minorthird

so…the last Friday of 2006. Wow.
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“Can I count it off? 1…2…3…4!” — James Brown
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There is an escalator in North Station that throws off my morning rhythym everyday.
It has a longer-than-normal top and bottom: it’s like a moving sidwalk that let itself go in the middle.
It actually feels like an amusement park ride, like a […]

so…this is the first year in, oh, maybe 10 or 11 years that I don’t have the week between Christmas and New Year’s off.
It really blows.
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we were in Wal-Mart on the day after Christmas and they had already started putting Valentine’s Day candy out!
It isn’t even in the same year!!
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I pass a vending machine in […]

so…if the lack of passengers on this train is any indication of the state of the city today, the first day of the rest of the year is going to be long.
Just a long a yesterday.
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Adding all of the albums by Counting Crows, The Shins and Wilco to an otherwise diverse playlist of 500-600 songs […]

so…I missed my train by 30, 35 seconds. It’s not a huge deal — sure I want to home, but I didn’t think I was going to make it, and there is another train in 20 minutes.
And I’m entertained:
I’m watching the people on the Fitchburg Express get jerked around. First they were all on the […]

so…going into work yesterday is throwing me off: my mind knows that the second day after my mid-week day off is Friday.
But it’s Thursday.
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my computer woes from Monday resulted in, not one, but two new computers.
I guess my team was on the list for new machines anyway, so I just jumped to the front […]

so…it’s Wednesday, and I’m on the train. Yesterday was Tuesday, and I was home, and still in bed at this time.
No, this isn’t just the introduction to the opposites. The consulting company I work for is having a holiday lunch, so Erika and I switched days.
It may seem like a small change but it is […]

so…I walked into my office this morning and was greeted by a friendly, black screen and a cheerful message:
“NTLDS is missing
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart”
So you know what happens when I “press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart?”
“NTLDS is missing
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart”
At least it has a sense of humor. Just what I was looking for: a Dell that […]

so…this morning I was running short on time (big surprise!) during my morning kitchen routine, and instead of having breakfast I decided to wrap it up for my train ride.
One ham and turkey sandwich for lunch. One peanut butter and peach jam sandwich for breakfast.
I have a flat, L.L. Bean lunchbox, which just happens to […]

so…there is always a lot of talk about fulfilling one’s potential. Well, there are times when you don’t want to encourage that:
this morning Sammy grabbed a coffee mug off of the coffee table and threw it on the floor.
he’s gotten to be extremely fast! And knowing this, I have to do things differently, like using […]

so…here’s the punch list for things in and around our house (in no particular order):
[edited 1/4/06: I light of my “vacation” I’ve decided to update our punch list. All of the newly added items are at the top of the list, upto “New roof”.]
[12/15/06: just a quick update for a few things…]

Set up Samson’s room

Prime […]