Category Archives: News

Just the news, big deals, not-so-big deals, birthday, anniversaries, announcements, mostly timely stuff. The news that applies to the personal world around me, not what you watch on cable or listen to on the radio.

Happy Birthday Jeremy

This year is a super special birthday for my friend of 13 years. I can finally share the upcoming news regarding the pending arrival of his first child with his wife Kristin. No idea about the kid’s gender yet. I … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday to Kris and Anje, two nice ladies

Anje’s day was Tuesday but I’ve been slogging through what I am going to call Malaise 13 (I think it’s a sinus thing now). We will be celebrating this later when we visit College Station over the Memorial-Day weekend. Maybe … Continue reading

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Visa aggravation rears its ugly head again

What started out as an inconvenience resulted in yet another failure on Visa Security for the third time in the last several years. My Saturday rounds were going alright: Rogues Gallery, Waterloo Records, 24 Diner…then I hit a snag at … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Hoser!

The man who is synonymous with the expression “Dude!” celebrates his sailboat birthday up there in Dallas. We spoke earlier (back in April) to confirm he’s taking a three-day weekend. This should go well with his new iMac I helped … Continue reading

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What better way to celebrate the month of May!

Sadly Alamo isn’t doing a Summer of 1983. Not sure why and I won’t press. I may have to come up with my own…right after I watch Blade Runner to conclude 1982, I’ll pretend it’s the 30th anniversary of catching it … Continue reading

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Weapon against diabetes (health 2013 part 2)

Today was pretty decent. The nasal spray the Apple-based doctor put me on may be getting results. I cough, wheeze and hack much less. Let’s see if I drop to zero tomorrow. Meanwhile, I wanted to show off the cool … Continue reading

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Some good health news

Not everything involving my personal health in 2013 has been negative or miserable. I wasn’t too thrilled to do the math with my boss on missing about 17.5% of possible working hours for the fiscal year (I didn’t press to … Continue reading

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Let’s hope this relapse is it for a long time

Just when I thought I could manage or finish off my recent cold (the one contracted right on my 14th anniversary), I went to bed Sunday night with serious chills. I had to crank the heater in the car because … Continue reading

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Updates a comin’ plus transitions due

Thanks to 2013 being the worst year for my personal health since 1999 when my immune system collapsed for two weeks; yet I doubt I could convince a doctor to just give me a shot to boost my system. So … Continue reading

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Fourteen years with Apple

I’ll keep it brief but Somara made me laugh when she pulled out my original badge photo from 1998. It was taken during the Summer/Fall of 1998 while I was a temp. I thought it was funny enough to keep … Continue reading

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Three-thousand posts!

It was a pretty sweet weekend around Austin with all the cool places and things I did, namely with the conclusion ending in a 97-point, first-place victory at tonight’s GWD. There was a lot I wanted to cover but I … Continue reading

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One thousand miles achieved!

This running landmark took about two years and three months but I did it! I should’ve hit this mark weeks ago, really months, yet my health hasn’t always been optimal for exercise. I’ll take it though. Running on a treadmill … Continue reading

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Returning to the land of the living

The year 2013 is merely three months old and so far I have to say it has been the best and worst year with my personal health. Emphasis on the worst (along with saying it in Comic Book Guy’s voice) … Continue reading

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Last minute birthday wish to Ethan!

He received a pretty cool birthday present this year, a third daughter! The one I mentioned recently on my site, Sarina, who completes the gEeKs acronym. When I think back to my return to Austin in 1998, Ethan (aka E … Continue reading

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A fairly productive weekend

This would explain why the site is rather behind on the numerous cool things going down: Dana’s visit, SXSW, scoring tickets to shows and whatever. Since our friends Kelly and Ethan just had their third child, our other friends Tom … Continue reading

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