tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14535022011-04-21T13:51:13.173-04:00some kind of awkward journeyJulienoreply@blogger.comBlogger8421100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1152461860639945222006-07-09T10:59:00.000-04:002006-07-09T12:17:40.706-04:00

i haven't posted lately, so i'll fudge it with a list of some of the more interesting things i'm finding in my feeddemon this morning. or as bb might call it, rss zen.~ some VA history~ the real cucumber melon (yankee candle, eat your heart out)~ completely ridiculous (detailed thoughts on this some time in the future)~ a rockin' cameo~ summer reading suggestionsshould have done this yesterday

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so does your ipod ever seem in tune with the weather? i mostly listen to mine on "shuffle all songs". sometimes it seems to pick the perfect playlist. today it's raining and very gloomy, figures for a monday. but the first 5 songs on my ipod have been perfect for getting into the work groove, and lightening the gloomy mood from the rain. sometimes rain can be beautiful, you just have to have

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i'm alive, i really am. time has just been flying by, mostly due to very busy days at work. we had a great vacation, overall. m got a new camera before our trip, so we have a ton of photos. (m is a great photographer; he used to have his own dark room.) we usually take about 10 photos per vacation, so we definitely outdid ourselves this time. as soon as we get them edited they'll go online

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good grief. the last 2 weeks have just flown by. heck, the last 4-1/2 months have just flown by. i have a million blog ideas floating around in my head, but one thing or another keeps me from getting them down. sasha is keeping us busy at home; but she is learning, no matter how slowly it seems to us. since we got her, i have been getting to work 30 minutes later than i have for my entire adult

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1146502365147233602006-05-01T12:34:00.000-04:002006-05-01T12:52:46.026-04:00

this weekend could not have been much better. m surprised me with a fabulous gift, my sister came to visit, my in-laws brought us something much needed, and the weather was incredible.let's start off with m's surprise for me. he called me on friday afternoon and left a crazy message about how he was planning something for me and had to run a million errands. he also asked me to stay at work (

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1145903073003208682006-04-24T13:56:00.000-04:002006-04-24T14:24:34.583-04:00

more to come later (today or this week), but i have just been so excited about this topic that i can't reserve it for a more organized post. so what's the buzz all about? m and i were discussing the upcoming new album for tool, m's favorite band of all time (followed closely by a perfect circle, a.k.a. APC), which arrives next tuesday. like i said, m loves tool and i like them a lot. i have

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1144343615442352492006-04-06T13:07:00.000-04:002006-04-06T13:13:35.476-04:00

anyone remember those commercials from the 80s? "calgon, take me away." well, that's about where m and i have been these past few weeks with our new dog, sasha. she's great, but she is a handful. large puppies are completely different than small ones, and we can't wait for a trainer to spend some quality time with us in 2 weeks. sasha is doing well though, except for a stomach bug (no fun).

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okay, i totally forgot to blog about what we did last weekend. on saturday afternoon, we went to "Let's Dish". one of m's co-workers told him about it, and i am sure glad that he did. basically, Let's Dish has one menu every month with about 14 different "dishes". you sign up for one of the sessions (they fill quickly!), picking 8 or 12 dishes. when you get to the store, they have a prep

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1142448192473293812006-03-15T13:25:00.000-05:002006-03-15T13:43:12.563-05:00

okay, so where did the last 2 weeks go? i swear that i just made my "ob-blog" post a few days ago, but i log in and find that it was february 28. how crazy is that? things are just trucking right along. we passed the 60-day mark in our new home on monday. it's just been awesome. we are loving the big house, loving columbia, loving our jobs, etc. i have been working a ton in the lab, i

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1141149272326325002006-02-28T12:28:00.000-05:002006-02-28T12:54:32.390-05:00

this post is an obligatory blog (ob-blog), as i haven't written in a few weeks and just feel like i have to get something out here. it must be the time of the year, because none of the blogs i read (which are limited to a few friends) have been updated lately. maybe the cold freezes not only our fingers but also our creativity, thus resulting in a lack of blogging. or maybe we're just too busy

