welntaod

A brief post to let you all know I'm still alive and things are well.

1) I'm working and well! I was picked up by a mental health agency that runs group homes in the Northwest, w/ populations primarily schizophrenic. They liked me so much that I received two promotions before I even started working, a third now that they see me on the job....
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Turkey Day was wonderful! For both Lyle and Lili, it was perhaps their very first Thanksgiving away from their families. Amanda Rae and I had long known that those people whom you dread to see twice a year don't have to be the family you spend holidays with. All in all, it was just the four of us. I cooked my first bird and felt...
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Well friends, the eagle has landed... Lili and I arrived into Portland in the last few days of September. The whole drive took us about 8 days altogether and went extremely well! The saving graces were Sirius satellite radio and their comedy & new wave stations; Iowa wineries, cheese & fruit lunches and well-maintained picnic areas; lumbar pillows & 8-hour drive times and lastly, most...
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Found at 3:30am. Start watching @ 5:15 into the clip.

The straight faces are either, "I can't believe my fucking publicist has me reading these..." or Acting in the truest Jon Lovitz sense of the word.

Is this the long-awaited and overdue blog post I've promised to so many, so long? We'll see... I've an hour before the Mrs. wakes up and I need to beat her to the shower, or at least jump in there with.

So, marriage..? Yes! We got hitched in Nevada's Valley of Fire State Park. We had originally planned it as eloping, through and through....
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Busy, and brief to say the least... T-Minus 3 days to getting hitched. Overwhelmingly overdue to post but, you can expect that next weekend once I'm back home. Thinking of having drinks w/ locals and catching up properly.

Cosby Bebop

This makes me want Jello & Cowboy Bebop in the worst way!

I was making the post-North Carolina commentaries when I stumbled onto the world's most brilliant synopsis of where the election stands this week. The original (and many others worth reading) can be found at MadAtoms. For those of you too busy to click, cheers!

It's 2:31 AM. The Democratic Party is sleeping peacefully when it hears its phone buzz on the night stand. It...
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Everyone trusted Dr. Yueh; his Suk school training forbid the taking of human life. But when he betrayed the Atreides, he offered Duke Leto an opportunity to avenge himself on the Baron Harkonnen.

"Be quiet, please, my poor Duke. You haven't much time.

That peg tooth I put in your mouth after the tumble at Narcal--that tooth must be replaced, in a moment, I'll render...
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Recently I've become rss happy, again. For those not in the know, click here. I started using a new browser called Flock, which is based on Firefox. You can use it as this interesting hub for all of your blogging, Facebook use, Flickr & Photobucket uploading, etc. One of my curiosities has long been how to incorporate some of the advantages of syndication (such as...
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Suffering from over-caffination. Desperately looking for something to do but, I'm having a hard time making up my mind...

Woken by Lili's alarm at Snooze Strike #2 at 5:30a. She felt extraordinarily bad but, I figured I could get up, brew a pot of coffee, read some geek news feeds and merge & convert a couple of more iPod-compatible audiobooks. Rather I'm taken with skulking...
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I really rarely pay attention to holidays anymore. With that in mind, I'm coming to grips with my significant other pays attention to every holiday. The recent compare/contrast brought about discussions of New Year's resolutions. For years now, I've only kept one - To forcibly poke myself into situations that would normally avoidant, or at least very uncomfortable.

For instance, you are at an amusement...
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