I was listening to Whiskey from a Wire at work today (on headphones of course), and this song came on. I was suddenly so utterly and completely distracted that I uploaded two copies of the document I was uploading – three times. Three times, people. The fact that the acrobatics described in this song assume […]
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Stephanie and I were sitting at the kitchen table this morning lingering over our coffee and talking about the trip we took to the bookstore yesterday. “I was so upset they didn’t have that fourth book I wanted,” she said. “Which one was it?” I asked. “It’s called _Death in Little Italy_. It’s set in
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One of the things I’m working really hard on this year is managing my out-of-control finances. Sure, there was some bad luck in there, but there’s also been a lot of careless spending on my part. I don’t keep track of what I spend. I don’t balance my checkbook. I just keep approximate ideas of
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So, I got my first paycheck for a full week of work yesterday, and did the math. With what I’m making a week, after taxes, I’m making a grand total of: 20K a year. I’m now working 40 hours a week to make $85 a week more than I was getting when I was on
Starting tomorrow, this will be my new MA school. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sunday’s a good time for a bike ride… I realized tonight that I haven’t done a lot of purely recreational biking since I got here. Since I don’t have a car, the bike is largely a tool to get me from here to there, and though it’s great to combine exercise with a bookstore run,