Pretty impressed myself after leading off a new game of Words with Friends wi… ~ Interllectual.comjust heard from neighbor that there have been 2 coyotes roaming our neighborh… ~ Interllectual.comlate to monday morning meeting because I had to chase the dog all over the ne… ~ Interllectual.comNo, Fireworks, you did not quit unexpectedly. I told you to quit. Just do it … ~ Interllectual.comcleaning up other people’s messes. Who’s going to clean up mine? Because I pl… ~ Interllectual.comomg, inbox zero. To-do list, well, not zero. But not too bad, akshully. ~ Interllectual.commeetings all got cancelled, but I’m not teling anyone. planning to get much w… ~ Interllectual.com“Do the following: Smile. Hold it while counting to 5 slowly. Think of just th…” ~ Interllectual.comlooking for a desktop app to manage project files and tasks in one place. OS … ~ Interllectual.comCommon grackle: http://brizzly.com/pic/1ASJ ~ Interllectual.comRed-bellied woodpecker: http://brizzly.com/pic/1ASI ~ Interllectual.comPileated woodpecker in our yard this morning: http://brizzly.com/pic/1ASH ~ Interllectual.comack. make that dogs, not gods. ~ Interllectual.com…and squirrels and gods of course. All without leaving the couch. I love th… ~ Interllectual.comin the last 2 hours: grackles, pileated woodpeckers, red-bellied woodpecker, … ~ Interllectual.comPileated woodpecker now. Make that two. Yes, I am live-tweeting birds. We nee… ~ Interllectual.comgrackle frenzy at the feeder. they look really pretty in this light. who knew? ~ Interllectual.comnot getting the NC snow, but getting lots of really cold rain. Think I’ll be … ~ Interllectual.comcreating a Google sitemap for the whole darn University. Have 16,000 pages so… ~ Interllectual.comi dunno, i think it’s a stupid name. ~ Interllectual.comtrying to resist the urge to just crawl back into bed and forget it all ~ Interllectual.comthat idea I had a while ago about using the old scientific illustrations on m… ~ Interllectual.comon hold with the IRS. this day just gets better. ~ Interllectual.comAdobe Contribute is making my job hell. ~ Interllectual.compower company refunded our deposit for being customers in good standing. Abou… ~ Interllectual.comgowalla may have a fatal flaw for me: the most interesting places I go have n… ~ Interllectual.comout of the house for the first time in 3 days. Not sure what to do with all t… ~ Interllectual.comleft work early yesterday. have been asleep about 20 of the last 24 hours. Gu… ~ Interllectual.comboss is telling me to go home sick. why am I not listening to her? ~ Interllectual.comdrawing parallels between the @adactio @cackhanded @Hicksdesign conversation … ~ Interllectual.comagility class today kicked my ass-- image if i had to jump & climb things lik… ~ Interllectual.com“We left the car lot today with a car that can comfortably seat a family of 10…” ~ Interllectual.com“Stella learns to alphabetize from iPod; Porter learns to read from Knock-Knoc…” ~ Interllectual.comMy #firstgig was Culture Club at Saint Andrew Hall in Detroit in 1983. My fri… ~ Interllectual.com“Yesterday I got room 404. The concierge didn’t get it when I told him I could…” ~ Interllectual.com“HTML5 is a (beautiful) mess: www.sitepoint.com/… Good discussion with @bruc…” ~ Interllectual.comwhy I am always the only one that shows up on time? ~ Interllectual.comso tired. 4th day of ASP.NET training is not helping to change this. ~ Interllectual.comneeds to borrow @nefarioustim’s BFK for a bit… ~ Interllectual.comwhat part of “ I am not available to meet with you today” do you not understa… ~ Interllectual.com“And lo, Google Reader did verily change their flippin’ markup AGAIN. And ther…” ~ Interllectual.commmm. cookies. ~ Interllectual.com“Ah, found it: http://code.google.com/speed/page-speed/docs/rendering.html#Use…” ~ Interllectual.com“Had an awful night, dreamt I was being chased by a giant font tag, my only we…” ~ Interllectual.comjust got a fail narwhal on @wildlifenearyou. lolz. ~ Interllectual.comRT @simonw: For the latest news on www.wildlifenearyou.com follow @WildlifeNe… ~ Interllectual.com“@andrea yo dawg, I heard u liked wysiwyg so I programmed some wysiwyg into yr…” ~ Interllectual.commaybe it’s just me, but wysiwyg styling of your wysiwyg programming seems lik… ~ Interllectual.comnews flash: we’re no longer restricted to web-safe colors. Image the possibil… ~ Interllectual.comnow the ASP.NET instructor is teaching us CSS. class = “boldLink”. Aw, yeah. ~ Interllectual.comlovely meeting this morning gave me bigger headache than the ASP.NET training… ~ Interllectual.com“I like the look of Stacey App 2. Need