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Last week we had our 80-year-old hardwood floors (red birch and douglas fir) refinished to their original glory. The three layers of polyurethane have lightened the wood and it is pristine. We mopped the entire floor twice before moving in to help seal the protective coat. It’s like a work of art. So, of course, […]

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I’m sitting in my office in my new house — my house. It’s strange and wonderful. It’s all so new and so overwhelming. But it feels really good. It feels like home. Knowing it’s our very own place is surreal. Still tons to do. Got all moved in today. Everything is still in boxes, of […]

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I’ve been using Gmail for 10 days now and I love it. It seems that those of us who like being the first to try out new technology have, for the most part, had our chance to do just that. The eBay prices on the accounts have all dropped down to 99 cents or so, […]

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Last week was intense (so much so that I’m only now getting around to doing a recap). Here’s the abridged, one-sentence version: We closed on the house just over a week ago (Monday), Jen was laid off the next day (Tuesday; how’s that for timing?), went out for happy hour (Thursday), had my brother Pete […]

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Conservative and former Bush voter Charley Reese on May 17, 2004: “John Kerry is at least an educated man, well-read, who knows how to think and who knows that the world is a great deal more complex than Bush’s comic-book world of American heroes and foreign evildoers. It’s unfortunate that in our poorly educated country, […]

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The following guest post comes from Jonty: Homes enjoy a unique role in our everyday lives. On the one hand, they are inanimate objects (usage: house), and on the other, they are also a very singular abstract location (usage: home). The process by which a house becomes a home is embodied a very intimate and […]

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Having not yet moved into the new place, it’s a bit odd to own an empty house. So we’ve been going there each evening to bond with our new abode. The dogs saw it for the first time yesterday and immediately fell in love with the yard (they christened it promptly). I think it will […]

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They’re selling on eBay for as much as 60 to 100 bucks. They’ve inspired a swap site dedicated solely to them. They’re fast. They’re in demand. And they’re not yet available to the general public. Yes, I’m talking about the coveted Gmail beta accounts. I got mine tonight (directly from Google). Some people seem to […]

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It’s official: Jen and I are now homeowners. It’s surreal. The closing was this afternoon. Aside from a bank teller who handed me a Treasurer’s check for the amount of our down payment without asking to see ID, everything went just fine. (I reported the lack of ID checking to bank VP. Good thing I […]

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Sin City. Awesome. Party. Great friends. Kick-ass times. Packed in too short a weekend. What a whirlwind. The tradition continues. Pictures here | Pictures on Ofoto (Same set, but perhaps you want to order prints from Ofoto.) [ Vegas 2003 ]

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