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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
My bank, Washington Mutual, failed today. With the failures of Lehman Bros, IndyMac, and the bailouts of AIG, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac, it's obvious our banking industry is in the tank. Perhaps soon, our government will become at least part owners in some of our major financial institutions in ...
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
I'm finally all moved in. I have a few more boxes to unpack and some organization to do in my new home office (which previously lived in the basement). I'm also "done" with the immediate improvements to the house. I scaled back my original plans after a bit of sticker ...
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Sunday, August 10th, 2008
It's safe to say, it's been an "illuminating" weekend.
With much help from the Bostwicks, my new place now has recessed "can" lighting in the hallway above the stairs. The cans replaced the two "boob" lights that were there previously. In addition, Myles and I ran new 14-3 electrical wire and ...
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
At 11:00 this morning, I close on my new townhome in Fort Collins.
At about noon, I'll own my first place. Bring on the paint!
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
On the new home, I'm thinking of making these changes in fairly immediate order:
Replace the boob lights in the bedroom with ceiling fans with remote controls
Replace kitchen light fixture with track lights
Replace kitchen boob light with a recessed fixture (if possible)
Add recessed lights to living room (if possible/conveniently inexpensive)
Paint the ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
I bought my first place!
After touring 20 (or so) townhomes and single-family homes throughout Fort Collins with my realtor until we came across just about the perfect unit in the center of town. It's a 2 bedroom, 2.5 bath townhome just off (like 50 feet off) the Spring Creek trail. ...
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Sunday, May 25th, 2008
I love Fort Collins.
This city has some amazing bike/multiuse trails winding throughout the city. Today, I (with co-conspirator Dave) rode about 30 miles of them. We started off just outside Dave's place near Edora Park on the Spring Creek trail. We rode it out to the Poudre trail and rode ...
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
00:04 <@Bender> nowadays parents wouldn't even let their kids onto IRC at age 13
00:04 <@Bender> but back in your day, they didn't even know about it
This got me thinking about what might have happened had I not been active on IRC in my early teens.
From approximately 1996 (age 13) to ...
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
Someone at work today accused me (j'accuse!) of getting fired up about a particular subject (you might say, weighing in with excessive exuberance) and then doing nothing about it.
At the time, I thought it was a fairly accurate statement. I do tend to get irritated and energized about things that ...
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