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2004-12
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New York, Here We Come!.
2004-12-15.
I actually got the week between Christmas and New Year’s off from work, so Cynthia and I are packing up and heading to New York for a well-deserved vacation from this backwater ‘burg.
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Weekend Notes.
2004-12-19.
We picked up our train tickets to New York yesterday!
While surfing the web (for something completely unrelated), I came across something that I found most highly entertaining. If you go to the URL http://www.kid-coloring-page-online.com/history-of-crayola-crayons, you will find a list of resources and links on the “history of the crayola crayon.” Now if you scroll about 3/4 of the way down this list, you will find a link to a site called “Crayola Clan history.” This links to the very same Crayola Clan history found on this site! Har-har. Hee-hee. Anyway, I think it’s the funniest thing ever. Imagine all the young impressionable kids looking for information about crayola crayons and finding the Crayola Clan history. “Mommy, what’s a frag? Why did the nice crayons shoot all those other people?”
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Christmas Survived.
2004-12-27.
[…]Christmas here had the usual assortment of stress and, well, more stress, but we survived the ordeal relatively intact.
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2005-01
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Happy New Year!.
2005-01-01.
We are back safe and sound from our New York trip! More details and pictures will be forthcoming as I get around to it.
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Pictures From New York Revealed.
2005-01-09.
I think I can at last reveal the pictures from New York. I ended up having to upgrade Galleria a little to handle the sheer volume of pictures.
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Recent Events.
2005-01-20.
I’ve been woefully negligant in posting news this month, so I’ll jot down some noteworthy events from Camp Forest Brook.
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2005-02
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Chomper Update.
2005-02-26.
Today is a red letter day in the history of my teeth. Which is to say, today my temporary upper crowns were replaced with permanent upper crowns! This is a cool thing.
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2005-03
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Amiga 4000 Sold!.
2005-03-08.
[…]The last vestiges of my Amiga programming days just got sold on EBay.
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Palm Sunday Kickoff.
2005-03-20.
Cynthia’s grandmother died yesterday after taking very ill a couple weeks ago. She was 104. It has been a very stressful time for the Millers up in Doswell, and everyone is thankful it has come to a peaceful end.
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Nothing Made Up.
2005-03-22.
I suppose I could talk about some of my recent adventures.
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Goochland Express.
2005-03-23.
Went to Cynthia’s grandmother’s funeral today. Saw a lot of people who seemed to know me a lot better than I knew them.
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And The Winner Is….
2005-03-26.
We survived Holy Week okay (unlike SOME Christian icons who shall remain nameless…). By my count, including Palm Sunday and funerals, Cynthia has played for eleven services this week so far. There is an Easter Vigil service tonight and two more on Easter Sunday.
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Partying with the Krähenbühls.
2005-03-27.
So I was up most of the night last night doing geneology research. So sue me! Anyway, I find it very entertaining and highly informative.
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Ancestry.
2005-03-29.
The moment you’ve all been waiting for! I freely admit that I have copied a lot of information from other people who have done much more intensive work than I have. All my sources are credited in the footnotes, though.
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2005-04
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What’s In A Name.
2005-04-25.
I haven’t been doing very much lately except researching my family history. I find the whole process of piecing together concrete information from small bits and pieces pretty fascinating. Yesterday I actually went to the Library of Virginia and looked up some more information.
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2005-06
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Tear Down The (Shed) Wall!.
2005-06-01.
Cynthia and I spent our Memorial Day in a relaxing fashion: We busted up our shed into a million pieces. It was quite a bit harder than I expected.
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Big June.
2005-06-29.
June has been a BIG month so far, including, but not limited to: 1) leaving my old job, 2) a vacation in Chincoteague, 3) starting a new job.
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2005-07
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Expanded June News.
2005-07-08.
I haven’t done a significant update to my site in a while, so here goes.
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Work Happenings.
2005-07-16.
On the work front, I finally received network access on Thursday afternoon! I can actually do work now. I spent Friday installing software and familiarizing myself with some of the source code.
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2005-08
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Extra Crispy.
2005-08-09.
So Cynthia and I went to Tangier Island on Saturday with her family. It was pretty fun. The island itself was a little sparse on the entertainment side, which is understandable since it only has like 150 people on it.
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Scanning and flaking.
2005-08-16.
I have been feeling rather poorly the last couple of days, so I stayed home from work to rest up. While doing so, I continued scanning some family photographs. I have now scanned 739 slides and photographs.
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Mucus update.
2005-08-21.
Today is the 7th day of my most recent sickness, although since I began feeling badly last Saturday night, one could argue that this is actually the 8th day. This past week has been a complete and total loss for me, since I have been unable to go to work or do anything productive at home. And while I have been improving each day since Thursday, I have to say that it is really freakin slow improvement.
