Archive for May, 2004
Thursday, May 13th, 2004
Day of the Zinger I made my co-workers laugh, full-on and uncontrollably, for about 5 minutes today after pulling an unintentional pratfall as I tried to sit down. But The Lovely One got the best lines of today: “Good movies don’t need to be re-made, because they were already made!” “The British have Shakespeare, the […]
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2004
Volunteerism So I went and did my first stint of corner-work for the Tuesday Nighters. I wasn’t bitter (well maybe a little), but I haven’t ridden in the first two WTNC races now, and I haven’t ridden a race since the minor fiasco that was my Harris-Roubaix experience about a month ago. I want to […]
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Sunday, May 9th, 2004
Weekend Update Did anything happen on Saturday? I can’t remember. Must have been a quiet day. No, wait, it was quite the opposite. First, I sold the motorcycle. I nearly got my asking price, which qualifies as both a minor miracle and a good deal for the buyer. The classic transaction where everyone was happy: […]
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Thursday, May 6th, 2004
There’s a crack in my tooth Yep. That’s what the dentist told me. This was amusingly demonstrated by using the air-puffer tool and gingerly directing a shot of air at the afflicted tooth, leading to this hilarious sound effect sequence: [puff!] “Uaah!” So, I’m back to the dentist later this month to have a large […]
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Tuesday, May 4th, 2004
You see, this is what happens when . . . well, I don’t know what caused that thread to happen. Usenet can be a very strange place, and I look forward to some day, 30 years from now, when my children do some deep Googling to find dirt on me and turn up that gem. […]
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Monday, May 3rd, 2004
Mike was successfully married. My motorcycle was not successfully sold. The Dodge Viper is a powerfully fast vehicle. Oh, the before picture of Mike is pretty funny, too: but as you see above, he looks pretty good in rented clothes. The wedding went as smoothly as any I have ever been involved with. The transportation […]
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Sunday, May 2nd, 2004
Too much new stuff This weekend I took nearly 100 photos, saw my brother get married, got to drive my brother-in-law’s new A4 Quattro (with the 1.8 turbo motor), and got a ride in a new Dodge Viper. More soon, I really mean it.