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So I’m coming back from lunch yesterday, having dropped off the check for the shiny new gutters on the shiny new house. I reach the path from the street to my door and I see this bird clinging to the underside of said gutters. I…

Got my “Home CFO” hat on this morning, and I opened up a letter from redmeds employers. It was one page saying basically that they hadn’t received a response to their request for information about clinical privileges, and they were following up. Then I got…

So, the reviews for the new transformers movie aren’t great: “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” is a horrible experience of unbearable length, briefly punctuated by three or four amusing moments. One of these involves a dog-like robot humping the leg of the heroine. Such are…

Had a productive day at the house today. We: * Removed all the flourescent light fixtures from the main floor* Installed sliding locks on a couple of doors.* Made a couple more doors actually open and close correctly.* Took another layer of paint off the…

Pro: The little Chinese restaurant on the corner has pretty flavorful vegetarian entrees – and they get substantially better if you chat with the cook and ask him to make it like he likes to eat it. Con: More traffic noise than expected on my…

A notional list, based on more than a decade of observation: * First we become loud. * Then we all talk about how drunk we were, that one time. * Next, we reassure each other that we’re totally not drunk yet. Not at all. *…

My older cat (Merlot) has cancer of the jaw. Not to put too fine a point on it, but if you’ve got anything really pressing to say to her, you should probably say it immediately. The vet’s prognosis is “days to weeks,” and when even…

Please take note: If you find yourself ranting in the role of “Howard” here, then you irritate me. Note that “friends” locking a post will not prevent this crap. You. Yes you. Don’t look away from me: I’m talking to you. Facebook and livejournal are…

There’s a useless little column-let in the Times today titled “The Joy of Less.” I won’t claim that I read it – but I did read the title – and now off I go on my own thoughts. It seems somehow appropriate. The past week,…

Been busy lately. Gonna be busy today and for the foreseeable future. However, not too busy to geek out. A took a typing test that claims that I run around 72 words per minute at more than 95% accuracy. That was the 3 minute “tiger”…