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Wedding Photos
Kat and I had our wedding reception last year in August and we’ve finally sorted through the photos and picked a few of our favorites. Check out the link to the photographer page for Burns Wedding Photos.
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Mom’s Christmas Cookies
Here is a Christmas cookie recipe that’s been passed down for a few generations. I’m assuming my mom got this one from my great grandmother. These cookies wind up being soft and delicious. They’re rolled out and easily cut into all sorts of fun shapes to fit the holidays. Cookie Ingredients 1 cup – Lard…
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Radiolab – Single Transferrable Vote
This morning I’ve had my mind blown, listening to Podcasts on the drive in to work. You should listen to Radiolab’s Tweak the Vote podcast on ranked choice voting, or “Single Transferrable Vote”. I heard about California’s idea for ranked choice voting a few years back and it caught into my brain, but I never…
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Hiking: New Hope Creek North
The adventure on tap for today was to find a hiking trail that was close to home that we haven’t hiked before. We’re lucky in the Durham area to be so close to Duke Forest and the Eno river. After a bit of online searching with coffee and couch time, we settled on New Hope…
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Recipe – Alton Brown’s Aged Eggnog
Alton Brown’s Aged Eggnog This is a great tasting, boozy eggnog recipe worth saving and worth making year after year. We’ve let this one age up to 3 months with great results. Our secret has been re-purposing beer growlers (glass jugs) to age the nog. I’ve done a double batch before, but separating two dozen…
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Things You Won’t Learn on My LinkedIn Profile
I had to do a little introduction exercise when I moved over to the marketing team as a Tech Marketing Engineer. I had to share some things you wouldn’t learn on my LinkedIn Profile with the team. I thought it was fun to walk through and worth reposting here! I just married the woman of…
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Fiber Repair
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Backhoe vs Internet
Fiber optics battle yet again with their arch nemesis the backhoe. Results are predictable. Whole neighborhood out.
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Shaping up with FitBit
Breaking Point I used to say “I’d never run unless someone was chasing me.” Well I’ve finally reached that point. I woke up one morning this past winter and realized I was going to be woefully unprepared for an upcoming snowboarding trip. My belly would throw off my balance, causing me to bounce and roll down…
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Motorcycle Weekend – Myrtle Beach and Wright Brothers
I spent the weekend riding the motorcycle to Myrtle Beach SC to spend some time with my sister Amanda. I took a route directly to her place, but today took a pretty long road home to visit the Wright Brothers National Memorial and tour some scenic NC coast. The bridges were awesome to cross. The burned…