This morning around 8:10AM I was checking the news, traffic, and weather before making the trip into work. Out of nowhere I heard a huge thud and immediately went to look out on the street for the car crash I knew must have happened. It shook my chair and
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I decided to make it a 4 day weekend for Memorial day on the Tuesday before the weekend started. I checked my family's availability for Saturday, booked tickets for a zip line tour in Florida, took Friday off, then drove down to Florida on Friday. I had a
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I've been on a few snowboard trips this season. 1. New Years - Vail 2. January Colorado Redux - Copper and Winter Park 3. March - Snowhoe with a giant group 4. Late March - Wintergreen for an unexpected snow day Vail was a great trip (but we
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Heather decided we should hang out at the Farmer's Market. I'm totally cool with this because it means breakfast followed by the purchase of fresh eggs. I realized I have the same problem at the Farmer's Market as I do in major MMOs or
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I decided to take Wes up on some of our prior conversations where we talked about hiking around various NC mountain spots. We took a Saturday and spent it at Pilot Mountain hiking for about 9 miles. This was an excellent trip and I'm glad we decided to
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I had a serious issue after updating my blog to the Word Press 2012 Theme. The font looked like CRAP on my home PC and my Work Laptop. Doing a little bit of research on the new Open Sans Font I learned I needed to go to: Control Panel >
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I decided to keep up the friend visits by following through on a promise to visit Priya in Birmingham, Alabama. This was a great time. Priya knows lots of beautiful girls which is always a nice bonus. Here's the full photo set of my trip to Birmingham. We
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Since visiting Buffalo in June / July we all decided the crew needed to visit Raleigh. Labor Day worked out to be the best time. On the way down Jason, Ashley, and Robbie wanted to stop in DC. That seemed cool to me so I flew up to meet them there
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The moral of this post is that Lisa is awesome and will make cakes on demand. It's better than movies on demand. Full album of 30th Birthday Pics here. First things first.. I've been working on my plate at The Flying Saucer. After much drinking I
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Lisa threw a 4th of July shindig where I took some photos. Thanks Lisa for the party! One theme of the night is that Heather resisted photography.
Family
My sister Jen said "I'm going back up to my HS reunion, and our cousin is having a bachelorette party / wedding shower". This seemed like a perfect opportunity to combine some family visits with the brief time where the weather in Western New York is pleasant.
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Another catch up post here about a trip to San Diego straight from Hawaii for Cisco Live 2012. Seems like the weeks and months have just been melting away recently so I'll do my best to keep things brief on summary while hitting the high points. It'