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Thursday, May 17, 2012
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Took the bike out of storage in anticipation for the city ride on Saturday. Still need to take it for test run though - hopefully I'll be able to free up some time tomorrow afternoon and get that going. I'm also going to take LD out for dinner at the place where we had our very first date, since she'll be in the area at a conference. Memories!
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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Not sure what it is, but I've been taking these Vitamin D pills to build up my bones for the last few months, yet lately it feels like my bones are all sore and creaky.
Is it just a sign on getting old?
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
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I fixed the view counters on the photos, although it took me a while to track it down - for some odd reason some weird characters somehow got into the file that holds the data so I stripped it out. It was sort of like solving a mystery because I could see that the database was keeping track and updating appropriately, the problem was just actually displaying the values. So I just needed to get it down to that level, little by little until I found it - a lot of programming snafus are like that.
Also for some people, these weird pop up boxes show up sometimes, although not on my system. I think some kind of spammer somehow inserted some code somewhere but I can't seem to find it.
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Monday, May 14, 2012
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Uploaded some pics from the weekend, although I'm not sure why the javascript pic counters are not working for no reason all of a sudden. Anyways, some highlights were planting the garden, chilling at home, and eating an Eggs Benedict with crab on top in the Witch City!
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
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Freed some birds this morning (a robin and a sparrow) from some netting that is supposed to keep them out of under the eaves of the back deck but they cram their way into there anyhow and then can't figure how to get themselves out, rather annoying. Then went out with a friend to Salem and Gloucester for the afternoon as it was such a perfect day to be by the water. Came home and planted the garden plants we bought yesterday in some containers and last year's raised bed creation. Kinda wiped now though - pretty tired. Being by the sea air always seems to take something out of me.
Next week I'm going to try to get out to see the author talk about the Breasts book I've been reading (very good, and quite fascinating), and then the Cambridge City bike tour which looks to be really cool this year with stops at the Museum of Science to do some astronomy, and a lot of stops around MIT since the theme this year is String Theory and free lunch from Trader Joe's!
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Saturday, May 12, 2012
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Saw a female ruby throated hummingbird at a fucschia plant we have hanging off the back deck yesterday - it was really cool watching it skittle about and suck the nectar out of the plant! The fuschia plant is really cool and quite beautiful but it does need a lot of care to do well. Today we got started on out gardening - a little late, but that's alright - got a bunch of things that are already started - just have to place them and hope they prosper.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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Well, I didn't get picked in the ticket lottery to see the Antiques Roadshow taping in Boston this summer. Bummer. Still entering contests for Celtics playoff tickets though. I've won preseason in the past - could lightning strike again?
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Sunday, May 6, 2012
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Took some time out this afternoon to check out the DeCordova Sculpture Park in Lincoln MA. It's a place I've always meant to check out but never went for one reason or another. We had a lovely time there and I think I got some good photos which I will share some in day or so.
Finished reading The Shroud book I bought a couple weeks ago - good read, though not sure I really agree with the author's final conclusion about the Resurrection. Now it's off to my next book - Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History. I liked the review of it in the Globe so I figured I'd give it a shot. They are pretty magical, aren't they? Also, the Kindle's pretty rad - downloaded it in seconds after seeing the article!
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Saturday, May 5, 2012
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10:31 PM EST [Link] My Very Original First Tongue Twister Ever! |
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So clever, that tonight while driving around I came up with my very own tongue twister: The Hairy Hyena Harassed Her Hairdresser. Pretty good huh? Try saying that 5 times fast - bet you can't.
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Monday, April 30, 2012
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Got down and dirty this weekend and planted some Hydrangeas and Stargazer Lily around the house perimeter at Earth-2 and picked up a sweet coffee table at a yard sale late in the day. Also have a bunch of berries to put down. Little out of shape though as all the digging and bending really put a little bit of a toll on the old bodies.
