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Unfortunately, without a tripod, I couldn’t do justice to this morning’s fabulous sunrise as seen from my office. However, I was able to steady my hand enough to get a somewhat not fuzzy shot. Photoshop was also required - and I’m such a Photoshop novice that I was unable to get the color balance right. […]

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Oooh - just mere seconds ago we experienced quite a little shaker (earthquake to the uninitiated). It was either shallow (they always shake harder) or strongish on the Richter Scale. The Denali Towers shook pretty hard and for quite some time.
Always good to get a real primal adrenalin rush during the middle of the work […]

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For Frankie, here’s a somewhat cute picture of Tygey! In regards to his shape, I know he looks somewhat roundy, but he’s actually not fat. He just hasn’t been groomed in over two months so he’s massively furry.

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One is definitely treated to a show when Bobby Knight is coaching. This is a very fuzzy shot of Bobby Jawin’ at one of the ref’s.

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It’s Thanksgiving Weekend and that means just one thing - The Great Alaska Shootout!
I’m blogging live via my itouch and GCI’s free wi-fi connection at the Sullivan Arena. The Ski Boy, Pooh, Mama Rat, and myself are here getting ready for the championship game between Butler and Bobby Knight’s Texas Tech Raiders.

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When I read technical or interesting (not necessarily mutually exclusive) documents, I yellow-highlight the stuffing out of them. It’s the only way I have a prayer of remembering what I’ve read. However, this practice leads to a build-up of paper. Which is annoying. Not at all Green. And a fire hazard.
A few weeks ago, I […]

Read: Diigo - A Highlighter’s Dream »

It’s been snowing all day long - and of course, in my opinion absolutely nothing beats a snowy day!
And now that the snow has showed up, the moose are moving back into the neighborhood. Late this afternoon in the waning light, Peter spotted this big guy munching down on our neighbor’s Mountain Ash tree.

Who […]

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Henry is so excited - he has new cleated shoes!!!!
As I mentioned earlier this week, winter has officially arrived. We’ve got about 8 inches of snow on the ground and the roads are totally snowy. Tuesday evening during rush hour, we had a mini-blizzard - two inches of snow in 30 minutes. As a result, […]

Read: Henry II has New Cleats!!!!!! »

Ugh…
There are periods of time where the wheels seem to just seem to sort of fall off, all at once. For the past ten days, I’ve had a deep ache in my left mid-back. I finally saw a doctor yesterday and I either have a kidney infection or a kidney stone that’s moving around. The […]

Read: Tough Few Days on the Slat Rat Physicality Front »

I finally made it home Sunday evening - almost 17 hours on the road from Kansas. I was greeted by a very happy Ski Boy, an exuberant Tyge, and snow!!!!!
Wow - Snow!!!! That was a real treat (of course, Peter and Tyge were also real treats).
I was so happy to see the snow, that […]

Read: Snowy Evening Return »