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Mike doesn’t like 3D TV. Especially when it involves the office eposide with Michael’s foot burning and Dwight’s head injury.
I’m greatly amused, who wins?

Mood: amused

It would probably be a good idea to avoid hanging out in dark, bat-haunted caves of Venezuela, especially if you don’t like being eaten by giant centipedes.
*shudder*

Mood:distressed
Music:Depeche Mode - “John The Revelator”

Just about done with the paper on global warming and the wine biz and there TODAY in Wine Business Monthly, a big spread on the impact of global warming on the wine biz.
*sigh*
a sense a rewrite in my future.
speaking of global warming, having spent a few weeks doing research on global warming, the al […]

Last day with old job and best of all, just got exam scores. I passed! with merit!!!!
Need to go celebrate!

Mood: chipper

So it’s “take your dog to work day” here, and I can’t figure out what bothers me the most — the yapping, or the smell.
Update @ 14:51: OMG, there’s a dog with a squeaky chew toy on the other side of the wall from me. While I’m trying to code under a now […]

It’s so nice having a random unplanned quiet night at home.
Mike off at a movie, me home alone after a very busy day.
After releasing I didn’t want to spend much time making dinner, I made a quick run to the store. Now at home with dinner, chocolate dessert, a good bottle of wine and […]

Pursuant to this article about AT&T;’s new privacy policies, it may be in your best interests to watch whatever you say if over the phone, or in fact to not have phone service of any kind.
From the article:

The new policy says that AT&T; — not customers — owns customers’ confidential info and can use it […]

From one of the beverage blogs I read, can you tell they are in the UK?
The deal struck pre-World Cup between Anheuser-Busch and German brewer Bitburger was a victory for common sense, in which a compromise was found to keep both sides satisfied. While A-B maintained the presence it had paid for in the stadia […]

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Julia decided to help us with travel plans by hiding underneath our Germany road map; I was lucky enough to have the camera close at hand. What a sweetie!

Music:Rush - “Double Agent”

Every so often, the Internet makes me realize just how (relatively) sane and normal I am. To wit:

The “News Hour” birthday party
An apartment converted to a “Star Trek” set

The Neverending Story van

Thanks, Internet! I feel a lot better now.

Mood:relieved
Music:Rush - “Animate”