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I’m not certain if I’ve joked about it here or not, but recently I’ve taken to commenting that if academic politics are so petty because the stakes are so small, then what does that say about non-profit politics.  The implication is that non-profit politics are even more petty because the stakes are even smaller.  Well, [...]

Some recent (somewhat) technical notes:

A while back, I swapped the dead harddrive from my ipod with a compact flash card.  Unfortunately, at the time, the biggest (affordable) compact flash was 16 GB, so I lost about half the capacity from my ipod.  Not a huge problem, but it became more of one as I added [...]

Over the past few months, I’ve been thinking about getting a new guitar.  I’ve been heading up to High Strung in Durham and have played with maybe a dozen different models, but the one I kept coming back to was a Blueridge BR-243.  It’s got a beautiful sound and it’s very comfortable for me to [...]

My mother tells a story about my first day in first grade (and sadly, I’m more likely to remember stories of my childhood than the actual childhood).  I go off to school, probably all 70s style - plaid pants, mop haircut, etc., and when I come home she asks me about school.  In particular, how [...]

Polls just closed on the West coast.  With that, everyone calls Washington, Oregon and California for Obama - Obama wins!  And I’m heading to bed.  I would still like to see who wins NC.  It looks like it’ll be close, but we should know in the morning.  If I’m doing really good, I might stay [...]

I headed over to the polling place to vote this morning.  As of 8:30am or so, there were no lines at our precinct.  But then, that’s not too surprising for a small precinct in a non-populous county.  Chronological observations:

It’s raining, but the fall colors are wonderful.
There were a fair number of cars parked at the [...]

I haven’t been in much of a writing mood recently.  I blame it on a high state of anxiety: the economy, the stock market (and therefore my retirement accounts), the health of the small business I work for, and of course the election.  As a good Democrat (actually, an independent with Democratic leanings), I’m constantly [...]

So Hunter is planning on being at GB tonight too. But as of last week, we thought this was his last GB and so of course, everyone brought cameras.
Sample pictures:

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Both K’s and I are from Louisiana, Baton Rouge to be specific, so we kept a close eye on Hurricane Gustav over Labor Day weekend.  Fortunately, it looks like the storm weakened and the damage wasn’t as bad as it could have been.  There were a couple of levees in New Orleans that were topped [...]

Things making this weekend more enjoyable:

Seeing a “Republicans for Obama” bumper sticker on the car in front of me
Finding that 5th Season is starting to carry beer and wine making supplies
Gardening (more or less)
Bob Dylan’s “Blood on the Tracks”
Receiving ~1.5″ of rain Sunday night… after taking the dogs on a walk
Getting TurboGears to work through [...]