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shake off the dust...
Today is June 30. Shannon and I went to the Des Moines Art Festival. It was fun
times. Didn't buy anything, but saw some supercool stuff. Don't know why I
haven't been updating this site. Job is going well. I am learning a lot about SQL.
It is pretty interesting how it all works!
I made a new crazy stew with chicken, tomatoes, celery, carrots, potatoes, and
chicken broth. Haven't tried it yet. The tomatoes were a bit of a gamble; I wasn't
sure how they would cook up, being fresh and all. The truth of the matter is I am
not a great fan of tomatoes but I would like some lycopene. I enjoy a tomato slice
on a sandwich but that's about it. Perhaps sneaking them into the stew will work.
I'm also formulating an idea for a health-food Chili. The worst part, naturally,
would be the exclusion of Fritos. Stay tuned.
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Oh, that naive young otter
Today is June 16. Today I went to see Shrek the Third (primarily for the
orange cat
goodness). During the credits I saw the name Philippe and I was like, aww. We
love Philippe! Then when
I was driving home, this
comic popped into my head, and I couldn't stop laughing. Inside my car.
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Hey! Listen!
Today is June 13. Job is going well so far. I am digging through layers of stupid
in my head to find my inner codemonkeySquirrel. I even got an
O RLY book with a goldfish on the
cover to help me get my learn on.
Time for a little shameless self-promotion. In the sidebar there's a link for "I
Like Reading To You." In case you haven't checked it out, it's actually my
audiobook/podcast recording of the book Fargo Rock City by Chuck Klosterman. It's
been idle for several months, but I just put a new episode up yesterday. Definitely
check
it out if you like things that are awesome (not to mention $FREE)
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With the nail and the
hitting, on my head yet!
Today is June 2. So I'm hanging out at home tonight (Saturday night), catching a
syndicated episode of Scrubs on the TV. Calypso and I were having some fun with the
ol' shiny jangly toy. Suddenly there was a commercial on for cat food, and I
shouted "Hey! Quit.....marketing to me." Lord knows the sad lonely 20-something
cat owner cannot be that coveted of a demographic. Hence relegating the ads to
11:00 p.m. on a Saturday.
Actually I do not feel the usual amount of lameness for being at home on a Saturday
night. Today, I took Jill and
Kyrie up to Story Sooty for Scandinavian Days! We went to the parade (sat in a
really nice shady spot by Merrell's) and ate some lunch at Bethel, since Immanuel
wasn't doing a lunch this year. We also checked out the crafts, heritage stuff at
Sons of Knute Norway, and looked at classic cars. They had
inflateable rides instead of the typical carnival, and everything was downtown
instead of at the park. After we had seen everything we wanted, we went to the flea
market at the antique store up by the interstate. I got this little printer's
drawer looking thing full of novelty buttons, a/k/a flair. The seller wanted 50
cents apiece for the buttons but I got the whole thing, container/holder included,
for 10 bucks. I think it makes a cool, kitschy piece of art. I'ma hang it on my
wall.
I saw a TON of people I knew (natch) and visited with some as well. In no
particular order.....Carol Baedke, Mrs. Biechler, Kendra Wendt, and Cathy Hermanson.
I had on a hat and sunglasses for some of the time so maybe not everyone recognized
me. It was nice to be able to say "I have a job!" to those I visited with.
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Welcome to my lair
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Achewood
Andy
Cat & Girl
Cat
Macros
David /
LJ
Diesel Sweeties
Dinosaur Comics
Faded Youth
Faith
Go Fug Yourself
Julie
Married to the
Sea
Mollyspace
Natalie Dee
Overcompensating
Overheard in
NY
Patches
Patton
Roger
Stuff on my Cat
Tavie
Tom
Toothpaste for
Dinner
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I like music
I like birds
I like reading to
you
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