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Back to school! No, really. I decided to get an actual CS education. I'm gonna pick up some background first, taking ugrad classes at GA State. Then, if I still feel up to it, I'm gonna see about gettin' a Masters.

Best part of it? Looks like my employer, Oracle, is gonna pick up the tab.

Way.

Sorry I've been so far out of it....
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Happy New Year!

Sorry for the long delay between updates. Yeah, as if it really matters to you.

In preparation for the coming disappearance of analog TV, my cable company sent me a note saying that I would need one of their digital tuners (at an additional monthly cost of about 3 bucks) if'n I didna already have one. Now, I only use the cable...
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I got a natural gas bill the other day.

Atlanta Gas Light Charge: 16.59
MXEnergy Customer Charge 5.95
Sales Tax: 1.58
Total Gas Charges: 0.00

That's right. I used no (or a negligible amount of) gas, and I got a bill for $24.12.

WTF?!

Wow! It's really been almost 3 months since I put something here? Just been really busy with the "real" world. Me 'n' the girl just took a week "staycation" to install new hardwood floors upstairs. I originally wanted bamboo, but I decided to go the even more eco route and get reclaimed hardwoods from Distinctive Building Materials. They buy like old barns, tear them...
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I read an Amazon review the other day, commenting on the upside-down American flag that is American Recordings' logo. The review said, "it's stupid to combine a political statement with Johnny Cash."

...

Uh, says I, "have you ever listened to Johnny Cash?!"

jeez

I almost got into a fight the last time the Pittsburgh Penguins were down here against Atlanta. Some twat behind me...
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Happy Thanksgiving, all! Been busy as piss, so the 4 day weekend couldn't have come too soon. I'm working on a couple of cool projects at home. One is a built-in media storage unit. There's a big niche above my fireplace - like 51" wide by 46" high by 24" deep - that was designed for a big screen tv 'n' such to go in....
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Hola!

Me 'n' the girl went hiking in Tallulah Gorge with a couple o' friends last weekend. We did the Hurricane Falls trail, about 3 miles. It was pretty sweet. Then we went over to Anna Ruby Falls in Unicoi State Park. That was another .8 miles round trip, lots of uphill going in. Highly recommended.

Not recommended is the drive through Helen to get...
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Happy belated labor day. Me and the girl went to Tybee for the weekend with two other couples. It rained the whole damn time. We still got in a little bit of swimming. The surf beat the shit out of us, and I got a bit of rug burn on my knee from getting dragged around in the sand.

Mostly we're just doing the domestic...
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Ok! Time for my approximately bi-monthly post.

I went to Seattle with the girl late last month. It was pretty cool. We were only there for a few days, and much of that was occupied with attending a friends wedding in Port Townsend, so we didn't get to do a whole lot. We did go the the REI flagship store. Very cool, but how 'bout...
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So,

The girl is moving in. She's been trying to sell her house for a couple years. She finally got an offer that she could work with. She's bringing two doggies, 2 leopard geckos, and a solomon island skink. Plus we're looking at a California king... snake, not bed. And mayhaps an iguana.

We gotsta get rid of some shit, that's fer sure. My old...
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