The lightning took out our Internet, the garage door opener, and my upstairs computer! More details tomorrow!

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Tonight, Tasha and I went shopping for light fixtures.  You see, one of the more irritating features of a home built in 1973 is that the light fixtures are… well… from 1973.  As a result, many of them are worn, starting to break, or butt-ugly.  Sometimes, all three. My brother-in-law is good with such things, […]

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Today was the first day that Tasha and I car-pooled to work.  To my mind, there are a lot of positive things about doing this: More time with Tasha – This is a huge plus.  We actually had time to talk to each other in the morning and it was nice and relaxing. Less Gas […]

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Today was busy as well! This weekend flew by in an instant, but at least we got some things done! Today, with the help of Tasha and my parents we: Painted both upstairs bathrooms (green and blue respectively, woot!) Pruned the apple tree in the back yard, which took my Dad and I around four […]

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I got a lot of things done today! Here is a quick list: Got woken up by Tasha, who needed help getting Teddy to drop a freshly killed young rabbit. Went to the bank, paid my mortgage, and went to Menards to buy paint. Got my wedding ring cleaned, along with one of my One […]

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Tonight’s workout was an interesting kata-flavored event. During the first class, it was left up to just us Nidans and we elected to split into belt-level groups to work on kata. I ended up with Jane-san, so I got to work on Heian Yondan for an extensive period of time. We had a really good […]

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Disorder Rating Paranoid: Low Schizoid: Low Schizotypal: Moderate Antisocial: Low Borderline: Low Histrionic: High Narcissistic: Moderate Avoidant: Low Dependent: Low Obsessive-Compulsive: Low — Personality Disorder Test —— Personality Disorder Information —

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I got my new iPod today! Now those of you that have been paying attention the last… well… forever know that I like to get a bargain, and I got a bargain on this one. I found a black 8GB nano on Buy.com for $139 and I had a $10 off coupon if I checked […]

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Tonight was a great night again… we spent the first class on basics and partner training. Mercifully (for a change) pitted us across from the white belts as we worked on partner basics. I was across from this young kid that was able to raise his leg in strange quarters that I have not even […]

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Today we got the patchwork finished on my basement ceiling! came over and helped finish the work, including the texturing. We ended up using a paintbrush to match the texture and it worked perfectly! came over today and we ended up going to Iron Man at Kerasotes ($5 Club for the win) along with a […]

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