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Turning 29
I’m turning 29 tomorrow, and it’s bothering me a lot more than any previous birthday has. Generally I’m very happy about birthdays. There’s cake, presents, an excuse to indulge my whims, usually good friends and family, and did I mention the cake? However, this birthday feels different. Turning 29 puts me so close to 30,…
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Note to retailers
When it’s Christmas time, please do NOT put large labels on the outside of the UPS shipping boxes proclaiming what the contents of the box are in big letters. It ruins the surprise.
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Snow
This has been an amazing weekend weather-wise. Not just here, but also in Seattle. Seattle ended up getting more snow in 24 hours than it had received for the entire 6 years I lived there. Then they had 90+ mph winds last night. Crazy. Here in Chelmsford we got close to a foot of snow…
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Bank of America Fraud Protection Sucks
Normally I’m all for Fraud Protection and security and all that stuff. But Bank of America takes it to an awful new level. I was doing some online Christmas shopping while watching a movie here tonight. On one of the purchases my Bank of America MasterCard was rejected, so I used another card. Then Bank…
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Back from Chicago
I was on-site in Bolingbrook, IL, a suburb of Chicago all of last week. I stayed at the La Quinta this time. On the upside, the wireless internet actually worked, whereas my last hotel had no working internet. On the downside the entrance looked like this: When I arrived at 11 PM, garbage…
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The Move.
We bought a house in Chelmsford, MA, outside of Boston. We moved 3,000 miles from Seattle. We’re settling into a new house. I keep meaning to write a big post about it, but I’m not sure I’ll ever get that done. So here are the high-lights: Finding and buying a house from 3,000 miles away…