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Okay, I get it, we're sad as a world that Michael Jackson died. Never mind that his cultural relevance waned some fifteen years ago...but I suppose that he did do enough early on that he is worth remembering. But I think that the massive outpouring of grief is a bit much.

He wasn't really that imporant.

I did just read, though, that Billy Mays is...
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I already called Dad this morning, and I had sent a card a while back, so I'm covered on this one. I probably ought to give Uncle Puck a call, though; he'll miss it if I don't.

Sonya's family is out of town, now, so things can get back to normal. Of course, "normal" tends to mean a hell of a lot of work, but...
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Sonya's family is in New York City, and so the usualy running around has been amplified considerably. For myself, it is not such a good thing; I am not given to traipsing about town, really, as those who know me know. I would much rather stay more or less in, enjoying quiet idleness, than try to "see the sights."

Maybe I am simply too much...
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So, the place where I have been composing the original blog entries for the past while, Yahoo! 360, is pulling the plug on itself. This annoys me, because I had had that setup figured out, and now I have to shift my thinking around.

Honestly, it's not the first time. It'll likely not be the last. And it reminds me that I probably had ought...
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So it's been a damned long time since I posted. So what? I've been busy; time with my lady love, and more time running away from storms. So, yeah, that's why.

But now I'm back. Again. And I hope that people appreciate that.

Alright, then, things are going as I fully expected them to; I am once again looking at a mad dash through parts of the South before settling in to get back to work at school. Sometimes I wonder why I do this to myself. Then I remember that I am getting paid to read. It's a nice job--inside work with no heavy lifting--and I generally...
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So, the Olympics are going on, complete with the over-commercialized hypocrisy attendant on athletic events and international gatherings. I did enjoy seeing the results of the womens' saber event, and I am paying attention to the other martial arts events going on. It is a disappointment, though, that the major news media do not show them, especially given the general public taste for such endeavors--at...
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Though it is not exactly a triumphant return, I ma back. I'm not sure that there's anything else to be said about it at the moment. Surely, I'll think of something else at some point.

I seem to be in an interesting situation. Once again, I am surrounded by fun and happy people, and I remain a putz. I suppose that I ought to be accustomed to the thing by now, since my stick-in-the-mud personality often keeps me that way.

I need to stop being such a fucker.

The school has pissed me off, again.

When I built my course calendar, I did so with the understanding--from university documents--that this upcoming Friday would be a day on which the school was closed. Accordingly, I gave my students the day off, and made plans for my own day off; my girlfriend has said she wants to stay in on Valentine's Day, but I think...
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