Random Thoughts From a Large Head

not verg good with the finger accuracy

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:27:48 -0600

I'm blogging from my iPhone which probably isn't smart because I still dong type very well on it. I'm blogging from my iPhone whj b isn't very smart because I still font type wesll in it. I'm. Logging from my iPhone which isn't. Sry smart because I still font type very well in it.

A Moment of Thanks

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:48:58 -0600

I would like to thank the Internet for making freely available full episodes of Heroes, for those times when the crappy non-TiVo DirecTV DVR fails to do what it is told.

Watch out Dallas

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:05:32 -0600

I'll be heading down to Dallas Wednesday night to put in a couple of days at the office and co-host a baby shower this weekend. All concerned parties should know I will be bringing the chocolate fountain.

I also need to burn up some unused massages at Massage Envy -- Oklahoma City knows not of its wonders.

Who wants to get some Mai's? Maybe Friday night?

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Making Friends

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:32:02 -0600

Oops. I stayed away from the computer yesterday, but forgot I needed to blog. I'll blog twice today to make up for it.

Friday night, we had dinner at our next door neighbors'. They also invited another new couple in town and the couple that lives across the street. We all had a great time, eating and drinking too much.

It's nice to finally make some new friends here. Being new to town and working from home, I haven't really met many people. I'm hoping that is starting to change. This month, there's a MetaFilter Meetup and there's supposed to be a RefreshOKC meeting, so I'm thinking I'll get to meet a few more web nerds like myself.

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Since we last spoke

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:09:31 -0600

We did make the move to Oklahoma City.

We sold the Dallas house.

Jim started his job.

I got to keep mine, but work from home.

With my team's manager leaving for a job at eBay, and his replacement being moved to manage another team, I'm now co-leading our small web team.

We had to put sweet little Rutherford to sleep -- one of the hardest things I've ever done

I bought a totally awesome domain for an idea I've had mulling around in my head

Tonight we're having dinner with our neighbors and I need to go get ready

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NaBloPoMo

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:08:57 -0600

NaBloPoMo thing, mostly because it has three syllables that rhyme. Or, as Jim just said, "NaBloPoMo, MoFo!" Away we go.]]>

To Buy or Not To Buy

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:37:01 -0600

Saturday we made a quick one-day turnaround trip up to Oklahoma City to look for a house to rent. We'd decided to rent so we could take time to make sure that we like the city, Jim likes his job, and we have time to find a neighborhood that is convenient for work and activities. We also thought we'd stop giving our money to Lowe's so much. What we didn't know was that the OKC house rental situation is awful.

$725 would get you a 3 bedroom with 1 bathroom that stunk of cat pee
$800 would get you a place that had great space, but was last updated in 1970, carpets and appliances included
$850 would get you a house that needs a new pier in the foundation, and is cracked from floor to ceiling in the living room, plus the hot water constantly runs in the bathtub

Now you Californians and New Yorkers might think that these prices are great, but they are not down here! You can pay a mortgage on a good house here with those sorts of monthly payments. So, we crunched some numbers, and it looks like we're better off buying again.

So, we're buying again.

Lowe's rejoices.

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By the Way...

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 23:32:16 -0600

Jim and I got married

Jim accepted an offer to teach at Oklahoma City University

We're moving to Oklahoma City later this summer

We hacked some Ikea furniture

Our cat is quite sick, possibly dying, but actually slowly improving

I turned 29

We're selling our house

We made a web site to help sell the house: 2217dunloe.com

I remembered I had a blog

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Two of my loves

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:27:53 -0600

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I'm a Sun Sneezer

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:30:08 -0600

“Photic sneeze reflex (also referred to as sun sneezing, photogenic sneezing, or whimsically called ACHOO syndrome, a backronym for Autosomal dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst syndrome) is a medical condition by which people exposed to bright light sneeze.”

Do you have ACHOO syndrome? I think I do.

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The Beautiful People

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:43:01 -0600

My sister has a new job where she works with the most evenly-toned, gleamingly-white-smiled, tan group of people I've ever seen collected in one place. Either that, or someone loves them some Photoshop.

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New Spectacles

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:59:11 -0600

Nearly 6.5 years after buying my last pair, I bought new glasses today. My allergies have been causing a lot of irritation in my eyes, and my contacts have been driving me nuts. One just plain fell out yesterday, deciding it would rather face a life of drying to a crisp rather than stay in my eye one second more. The time had come to start rotating glasses back into my seeing regimen.

I'm amazed by how crisp everything is with the glasses. I've willingly sacrificed some visual quality in order to wear more flexible contacts. Now, it's like I see the world in high definition.

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The Most Delicate Zipper in the World

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:31:21 -0600

The dress arrived today. Hooray for places that can instantly ship something labeled "wedding" (most traditional bridal outfits take 10-14 weeks to arrive).

I tried it on and I think it is a winner. It's lacier than it appeared in the photo, but I think it will still fit the casual vibe we are going for. I'll need to get some minor adjustments made. The length is good (which was my biggest concern).

I tried the dress on tonight and, breaking tradition, showed Jim. In attempting to delicately remove the dress to put it back in its wrapping and protect it until May, I couldn't get the zipper down. So, I asked Jim (who was cooking chicken with one hand) to unzip the dress. That's when the zipper pull broke off.

I'm not sure if that's a good omen, or a bad one.

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Dinner at Mai's

Sat, 03 Mar 2007 22:45:48 -0600

Mai's was tasty, as usual. I cannot get enough of their shrimp imperial rolls with peanut sauce. So good.]]>

Yet Another Wedding-Related Post

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:21:00 -0600

I've been really into personal finance blogs lately, and I'm starting to pick up a few wedding blogs here and there. It's made me realize that what I really want these days is a personal wedding finance blog. Know of any such beast?