Well, November has finally started back up and it’s time to get back to the dojo regularly.  I have a partner-in-crime in my coworker Paul B., and we both agreed today that we’re going to do our best to hit every workout in November. Tonight’s class was very basics-heavy.  We did fairly mundane jab/kick combinations […]

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Last week I worked with Paul to adjust my role at work a bit so I could get back to more design and architecture tasks.  This week is continuing to be heavy in meetings, but things break wide open on Wednesday, with the only things on my calendar being coding and design.  I’m extremely happy […]

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I am happy to report that I slept in today!  Since it was a nice day, I opted to grill us some burgers for lunch.  Tasha’s in the middle of Fable 2 again, and tonight we’re both going over to the Walton’s house to play guitar/drums and then some video game Rock Band to cap […]

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Today marks one year since I moved in to this house in Colorado!  What a crazy year it has been… lots of work, meeting new people, even more joys of home ownership… it’s been a good one though.  Speaking of joys of home ownership, Tasha and I spent a portion of the morning raking and […]

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After an INCREDIBLY long week at the office, fraught with far too many meetings it is Friday.  Tasha and I had originally planned to go see The Men Who Stare At Goats, but instead have decided to go have dinner together.  I intend to be incredibly lazy tonight, which is what Fridays were made for! […]

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Tonight, I decided to start a few coding projects just to keep my skills sharp.  A coworker pointed me at the free Blackberry IDE, which allows you to develop apps for the phone platform for free.  I got a sample app running and am having a good time!  Now it’ll be a matter of understanding […]

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After four long months, I realized that I was still getting charged for my gym membership so I decided to use it.  Paul and I met up and I did a 10 minute warmup on the elliptical, then we did a light set of exercises on the weight machines.  We added the assisted chinups and […]

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Some work-days, Paul has an errand to run and I join him.  Often, he has checks to deposit in his bank account, which is also the same Wells Fargo branch that we do our banking at.  Because he often deals in foreign currency (being foreign as he is) his transactions often take a long time, […]

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For some reason, today has been a good day.  My energy level was high, my motivation level was high, and things went very well at the office.  It was one of those days that just flew by, I got several things done and the day was over before I knew it. It’s starting to get […]

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Last night’s Halloween party was great!  My coworker dressed in a lifesize Jack Skellington costume from Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas, complete with drywall stilts to make him the appropriate height.  He wasn’t kidding when he said that he went all-out for Halloween!  There was probably 30 or so people there, all in costume.  A […]

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