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Entries from October 2004

My new blog

October 31st, 2004 · 2 Comments

Well, I decided to unleash a new blog upon the world. It’s called Slacker Manager and I’m looking forward to writing it. I’ve got it hosted on TypePad.com, which ought to provide quite a bit more reliable uptime than I’ve experienced with our pintglass.org hosts. This blog will be a little experiment [...]

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Cogitation Time: Levi’s arrival

October 26th, 2004 · 1 Comment

Jared posted a few pics of their latest family addition, Levi! Go take a look. And bookmark Jared’s site…he’s got interesting interests that may interest you if you’re interested.

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More slacking action

October 25th, 2004 · 3 Comments

Well, it looks like my manifesto went live on the ChangeThis website. That’s kinda fun! Be sure to get linky with it and pass it around. Now that it’s up, I guess it’s probably time to write the book proposal… Sigh. I don’t like having to work for my millions.

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Voting in Oregon

October 24th, 2004 · 2 Comments

Well, I voted. Oregon does all voting by mail. It’s actually really great, since you can vote at your convenience right at home. I think the ‘e-voting’ initiatives that other states are undertaking sound great and I’ll probably vote over the internet someday. But for now, this old fashioned way of [...]

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I’m back

October 24th, 2004 · 1 Comment

Last week was kind of a whirlwind. Starting Saturday (a week ago yesterday), we cruised up to Seattle and visited with Amy, then went to Brandon and Kristin’s wedding. The wedding was beautiful and traditional and the reception was going off! They had the reception in this big catering place and there [...]

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ToDo list

October 15th, 2004 · 3 Comments

I took the day off of work today, kinda hoping to go surfing. No such luck. My todo list is too big! We leave tomorrow morning for Seattle, for Brandon and Kristin’s wedding. I have a conference in San Diego that begins on Sunday. My original flight out of Seattle [...]

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7 years and no itch

October 11th, 2004 · 4 Comments

October is a big month for us. Besides all the birthdays, it’s our anniversary month. Today Amy and I have been married seven years. It seems like such a cliche’, but those years have gone by unbelievably fast. I’ll never forget our first kiss, in her apartment in Pusan, South Korea. [...]

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Happy birthday to me

October 7th, 2004 · 5 Comments

Yesterday was my birthday. And my mom’s birthday. And my uncle’s birthday. And my brother-in-law’s birthday. When I was younger, I kinda thought it was a drag to have to share my birthday with other people in my family. Now it’s sorta fun. 12 of us went to Red [...]

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