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
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Still around - just no news I feel worthy of updating on. In case, anyone was wondering. However, spring is coming in full bloom now and vacations are going to be coming up and a bunch of little things are getting planned, so good stuff coming up.
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Monday, April 16, 2012
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We took a day trip out to Springfield Mass yesterday mostly to check out the Dr. Seuss Memorial Sculpture Park, which is something I've always wanted to check out. It was a beautiful day to hang out there and we also checked out the museums that surround the park, highlights being this frog exhibit of which they had various frogs from all over the world, and copies of Roman marble masterworks in plaster which I found very impressive for such a small museum. We also checked out two new breakfast places, both located in Natick as it worked out and both are very good for different reasons - Zaftigs and Station 5 Grille, the former a huge deli and the latter run by a fireman. Took a bunch of pics of the park but sadly not as many as I wanted because my camera battery went dead - I lapsed in charging it the night before. I also entered a chance to win tix to the Antiques Roadshow taping in Boston during the summer - that would be a cool take-in I think.
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Friday, April 13, 2012
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Hey hey! There's a picture of me in a full page spread in this week's Boston Phoenix on Page 18 heralding their Arts & Entertainment picks! I grabbed a bunch of copies for posterity!
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Monday, April 9, 2012
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Had a nice quiet Easter holiday - did a bunch of stuff around the home mostly, took it easy and relaxed but did find some time to paint a few Easter eggs just for fun. Today has been pretty basic, except for the fire outside the office due to a careless smoker that lit the mulch by a bush. The fire was put out rather quickly though so no problems.
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Sunday, April 8, 2012
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Started out the day with a breakfast trip to Rox diner in west Roxbury - part of our trying various different places around town for morning grub. Then in the afternoon, took a little day trip down to Providence RI to check out that movie based on the book talk we saw on Wednesday night - it was in this little old theatre that was actually pretty cool. Then had a nice dinner in Federal Hill area, ended up getting spagettini con polpette, with an arugula salad and mozzarella balls for an appitizer. Good day all around!
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Friday, April 6, 2012
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Rather interesting day so far, got my stitches out this morning (the waiting room was packed - looked pretty busy to me for 7:30 in the morning!), but that was only a 5 minute appointment, and then a saw a lady with crazy eyes and spiked blue hair in a trenchcoat, but then I realized that the Anime convention is in town this weekend. Love me some cosplayer action. Want to get started on gardening this weekend too. Got to figure out how we're going to lay everything out, every year pretty much go through it haphazardly, might actually be better to put a plan together.
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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Attended tonight a reading by Nick Flynn, author of Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, a memoir. Pretty good stuff, even a movie out now about it starring DeNiro and Juliette Moore. It was at Emerson College in Downtown Boston! I feel I might need to go read it now, I know it deals about homelessness, Boston, and finding your father.
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Sunday, April 1, 2012
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Went to a place called Kristen's for breakfast in Braintree today based on a writeup in today's Globe. Not too shabby. Then later while out on errands saw a pregnant woman smoking - what the hell was she thinking???
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Got kinda addicted to a new show called Celebrity House Hunting and on one of the episodes was Greg Brady! Apparently he had live show going on in MO. We can get him too! But sadly the show isn't running anymore -- plus reviews said it was god-awful. What a surprise.
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I had so much fun listening to LD's presentation on Saturday afternoon. I got to sit in the classroom along with some students and participate. It was really well done - great job to the Ladydoc!
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Saturday, March 31, 2012
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Burgers at the Bristol Lounge this afternoon at the Four Seasons.
Yum!
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Friday, March 30, 2012
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Today is National Cleavage Day!
Yay! and Yay! again
Seems to be happening in England.
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I can't wait to see LD do her presentation tomorrow!!!! I will be in the audience lending my full support!
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
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About 4 hours to go and I'll be in the chair getting a titanium screw fitted into my jaw!
Eh, let's just get it over with.
Update: Well, it's in! You don't feel the drill going into the bone (thankfully!) but you know it's happening!
