It was a not-so-silent night for me tonight!  As mentioned during my last post, I headed over to my cousin John’s house for a late-night jam session.  Four hours of relaxing and jamming later I am still awake with Teddy, the only awake soul in the house. Tomorrow should be fun, we’re going to the […]

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Today Tasha and I had lunch with Dave and Andrea, followed by a quiet afternoon at home with my family.  I headed to the dojo to dispense some holiday cheer to Sensei Hartman, and after dinner we headed over to visit the Dukeses. I’m on a very brief break before heading over to my cousin’s […]

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It’s so good being home!  I got to work out at the Pekin dojo tonight and was lucky enough to run into Sensei Brewer, Garls, Erbe, and Dunham-san.  We had a good first class focusing on Heian kata, it was nice to go through a Heian kata review with the rest of the class. The […]

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We’re ready for the second leg of our journey back to Illinois today!  I have scheduled this post ahead of time since the Motel 6 that we have doesn’t have very good Internet and the only other bastion of the online world is Iowa rest stops which are good for no-one. With any luck, we’ll […]

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Tasha and I embark on the road back to Illinois today!  We’re getting a bright and early start toward Lincoln, Nebraska on the first leg of the trip.  It seems like we’re going to stay out of bad weather through this leg… it appears like the weather will be colder but not snowy between here […]

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Today’s going to be a busy one… we’re getting the rabbits to the vet for boarding, then we are finishing up some Christmas gifts for my coworkers, and then it’s a Christmas Party at Walton Manor!  Thanks to an extra-long nap last night, I am up wrapping Christmas presents and listening to an extreme backlog […]

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Today was my last work day of 2009!  It’s been a hectic year, and I capped it off by working with the team to wrap up two tasks on our most current user story.  My coding partner had some meetings, so I was able to grab lunch out at Subway, so that was nice.  After […]

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20 years ago today, the first episode of The Simpsons aired.  It was the Christmas Special entitled “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire“. I know I started watching The Simpsons very early on, but I can’t recall exactly when.  My parents didn’t really like it too much at the start, so I tended to watch […]

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Tasha was kind enough to take my car in to get the window repaired today.  Turns out there was something wrong with the entire window track assembly, so they had to replace it to the tune of $384 cold hard cash.  Most everybody around my office has told me to get a better car, however […]

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Paul B and I elected to have our workout tonight in his basement.  We worked on some sparring drills and the Tekki katas primarily, and I helped him with his side snap kick form.  It was  a pretty good workout, followed by a relaxing evening of conversation and Rock Band.  Tasha had a Girls Night […]

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