• New outgoing voicemail message

    22 Feb 2006 » 1 min read

    After countless years of the same old boring outgoing voicemail message on my phone, I have decided to take the matter in my own hands and do a complete revision. After a number of takes (for clarity of signal, and because I kept messing up), I have a new outgoing message on my cellphone. Well,…

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  • How long does a clock battery last?

    22 Feb 2006 » 1 min read

    About 3 years, it would seem. The battery that I put in the small clock on a shelf in the living room appears to have died just before 5 PM. I put that battery in nearly three years ago and haven’t had to change it since.

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  • Writing

    22 Feb 2006 » 1 min read about Writing & Publishing

    Just completed a session where I wrote an additional 1,700 words of “The Graveyard Shift”. Things are definitely starting to come together now. I’m into part 11 of section III and the story is continuing to unfold. I think I see some spots where I’ll break some of these sections into smaller parts for speeding…

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  • Psychics search for missing dog

    21 Feb 2006 » 1 min read

    I caught this on Yahoo! news a few minutes ago (see news article here. Now they’s got psychics out looking for this dog that went missing last week at a big dog show in New York City. Apparently, the psychics have been useful. According to the news reports, there are about 12 psychics that are…

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  • Two movies

    21 Feb 2006 » 1 min read

    I took “time off” tonight, having done my writing earlier in the day, and caught up on two movies I’d received from NetFlix. First, I watched “Constantine” starring Keanu Reeves, which was okay. Next I watched most of “High Art”, starring Ally Sheedy, which was much better, but I am just too tired to finish…

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  • Vamoose!

    20 Feb 2006 » 1 min read about Travel

    I took the Vamoose Bus home from NYC to DC today, in an effort to save a little money ($25 for the bus, versus $169 for the Acela). In the future, I’ll probably just take the Acela. This was my second time taking the bus and twice is enough. We were supposed to leave at…

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  • Writing on the bus

    20 Feb 2006 » 1 min read about Writing & Publishing

    I just got about 1,600 words written on the bus ride back to D.C. I wrote section 9 of “The Graveyard Shift”, which is the beginning of Part III of the story. This part of the story begins to tie the various characters together as the mystery deepens. I was surprised I was able to…

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  • Top of the Rock

    20 Feb 2006 » 3 min read

    Today was an event-filled day in The Big Apple. It started out with breakfast at Lite-Bites, where I demonstrated to Jen and Jason that I am, in fact, eating more than I used to by cleaning my plate of omelettes, potatoes, toast and fruit. Afterward, we headed into the city to visit the Museum of…

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  • A cold day in NYC

    19 Feb 2006 » 1 min read

    It was cold today. Just getting home from all kinds of activities today, the temperature outside (just before 10 PM) was 0 degrees (a little warmer if you don’t count the wind chill). But we braved the weather anyway in order to have a fun day. First was brunch at Petite Abeille, a tiny place…

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  • The morning after…

    18 Feb 2006 » 1 min read

    All is well.

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