Posted in Main on Aug 26th, 2009
Most people my age have not yet experienced the joys of having a colonoscopy. A few of us are lucky enough to not only have had 1, but 2 colonoscopies. My 2nd was yesterday and boy was it fun. The procedure itself isn’t too bad; it’s pretty quick and I was sedated during it (I [...]
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Posted in Main on May 15th, 2009
I’ve been running on and off for more than a decade. I’ve used it as a way to relieve stress and by running 2 marathons, proved to myself that I can accomplish physical goals that we’re unimaginable to me years ago. After my last marathon, almost 2 years ago, I haven’t run very consistently. My [...]
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Posted in Main on May 15th, 2009
Work has been the focus of my life for a long time, especially the 5.5 years prior to my new job. Being a self-employed contractor meant that every hour I worked, I got paid. Then when I started ReceiptWallet, I had to not only do my contract work, I had to handle support and development [...]
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Posted in Main on Apr 29th, 2009
Well, then, there
My wife said this today as a retort to something I said. I’m still scratching my head figuring out what she meant. I’m not sure she knows, either.
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Posted in Main on Feb 6th, 2009
Prior to our son being born almost 2 years ago, my wife and I decided that we’d use cloth diapers with him (she did the research and I just nodded my head). They are a bit of work to clean and wash (my wife does most of it), but we figure in the long run, [...]
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Posted in Main on Jan 31st, 2009
When I was young, the only shoes that would fit were the blue ones! That was then, now things are a bit more complicated. Up until I started running, I just got some cheap shoes and didn’t really care. Road Runner Sports has a free service called Shoe Dog that helps you pick the right [...]
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Posted in Main on Jan 27th, 2009
About 4 years ago, I became a trained member of my local CERT, Community Emergency Response Team. I attended meetings did training, and even helped out during the 2007 wildfires here in San Diego. As my Disaster Service Worker card expires in June, I started looking at what it took to renew it. There was [...]
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Posted in Main on Oct 19th, 2008
It’s almost winter in San Diego; how can I tell? Well, I had to wear long pants a few times this week and it was too cold to wear my Tevas. Next week will have a few warm days (80-90 degrees), but it’s just the weather trying to trick us. While the winter isn’t bad [...]
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Posted in Main on Sep 24th, 2008
This summer was one of the slowest times I’ve had in the 5.5 years that I’ve been self employed. While there have been ups and downs, I actually considered taking a job in an office. I went through the whole interview process and was offered a position, but ultimately realized that I couldn’t give up [...]
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Posted in Main on Aug 25th, 2008
In my line of work of being a contracting software engineer, I have to take on many different types of projects, some in fields that are foreign to me or touching parts of the operating system that I have never used before. I’ve had to learn a lot to get things going. For example, I [...]
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