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If I’d only had a Midigun….
2005-08-27.
Wow these RSS Newsfeeds are awesome for finding things to write about on my blog. Now I can be just like television media and rip off stories from other sources! Check out the Midigun!
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2005-10
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Productivity Going Down.
2005-10-26.
I learned today that network security at work is scheduled to take a big left turn into absurdity next week. They are attempting to keep the developers completely off the network, because for some reason the higher-ups think they represent the largest security risk. We won’t be able to directly access the Internet, the database servers, or the production servers.
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2005-11
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English Ancestors Found!.
2005-11-05.
Thanks to a chance encounter with FamilySearch.org, the LDS genealogy web site, I was able to document some more of my ancestors. This particular branch of ancestors comes from my great-grandmother Matilda Gray’s branch. (Individual I469 on my genealogy page.) I located a bunch of previously unknown information on the ancestry of her father’s parents, Joseph P. Gray and Martha Elizabeth Baker.
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Tuesday Night Was Okay For Fighting, Too.
2005-11-09.
Since my computer at work is more-or-less frozen up while it performs a weekly virus scan, this seems like a good time to write something.
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Big Water.
2005-11-13.
Neat. Our water main is currently spewing water into our front yard. If it weren’t for Cynthia going outside to check for mail, we wouldn’t have even known about it until the morning, when it would have been a BIG problem.
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Water Squelched.
2005-11-13.
Front yard flooding fixed. Water guy replaced the old decrepit meter with a new-fangled electronic thingy. Gushing water is gone.
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Let There Be Lights.
2005-11-28.
Friday our neighbors were at it again. You may remember from last year that these retired folk constructed a Christmas light extravaganza in their front yard that would blind most ordinary humans. Friday, merely one day after Thanksgiving, they were blasting Christmas music (we’re talking Bing Crosby here) and stringing up lights again.
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2006-01
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New Employer.
2006-01-03.
Today I started my new job.. well, technically it’s the same job, but I’ve shifted from being a sub-contractor to a contractor.
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Congrats Camille!.
2006-01-21.
Congratulations to Camille Krehbiel for making the freshman honor roll at Deer Creek-Lamont in Oklahoma! I don’t know who she is or, quite frankly, where that school is, but I thought I’d pass along some kudos anyway. (Honestly, I’m not sure I could even find Oklahoma on a U.S. map… I think it’s one of those vague “middle-of-the-country” states.) The Enid News and Eagle reported this outstanding accomplishment.
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Nice Job, Lynda!.
2006-01-21.
Congratulations also to Lynda Krehbiel-McLain for her “exceptional” solo singing performance in Beethoven’s Fantasy for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra, as reported in Orchestra captures essence of Beethoven [link corrected] by columnist Gail Westerfield for The Island Packet. Again, I have no idea who this woman is or where the performance took place, but since she is not spouting any unusual rhetoric that I’m aware of and simultaneously shining a positive light on the Krehbiel name, she deserves a mention on my unabashedly pro-Krehbiel blog. Way to go, Lynda!
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Sue Rocks Aspen.
2006-01-22.
If anyone happened to be in Aspen last night, let me know how Sue Krehbiel did. See Weekend entertainment: music, more in the Aspen Times: “A house concert in Carbondale will feature Justin Roth, with Sue Krehbiel and Frank Martin opening, tonight. Appetizer potluck at 7 p.m. and music at 8 p.m.” I’m betting she rocked the house.
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Randy’s Review.
2006-01-23.
Check out David Boren: an Oklahoma legend, an article for Tulsa World by Randy Krehbiel, a World Staff Writer. I don’t know what it says because you have to be a member to read it, but I’m sure it’s a great article. From the first two sentences, it looks like a music review, which seems like something Krehbiels have a long history of doing.
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Best Wishes, Sarah.
2006-01-23.
In an article dated Christmas Day, Troops celebrate as they prepare to deploy, the Idaho State Journal writes that Army reservist Spc. Sarah Krehbiel, a single mom with a 3-year-old son, is mobilizing for active duty in February. The article indicates that “the Army’s not saying where the Pocatello- and Twin Falls-based outfit’s headed, but war-torn Iraq looms as a definite possibility.” Sad to see her having to leave her son behind like that.
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Scott Headed to Kansas State.
2006-01-24.
According to the Kansas City Star, stand out high school offensive lineman Scott Krehbiel is heading to Kansas State to play college ball. (And get an edumacation, too, I suppose.) See Cats land offensive line recruit.
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Congrats to Rip.
2006-01-26.
Congratulations to Rip Krehbiel for making the 8th grade Honor Roll in Indian Hill Middle School! I don’t know who he is, but if I did, I’m sure I’d say it couldn’t have happened to a nicer person. Keep up the great work!
