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MemDayWeekend; Fresh Food in C-U

First gas fill-up in CU: $50! $4.07/gallon! (Though I’ve seen it as low as $3.99 around town since.) Malaika pointed me to GasBuddy.
This weekend, I went to: Market at the Square, Strawberry Fields, and Common Ground Co-op.

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testing: blockquotes

So while working on updating my blog, with lots and lots of new info (currently in draft form) … as well as updating my blog resume … I was unhappy with the way the <blockquote> looked on that resume page. Result: a couple hours distraction researching, editing, and fine tuning several better WordPress blockquotes for […]

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First days in Champaign-Urbana

WRI (Wolfram Research) put me up for my first 1.5 weeks in one of the apartments they maintain, across the street from work. A very nice 1 bedroom apartment, very nicely maintained and setup. Kudos to idgemet for a job well done.
I drove around: Looked at neighborhoods. Looked at houses. Looked at apartments […]

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Driving Cross Country

Here’s my trip: Seattle to Illinois in three days:
Mon 05/12/08: 1st Day: Ended in Bozeman MT.Google says: 679 mi – about 9 hours 43 mins(not including the ferry ride from Bainbridge Island)

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Tue 05/13/08: 2nd Day: Ended in Sioux Falls SD.Google says: 857 mi – about 11 hours 40 mins
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Wed 05/14/08: 3rd […]

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Happy Birthday to Me

My Birthday. Big Whoop. I spent it by saying good-bye to Malaika and the family, and then started driving to Illinois…
I figured I could do it in either three or four days: Total trip: 2,165 miles — about 31 hours, (4 days)*(8 hours/day)=32 hours… I ended up doing three days, with actual time probably about […]

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Margaret Cho

Went to see Margaret Cho, at the Paramount. Birthday gift from Malaika.
Eh… We saw her a couple years ago, I think at the Moore, and laughed our asses off: One of the best comedy shows we’ve seen, and generally what I had expected for Margaret Cho (at the time, anyway). But this time, there […]

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