24 August 2008 
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Jessica’s grandmother, Melba, has been in the hospital for a few days. She’d previously been receiving treatment for Leukemia, which has been going well, but her last checkup revealed a low blood cell count and she was admitted, so Jessica spent most of the weekend with her. I went with Jessica a couple of times [...]
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24 August 2008 0 Comments
There were two reasons to celebrate this weekend, and there were two uncles present. Do the math (unless you already got your inference from the title). My mom’s older brother, Kevin, celebrated his 50th birthday, which is actually on Monday. Also, my mom’s younger brother, Stephen, was with us momentarily via Microsoft Live! webcam from [...]
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10 August 2008 0 Comments
I’ve finally done it — I’ve installed an Ener-Tel security system in my home! Because I work for Ener-Tel, I don’t get the same $99 special everyone else gets. I can’t tell you the reason because that would be revealing proprietary company information . But I can tell you that I finally got all the [...]
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22 July 2008 1 Comment
Well, well, well… Looks like I’ve out-smarted the damn cat! If you’ve been keeping up, you know that Romano learned a new trick a while back: turning on the reverse-osmosis water faucet and pointing it to the counter. Well, I’ve got just the cure — cat-owners, read on.
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8 July 2008 1 Comment
Jack is a three-month-old kitten, and kittens are a pain in the ass when it’s time to go to bed. Somehow, kittens find anything that makes just enough noise to cause certain insanity. The thing with Jack is that he knows what his punishment is if he’s caught.
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30 June 2008 0 Comments
What a great weekend! Jessica and I visited our families in Lubbock over a four-day weekend. We didn’t do anything particularly special, but it was nice to see our folks.
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22 June 2008 0 Comments
Jessica and I have been living in our house for a little over a year, now. One of the first things I did when we moved in was purchase a couple of garbage bins to place in the alley. Twice a week, all this time, the garbage men pop the lids off the cans and [...]
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22 June 2008 2 Comments
Last year, during the fall semester, I signed up for 14 hours of classes. However, due to my demanding work schedule, I was forced to drop two of my classes in order to save my GPA. I am also a beneficiary of the Montgomery GI Bill, administered by the Veterans Affairs. They pay a specific [...]
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25 May 2008 0 Comments
We have another cat. Yes, we don’t need another cat. But there’s a rather unique story to this one…
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24 May 2008 0 Comments
This past Thursday (and on into Friday, too), I worked in Sweetwater at one of the Travel Centers of America. You may have seen these large truck stops with the blue and red TA signage. I am one of two employees at Ener-Tel who can work on Nortel phone systems, and the TA had a [...]
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