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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.
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Thursday, April 29th, 2004
Random nonsense Two days to Mike’s wedding. No other projects up. Not doing enough riding, but I am stomping around the bike shed a lot. Picked up the tuxedo yesterday, and dropped off the wedding present, so Mike and Marjie can’t back out now. They won’t give me a refund on the tux. I too […]
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2004
Bicycles: the other rusting, inedible meat So, what kind of dishes will I be making with the fresh bikes? I have a chart on my wall. The Lovely One will get indexed shifting this year. The Auto-Mini will get put on hold (it looks like this), until a 7-speed gearhub is acquired and probably just […]
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Saturday, April 24th, 2004
Uh-oh Today, after a particularly successful hunt of the region’s garage sales with my imaginary friend Dave (The Lovely One, having not yet met Dave, insists he doesn’t really exist), I came home with: 2 high-quality Serratus saddlebags ($12) a bunch of records and a Chinese-style embroidery for TLO ($7.50) A whole lotta Atari 2600 […]
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2004
And here I thought I had nothing to post about Google, as part of its ongoing plot to take over the world, has finally given me a shot at a GMail account. So I’m rcousine@gmail.com, and let’s see if this thing has any use at all. They seem to be trying some fairly clever concepts […]
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Monday, April 19th, 2004
Isn’t he cute? The shed is up. I had my misgivings about the project for a while (especially when I was putting in the joist supports, every one of which I cut a little too short), but it looks like it will be usable as a real work space, even with a pile of bikes […]
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Sunday, April 18th, 2004
Shed’s up, I’m out Thank heavens. The shed project is done. But no photos of that yet, not even the silly one once again showing that I tastelessly own three blue bikes with identical orange seats. Instead, I think I’ll just say I’m kinda beat. Oh, but I have to mention Greg Viger’s cool real-estate […]