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Lee Tells It Like It Is.
2006-01-26.
Associate Dean of Students Lee Krehbiel imparted sage wisdom in the ISU Bengal Online about student employees’s limited greivance options at Idaho State University. See Student employment rights non-existant at ISU. It’s interesting to see how many Krehbiels around the country are involved in education.
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2006-02
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Another Musical Krehbiel.
2006-02-02.
American choir shares German town’s sorrow with gift of song is a touching piece about the Bethel College Concert Choir being the first to sing in Bad Reichenhall (Germany) after a roof collapse killed 15 people, mostly children, a week earlier. Of particular note to Krehbiels was “the male octet Open Road’s rendition of “Lord, be near me,” an original piece by Moundridge senior and Open Road member Joel Krehbiel.”
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Fred Backs Joe.
2006-02-02.
I missed this news from a few days ago: Molex CEO Fred Krehbiel seems to like Republican Joe Birkett for lieutenant governor of Illinois. He contributed $10,000 to his campaign fund. See Governor raises $15.5 million, and scroll way down to the bottom.
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Wry Henry.
2006-02-03.
I just saw this little insight into the personality of music critic Henry Edward Krehbiel in A Met Broadcast Moment.
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Sam Swims To Second.
2006-02-06.
Sam Krehbiel and the Macomb High School Bombers placed second in a swim meet last Thursday night, missing first place by two points (I think–I don’t really understand swim points). See MHS swimmers edged in meet competition for the exciting details. A tough loss, but I’m sure it was fun for everyone involved (everyone who likes swimming, that is).
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2006-05
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Genealogy News.
2006-05-15.
Hi! I’m starting a new blog for genealogy-related news.
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Centreville House.
2006-05-15.
Thanks to zillow.com, I discovered today that the house I grew up in, which used to be at 6035 O’Day Drive, Centreville, VA 22020, now appears to be: 5964 Manorwood Drive, Centreville, VA 20120.
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Elmer and Anna’s Wedding Date.
2006-05-22.
The other day, I found an invitation to Elmer and Anna’s wedding, which shows the wedding date as April 1, 1926. Previously, I had always thought their wedding was April 1, 1925, because Dad had noted on his slides that Elmer and Anna’s 25th anniversary party was on April 1, 1950. So I suppose that means the 25th anniversary was actually on April 1, 1951.
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2006-07
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Televisions and Pianos.
2006-07-14.
As you can probably tell, I’ve renamed the Genealogy News to Household News. I figure I can combine both topics into one category, and perhaps have enough material to post something once a month or so.
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2006-09
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On 8mm Film Transfer.
2006-09-11.
Once again I find myself pondering how to cost effectively transfer 8mm films to a digital format, for genealogical and archival purposes. Here are some notes so I don’t forget them.
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Busy Days.
2006-09-21.
Busy, busy, busy. No time for frivolous things like the legality of torture.
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2007-01
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I’m Somebody!.
2007-01-06.
I’m somebody! Who would have thought I would ever appear alongside such giants of Virginia blogging as Not Larry Sabato, Waldo Jaquith, and Vivian Paige!
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2007-04
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Krehbiel Award.
2007-04-27.
This is funny… There’s a “Krehbiel Award” at the University of Arkansas: 5 UA Fort Smith Employees to Receive Awards. “Dr. William Huskison of Fort Smith is the recipient of the Luella M. Krehbiel Teaching Excellence Award. … The Krehbiel Award recognizes contributions of UA Fort Smith’s part-time faculty.
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2007-05
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Vanity Watch.
2007-05-06.
Periodically I go to Google and search for my name, just to see what comes up. Partly out of curiosity and partly to find out what other people (aka. potential employers) would see about me if they did the same search.
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2007-06
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Promotion Obtained.
2007-06-15.
I hardly ever mention anything about my life anymore. To rectify that, I will quickly mention that I recently received a promotion and payraise. Since February, after the lead programmer/database administrator left for another job, I’ve been the only .NET developer on my team, which has somewhat elevated my importance to the company.
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Matrix.
2007-06-23.
This past week we signed a paper and made a deposit on a 2008 Toyota Matrix, which should be available in the Fall. This will replace Cynthia’s aging 1992 Corolla. We had to order a 2008 model because there weren’t any 5-speed 2007 models within 300 miles.
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Cynthia’s Mom’s Knee Replacement Successful.
2007-06-26.
Cynthia’s mom underwent knee replacement surgery this morning (on both knees) and is now recuperating. The technology is pretty amazing – they literally replace all the cartilage and junk with some kind of synthetic stuff that bonds to the ends of the bone thingys. (As you can see, I am an expert on this subject.) Anyway, once she finishes healing, her previously always-on-the-go lifestyle will be but a snail’s walk compared to the terrifying speed-runner pace she will now be able to maintain.
