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August 30, 2010

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August 31, 2010

2108 - So. Work all day. Home before 5. Change, then onto the elliptical for 3400 strides / 500 calories in ~30 minutes. Stretch and cool down for 10 minutes. Feed the dogs. Walk Lexi. Prep and grill sixteen turkey burgers. Eat dinner. Dog treats. Walk Lexi. Roast coffee. This post. Shower. Remote work for things that need doing outside of business hours. Collapse. Start all over again tomorrow. Some days seem like they just won't end. Ciao!

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September 1, 2010

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September 2, 2010

2207 - Warm here, but that's about to come to an end - cooler weather rolling through from the west as Earl slides past headed north ... well east of us. Meantime I'm updating systems at work, and about ready to call it a night. Tired, maybe I'll get to sleep in one day over the holiday weekend. HAHAHAHAHA! I crack myself up. Ciao!

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September 3, 2010

2213 - Making progress on many fronts. I gave over an hour today to a time management talk given by Randy Pausch, shortly before his death untimely. I was pointed to it by this blog post by Ben Rockwood. Watch it for the first twenty minutes or so, and then find you have to listen all the way through. Here:

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September 4, 2010

Synchronized resting

1642 - So sleeping in wasn't an option: the dogs enacted their version of the 0600 alarm. So, up and feeding and walking, all done by 0700. I suppose I could have gone back to bed, but I didn't. Yardwork today: pruning in front, and removing four shrubs that were more invasive than I'd wanted in the landscape. Another couple of years and they'd have been much more difficult to remove. I roasted several days worth of Sumatra Onan Ganjang Cultivar, thereafter.

At right, you can see the state of the dogs, from a few evenings ago. They're continuing to hope that synchronized sleeping becomes an official event at the Doglympics. Here, of course, they've not got their alignment precise enough for competition, but it's always good to work on form every time you sleep, right?

Now, back to mucking around with Nexenta Core 3. Ciao!

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September 5, 2010

2104 - The most important thing I have to do today is say goodbye to Vanya. I'll do that privately, though.

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The second things are both past due. Happy belated birthday to Pete and to Robbie. You know who you are.

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I'll tell you one of the things that really gets under my skin - texts that cost a bunch of bucks, developed with taxpayer dollars. I've already paid for the fsck'ng thing, dudes! Like this site: http://www.aliceprogramming.net/ I want to mess with Alice, and look at the text. But they're double-dipping. I *hate* that.

A bad week in Afghanistan for our forces. Our condolences to the families and units of the fallen.

• Master Sgt. Daniel L. Fedder, 34, of Pine City, Minnesota, died Aug. 27 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
• Staff Sgt. James R. Ide, 32, of Festus, Missouri, died Aug. 29 at Hyderabad, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire.
• Spc. James C. Robinson, 27, of Lebanon, Ohio, died Aug. 28 at Paktika, Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked his unit with indirect fire.
• Spc. Chad D. Coleman, 20, of Moreland, Georgia, died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device Aug. 27 in Paktiya, Afghanistan.
• Pvt. Adam J. Novak, 20, of Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device Aug. 27 in Paktiya, Afghanistan.
• Capt. Ellery R. Wallace, 33, of Utah, died Aug. 29 at Nangahar, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his military vehicle was struck by rocket propelled grenade on Aug. 28 at Nangahar, Afghanistan.
• Pfc. Bryn T. Raver, 20, of Harrison, Arkansas, died Aug. 29 at Nangahar, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his military vehicle was struck by rocket propelled grenade on Aug. 28 at Nangahar, Afghanistan.
• Gunnery Sgt. Floyd E. C. Holley, 36, of Casselberry, Florida, died Aug. 29 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
• Sgt. Patrick K. Durham, 24, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, died Aug. 28 in Babur, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
• Spc. Andrew J. Castro, 20, of Westlake Village, California, died Aug. 28 in Babur, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
• Capt. Dale A Goetz, 43, of White, South Dakota, died Aug. 30 in the Arghandab River Valley, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
• Staff Sgt. Jesse Infante, 30, of Cypress, Texas, died Aug. 30 in the Arghandab River Valley, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
• Staff Sgt. Kevin J. Kessler, 32, of Canton, Ohio, died Aug. 30 in the Arghandab River Valley, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
• Staff Sgt. Matthew J. West, 36, of Conover, Wisconsin, died Aug. 30 in the Arghandab River Valley, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
• Pfc. Chad D. Clements, 26, of Huntington, Indiana, died Aug. 30 in the Arghandab River Valley, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
• Sgt. Joseph A. Bovia, 24, of Kenner, Louisiana, died Aug. 31 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
• Lance Cpl. Cody A. Roberts, 22, of Boise, Idaho, died Aug. 31 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
• Lance Cpl. Christopher B. Rodgers, 20, of Griffin, Georgia, died Sept. 1 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
• 1st Lt. Mark A. Noziska, 24, of Papillon, Nebraska, died Aug. 30 in Malajat, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
• Staff Sgt. Casey J. Grochowiak, 34, of Lompoc, California, died Aug. 30 in Malajat, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
• Lance Cpl. Joshua T. Twigg, 21, of Indiana, Pennsylvania, died Sept. 2 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
• Staff Sgt. Vinson B. Adkinson III, 26, of Harper, Kansas, died Aug. 31 in Logar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
• Sgt. Raymond C. Alcaraz, 20, of Redlands, California, died Aug. 31 in Logar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
• Pfc. Matthew E. George, 22, of Gransboro, North Carolina, died Aug. 31 in Logar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
• Pfc. James A. Page, 23, of Titusville, Florida, died Aug. 31 in Logar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.

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