everything, we didn’t think there’d be another opportunity in the near future, either.
Today was the Cape Coral to Celebration drive. I now remember how sleepy major Florida highways make me. Long and straight with little-to-no interesting scenery. Note to self for next time: be sure to be adequately caffeinated, and not with a caffeine/sugar drink that will give you the sugar crash sleepies.
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‘Black box’ could hold answer to plane crash mystery – CNN.com
Posted on June 10th, 2009 by brian
Wow, really? Absolutely brilliant.
‘Black box’ could hold answer to plane crash mystery – CNN.com
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Week one
Posted on May 25th, 2009 by brian
At this time a week ago the movers were about half done, and we were another hour away from the skies opening up, the start of a series of storms that would dump record amounts of rainfall on central Florida. This was our week one.
Despite the rain, we managed to do some settling in. Cable, Internet, and phones are up. Work computer is set up. We have resident IDs. Sherri’s learning her way around in my car. Our phone bills are consolidated. The garage us full but semi-organized. We’ve spent hundreds of dollars at Publix and Sam’s to get our food supply in order. And we’ve done a lot of walking to learn the local streets and trails.
Verdict after week 1: we made the right decision. And I say that in the summertime!
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