ElectroLund

There are two kinds of people in the world: those that like keyboard shortcuts ^{1} and those that don’t remember endless lists of keyboard shortcuts. My wife is the latter, while I am the former (CTRL + LFT ARW). I would like to think that this proclivity of mine is borne out of a desire for greater efficiency. Sarah just thinks I’m OCD, and she’s probably right.

That brings me to the topic at hand.
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Footnotes:

1. …and by extension, appreciate writing cryptic shortcut pseudo code like “CMD + S” or “CTRL + ALT + DEL” [↩]

As new parents, we’ve discovered the sheer magnitude of baby related stuff that accumulates. And we’re thrifty people. I’m a semi-rigid utilitarian for crying out loud! Still have tons of crap.

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Tested out Skype tonight. Iris really recognized me. Check her out:

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Why is it so much fun to play with scammers?  You remember the last few times.  Here’s another chapter in the scam baiting dialogs.  You know the drill.  My emails are in black.  The hapless scammer’s are in red.  My occasional notes in highlighted blue. Let the games begin….

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Wow, a lot of time has flown by.  Suffice it to say that every day is such a joy with this kid in our home!  She’s such an amazing pleasure.  On any day that might be challenging, stressful, or sad, all I have to do is look into this disarming, trusting, and innocent beaming smile to forget all problems.

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I added storage space to my old garage by putting in an attic. It was much bigger of a job than I thought it would be. I added 6x 20ft beams. There were originally only 2 beams in the ceiling space of the garage. Then I put down plywood flooring on those beams, and some crude ceiling joists.

There’s not a lot of clearance between the flooring and the roof line, but every little bit of added storage helps.

Don’t be a pervert. I’m talking about the sextic equation, or the heart equation. Remember college algebra? Remember how this equation graphs a circle:

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Look who’s coming home for dinner (for the next 18 years)…

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Great big news this week.  Sarah and I found out we’re having a girl.  Hurray!

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Most people know me to be cheap.  How cheap?  Well, I somehow see the logic in buying a broken USB mouse on eBay in the hopes of fixing it, rather than paying fully price for the mouse new.  Don’t laugh just yet.  I fixed it.

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Just when I got back on my feet, they drag me back down. I’m going to get another surgery on my knee today. Should be better and stronger than ever. I’m like the $6M man. Only with cadaver bone implants instead of robotics. How cool is that?

Fact:

I invented brakes.  With my own two burly man-hands.  I climbed Mount Everest barefoot to forge brake pads in the lava pools of the mountain’s inner molten core. I drank fire and breathed madness in the heart of the abyss’s blazing belly.  And I made them for my woman.

Translation:

I replaced Sarah’s brake pads for the first time.  Was surprised at how well the procedure went.

… or at least probably how Sarah would summarize the original Star Wars trilogy.  Have a look, this is genius:

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Here are some pictures of the snowfall we had last night.  Is our new neighborhood gorgeous?!

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Sar & I and Mel & Jim all met up in KC for the annual holiday celebration spectacular. Much loot was swapped and turkey consumed!  Here are some pics:

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