This past Wednesday, I got to go see the Thrashers play the Bruins, courtesy of a visit from Geof Morris (thanks for the ticket, Geof!). Geof and I have known each other via the net for quite a while, and we have some friends in common from back when I used to live in Huntsville. [...]
A couple of years ago, when we moved to the Atlanta area, I was working as a contractor doing some web programming on a project that I couldn’t say much about, because I had signed an NDA. [...]
Our group’s management has told us before that if there is any kind of work-related training we’d like to take or conferences we’d like to attend, to let them know. So when An Event Apart Atlanta was announced in January, I put in a request the same day. [...]
Snow falling last Monday
I originally wrote this up on Monday the 13th, but didn’t get to post it until now because I wound up tracking down a WordPress bug.
Just about everyone knows about the blizzard up in the northeast last week. [...]
Stuff I got for my birthday:
Susan and I have been doing some furniture shopping here and there, looking for some new dressers for our bedroom, and a new couch for our family room. We had looked at a couple of different places, looking for some good deals, and trying to decide if we might want to get some “naked” dressers and do the stain and finish ourselves. [...]
I have a lot of family in the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. Fortunately, my closest relatives — my mother, father, step-father, grandmother, plus some aunts, uncles, and first cousins — were not in the most heavily affected areas. [...]
By Dougal
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Don’t forget: Talk Like a Pirate Day is only about six weeks away. I’m going to get a customized golf shirt made for the occassion. It’s pretty convenient to have in-laws who own an embroidery business.
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Visit Hometown Threads, Your Embroidery Headquarters!
Located inside the Wal-Mart on Highway 92 in Woodstock, Georgia
770-591-9264
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I’ve picked out the main pirate design that I want on the shirt. [...]