time to have a play with it. http://sta…” ~ Interllectual.com“RT @Hicksdesign: …TotalFinder is great: http://totalfinder.binaryage.com/ J…” ~ Interllectual.comthe only thing keeping me awake in this training is that it is about to snow … ~ Interllectual.comstarting ASP.NET training. this should be fun… ~ Interllectual.comspent the day reading and playing wii. hoping that this totally lazy day will… ~ Interllectual.comnothing rivals my dogs enthusiasm for a new ball. Even though it’s the same a… ~ Interllectual.comtotally craving soy sauce. ~ Interllectual.comdilemma. found hidden stash of emergency chocolate. so have ants. what to do? ~ Interllectual.com“You know you’re indispensable when you get emails that start “I don’t know if…” ~ Interllectual.comapparently, I have 40 hours of ASP.NET training I have to attend next week. H… ~ Interllectual.comsigh. this week is killing me. i need moar vacation. settling for moar tequila. ~ Interllectual.comstill trying to catch up on the interwebz after my hiatus. feeling very lost. ~ Interllectual.com“My campus is raising the previously-defunct web committee from the dead. Help…” ~ Interllectual.com“Just managed to reverse my bare bottom onto a very hot radiator! Yeeeoooww! T…” ~ Interllectual.comi think the new workout regime is helping-- soreness distracting me from work… ~ Interllectual.com“Just heard the most awesome acoustic duo. At the Liquid Room for you Wilmingt…” ~ Interllectual.comspent the day setting up the Wii and playing/working out. My Wii age is the s… ~ Interllectual.comback home from a week in FL, and a week off from the internets. Gonna spend t… ~ Interllectual.comtrying really, really hard not to smash things. Luckily I am the only one in … ~ Interllectual.comstill considering if I can do #p52. I’d be more comfortable with #p12. Would … ~ Interllectual.comdrunk and covered in glitter. sadly, it’s a lot less fun than it sounds ~ Interllectual.comThis story just made me physically ill. www.copyblogger.com/… ( via @matthe… ~ Interllectual.comif this is paradise, I wish I had a lawn mower… ~ Interllectual.com“foresees a day of training with one hand and planning travel with the other. …” ~ Interllectual.comdog has prevented me from using laptop all weekend by throwing herself on top… ~ Interllectual.comI think I may be too dehydrated to drink alcohol. Damn this cold weather and … ~ Interllectual.comthinking seriously about whether I can make a commitment to #p52 ~ Interllectual.comgiving up. Contribute has defeated me. Time for a vodka/tonic and then agilit… ~ Interllectual.com“Bacon. Without which the internet would only talk about kittens” ~ Interllectual.cominstalling tons of Windows updates, hoping that one of them magically fixes t… ~ Interllectual.commake that “I love working for the state.” although it kind of still made sens… ~ Interllectual.comjust got an email to tell me about an email that will be coming soon and will… ~ Interllectual.comworking from home today. have gotten more done than all of last week, I think. ~ Interllectual.comcompletely and utterly pissed off at Adobe Contribute right now. ~ Interllectual.comdrugstore was unironically blasting Total Eclipse of the Heart this morning. … ~ Interllectual.comhad a dream I was making out with Tina Fey. B’s response: “This would have be… ~ Interllectual.comhave just decided that i’ve had enough ie6 for this friday afternoon. ~ Interllectual.com“Well if nothing else I’ve learnt how to spell euphemism since I got this job.” ~ Interllectual.comsomeone was just described to me as “the guy that looks like a pilgrim”. I ha… ~ Interllectual.com“When we got married, destroyed 1000’s of lives. It was a really impressive ap…” ~ Interllectual.com“.@andrea as a Welshman I have to admit that the smell of wet sheep is not one…” ~ Interllectual.comI hate it when I get caught in the rain while wearing wool slacks. Wet sheep … ~ Interllectual.comsearching for solutions to a code dilemma, & Google sends me to @Hicksdesign … ~ Interllectual.comUm, sorry, no I can’t allow you to publish to the university web site without… ~ Interllectual.comoff to redesign meeting (!) then home early to deal with aching back. Not sur… ~ Interllectual.comtweaked the heck out of my back. this is not good news for the agility trial … ~ Interllectual.comomg, I think I actually learned something today. Thanks, 24 Ways. ~ Interllectual.com“It’s never the right time to have kids, but it’s always the right time for sc…” ~ Interllectual.comsigh. bad news about co-worker’s son. So sick of lymphoma these days. ~ Interllectual.com

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