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Home Network Upgraded.
2007-06-30.
This past week I upgraded my home network hardware for the first time since about 1997. I had been using a Linksys 5-port Workgroup Hub all this time, but I finally got tired of the near-constant red “collision” light activity, so I bought a Netgear 8-port Gigabit switch. I also bought a Netgear router to replace the Windows XP connection sharing, which freed up one entire computer on the network.
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2007-09
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New Matrix.
2007-09-09.
We got a 2008 Toyota Matrix yesterday for Cynthia. We had ordered it earlier in the summer (because there were no 5-speed 2007 models left in the area) and it finally came in. Cynthia really loves it!
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2007-10
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Project Complete.
2007-10-21.
Late September, I was assigned to help a colleague at work finish his project on time.
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2008-04
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Tree Topping.
2008-04-28.
This past weekend I topped my first tree. I don’t think I’ll be quitting my day job anytime soon. (Dammit Jim, I’m a programmer, not a lumberjack!) It wasn’t a big tree, so at first I was just going to use a hand saw, but it didn’t take long to realize that I didn’t have the arm strength or the leverage to cut through a 6" trunk at a point way up over my head.
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2008-05
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Twittering.
2008-05-05.
I’m starting to play around with Twitter. It took some work, but I finally figured out how to send tweets from behind The Firewall Of Doom. If you don’t know what Twitter is, you probably don’t care.
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2008-07
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Bathroom Repair Adventure.
2008-07-06.
Several weeks ago we discovered we have rather significant water damage in our downstairs bathroom. Pictures of this ongoing adventure can be found here: Bathroom Repair For Programmers.
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2008-12
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O Come, O Come Emmanuel, Three Versions.
2008-12-11.
In the spirit of Advent, here are three different versions of O Come, O Come Emmanuel that I’ve recorded over the years.
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2009-03
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Belated Goals for 2009.
2009-03-28.
I found it helpful last year to enumerate some goals and check back in with them from time to time throughout the year. So this year I’m trying it again. I actually started this list in January but am only just now getting around to posting it.
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2009-08
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The Buddy On The Mend.
2009-08-19.
The Buddy is back to eating regular dog food after a week featuring vomiting, diarrhea, trips to the vet, IV fluids, antibiotics and bland food. Since he couldn’t eat, he also couldn’t take his pain meds so his arthritic hips flared up pretty bad. Don’t really know what happened to him but he’s getting back to his normal cheery self.
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2009-11
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November Novelist.
2009-11-05.
I’ve joined NaNoWriMo and will be writing a novel this month (NaNoWriMo is a “contest” where you try to write a 50,000 word novel between November 1 and November 30). I almost tried it a couple of years ago but didn’t go through with it. This year I’m going to win!
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2011-08
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Natural Disaster Week.
2011-08-26.
It’s been a big week for natural disasters here in Virginia. First a 5.8 magnitude earthquake, complete with aftershocks (which caused a lot of excitement but we didn’t suffer any discernable damage), now we’ve got Hurricane Irene bearing down on us.
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Irene: Saturday Morning.
2011-08-27.
Hurricane Report From Richmond: It is raining. I would describe it as a completely ordinary rain, not particularly heavy, but steady. A little while ago, I heard a mild gust of wind outside.
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Irene: Saturday Noon.
2011-08-27.
Steady rain continues, with occasional bursts of heavy downpours.
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Irene: Sunday Noon.
2011-08-28.
It’s bright and sunny outside, and the ground is quickly drying. The power was miraculously restored here at about 11 AM, far exceeding my expectations. Other than the maple tree sitting on our shed, there is little to indicate that a hurricane passed by yesterday.
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2011-09
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Irene: Redux.
2011-09-02.
So we thought everything was great when we got power back on Sunday. Then, the power went out again at noon on Tuesday. It’s Thursday night now, and we are not “scheduled” to have power restored until tomorrow night.
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A Rainy Day.
2011-09-24.
So I’ve been putting off writing this post for a while, mainly because as soon as I post it a bunch of people will probably start asking me about it, but there isn’t really much to say about it, even if I wanted to have a conversation about it, because it’s kind of private, ya know? But today being a rainy and dreary day seems like an appropriate time to mention it. Cynthia and I are separating.
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2011-12
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Bye bye uvteksoftware.com.
2011-12-05.
I let uvteksoftware.com lapse for a month, then I had a change of heart and tried to re-register it, and some place called GO MONTENEGRO DOMAINS had already bought it up. Damn cyber squatters! Now they’ve got uvtek.com AND uvteksoftware.com.
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