Update2: Mouth is sore and face a little swollen but all is good.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Incorrigible.
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Sunday, March 18, 2012
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Well, I hear that the guy who played Peter Brady will be in town in a few weeks, so theoretically I could get a photo op with two of the Bradys within a year in my quest to get one with every Brady possible. However, since learning that the day of his appearance is the same as my appointed surgical date, I most likely will not be in the mood to go appear. Fate is funny that way.
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Saturday, March 17, 2012
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Well, I'm in charge of myself tonight as LD has gotten taken away for a getaway for the night by two of her best gal pals. One thing I could do is fantasize about just what all three of them will be doing with eachother tonight (such a male idea, I know) , even though I suspect they'll probably just talk about their men and pamper themselves silly. So instead of that idea, I bought some books to read tonight and maybe order myself a pizza and watch some sports - no sense in getting frustrated! The books I got on clearance today, in case you were wondering, were The Puzzler's Dilemma, which is about all of history's various puzzles through time and taking a fresh look at them, and History's Monsters: 101 Villains from Vlad the Impaler to Adolf Hitler. Basically a book about all the bad guys throughout history.
Still, I have to wonder - will there will be any pillow-fights?
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
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Fill out those brackets! I was lucky enough to win the one in the office I work at last year, can I repeat? I'd like to think so, but you never know with these things.
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Monday, March 12, 2012
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Pitstops in Westport, Connecticut and Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey over the weekend. More later. I will say we've been hanging around a lot of golf courses lately for some odd reason.
Ok, had a nice day in Westport but to be honest, wasn't all that enamored with the place in general. It wasn't bad but not sure why people might think it's so great - I think we've been to better communities.
Lake Hiawatha was fun, got to see some tykes and everyone had fun in the pool. On the ride home listened to the Celts game on the radio, but it's a bummer they lost that one, not that it's all that surprising but they gave a good run.
Seems lately we've been staying by or even on golf courses - not sure why the coincidence lately.
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Friday, March 9, 2012
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Everything went well this morning - this xray machine they used was pretty sick - you stand up and this thing spins around your head and takes your whole mouth at once - sort of like an MRI machine. Anyways everything looks good and it appears I'm ready to go ahead with the procedure - no bone grafts necessary, which I had feeling would be the case. I've booked it for Tuesday the 27th. Then there's a 4-5 month healing time while to bone attaches to the device, after that put the finishing touches on, and then it's pretty much done!
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
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Well, I'm going in for Xrays for my upcoming surgery on Friday morning. I didn't realize when I signed up for this that the procedure would take so long, at this rate it'll be into the end of summer by the time it's all said and hopefully done. They have to wait for the bone to heal and attach which takes 4-6 months. Might also be in for a ride to Jersey over the weekend depending on the outcome.
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Monday, March 5, 2012
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Had a nice little getaway on the Cape to help celebrate LD's birthday. We stayed at a nice historic inn in Sandwich and we had some great dinners around town there. The night after we stayed at a resort in Brewster, although that place wasn't as good, but not bad. The Cape off-season is pretty quiet. Nice to get away, and it doesn't have to be too far.
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
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Off to the Cape this weekend! Whoop! What else has been happening? My next door neighbor died, my sister got her car repo'd, and I have a surgery coming up. Not too much!
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Sunday, February 19, 2012
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Remember the days when I used to post something here everyday? I know, maybe I'll get to posting more soon but truth to tell, been keeping low doing the day-to-day and keeping the nose to the grindstone. Got some fun stuff coming up in the next few weeks though so there will be a bunch of good posts coming. Anyways, today went for a walk around the Chestnut Hill reservoir. With the weather being so nice, it's a good time to start to get in shape and be healthier. Breakfast at Johnnie's Luncheonette and then the walk around the rim. Afterwards decided we were hungry so hit the local Legal there. Who strolls right by us as we were eating but Mayor Menino himself!
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