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Entries from November 2002

Vanity Style

Wednesday, November 6th, 2002 · 1 Comment

For the first time in my life, I now have vanity plates. This morning on the way to work I swung by the Corte Madera DMV to pick up my September 11th memorial plates that read “G WRX.” Any guesses what that means? It’s a small thing, sure, but pretty cool, I think. This is […]

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Tags: wrx

Topical Blocks (Or, RLO Blogging)

Tuesday, November 5th, 2002 · Comments Off on Topical Blocks (Or, RLO Blogging)

My switch to Movable Type has had an interesting effect on how I think about my blog entries. Because there is a now a title and category associated with each entry, I’ve found that I am becoming forward-thinking in terms of what I write and how I categorize each entry (what happens if I want […]

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Tags: technology

Tricky Business

Tuesday, November 5th, 2002 · Comments Off on Tricky Business

Jen is talking to a friend this afternoon about salary negotiation, which is one of the trickiest and anxiety-inducing things any of us surely goes through — at least in our professional lives. Jen asked if I had any input or advice for the friend, who received a low-ball offer. My advice was basically to […]

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Tags: money

Fun with Wine

Monday, November 4th, 2002 · Comments Off on Fun with Wine

On Saturday following a morning hike and an afternoon movie, Jen and I headed to Montclair for an evening of wine tasting at the woodsy home of Jen’s coworker Jane and her partner Sarah. The concept of the evening was great: Each couple brings two identical bottles of favorite Cabernet Sauvignon (less than $20), everyone […]

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Tags: anecdotes

Punch-Drunk Love

Sunday, November 3rd, 2002 · Comments Off on Punch-Drunk Love

A harmonium dumped in the street by a taxi van that flips down the road at extreme velocity. Glass-handled plungers filled with dice. Mountains of Healthy Choice pudding. These are just a few of the highlights from Adam Sandler’s latest flick, his first that’s not your average ha-ha comedy. Saturday afternoon Jen and I saw […]

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Tags: movies

We Have Lift-Off!

Friday, November 1st, 2002 · Comments Off on We Have Lift-Off!

The test site has been moved into production, so to speak! The blog is now live in its new and improved Movable Type format. Everything looks mostly OK, with a few small kinks to work out. It took a long time to get here, but I’m glad it’s finally (almost) done.

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Tags: technology