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1139420795691731772006-02-08T12:43:00.000-05:002006-02-08T12:46:35.710-05:00

hey, sorry if it seems that i'm ignoring comments made to recent posts. i really didn't mean to. haloscan is supposed to send me notifications when i get new comments, but they've been really half-a$$ed about doing so. anyway, in response to the multiple requests for photos of the new house, i created a set on flickr for the most important rooms in the house. they were the ones that didn't

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1139333761769830732006-02-07T12:18:00.000-05:002006-02-07T12:36:01.853-05:00

man, where did january go? when you spend most weekends in a month driving between two locations (i.e. richmond and baltimore), the time goes by so quickly. we didn't have to go to RVA the past two weekends, so that has helped slow the pace. we're probably a little bit behind on the unpacking, but we've gotten enough stuff out to live and plan to unpack more this weekend. m and i both needed

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1137780019372909162006-01-20T12:26:00.000-05:002006-01-20T13:00:19.440-05:00

okay, i totally did not mean to plagiarize m's post title in my last entry. i read it a week ago, and i guess it stuck in my head. and as for the request of pictures, i'll post some as soon as we have things set up and the U-Haul boxes are gone.now for the big topic of this week, the arrival of our xbox 360. after a very long wait (we pre-ordered last summer), i got a call on monday that our

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1137607238608779752006-01-18T12:34:00.000-05:002006-01-18T13:00:38.700-05:00

gee, has it really been over a month since i last blogged? i can't believe it. the time has just flown by. in my last post i wrote that we were looking for houses in maryland. well, we found the perfect house that weekend. the sellers wanted to settle quickly, so we closed last friday and moved in over the weekend. it was a bit of a whirlwind, but it feels good to be in our new home.as i

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1134579913462265042005-12-14T11:25:00.000-05:002005-12-14T12:05:13.530-05:00

i've been "out of commission" since last friday, so my apologies for the delay in this announcement. m and i are moving to maryland. i haven't written about it since there are some people from my office who read this blog and i wanted to keep it a secret for as long as possible. but i handed in my two-weeks notice last thursday, and the "leaving" clock is counting down rapidly. as many of you

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1132596495373719362005-11-21T12:48:00.000-05:002005-11-21T13:08:15.436-05:00

okay, before it becomes a full 2 weeks since my last entry, i'll play a quick game of catch up. been busy at work, relaxing at home, thinking about the holidays (or holidaze), etc. m and i spent the weekend in baltimore, celebrating the 4th anniversary of the beginning of our great romance, eating lots of crab-containing dishes, and catching a football game. we had planned this trip for a few

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1131630717545211942005-11-10T08:00:00.000-05:002005-11-10T08:51:57.613-05:00

okay, so my plan was to regularly post new recipes on tuesdays, but that failed. anyway, it's another day that starts with "t" so i will share my latest delicious discovery. i've usually cooked acorn squash with brown sugar and butter, but i think this will be the way from now on (unless i make soup).honey-spiced acorn squashingredients:2 acorn squash1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick)1/3 cup honey1/2

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1131048950510218792005-11-03T15:13:00.000-05:002005-11-03T15:15:50.526-05:00

this would be even funnier if it weren't so sad. be sure to read the linked pdf files for the original content. okay, so why is michael brown still on the federal payroll?

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okay, our household is officially out of control. we're on our way to being a "smart house", as far as you can get when your house was built in 1923. (too hard to run all those wires behind the wall.) m talked me into the coolest gadget the other night when we were at Best Buy. the Slingbox has got to be one of the best new inventions out there right now, and it can only get better. basically,

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i haven't had much coherent stuff to post this week. i've been a little bit under the weather. m was in a car accident on tuesday (he's okay and it wasn't his fault, but the crossfire needs much repair). and now it's raining.but on some more positive notes, i finally got the clap your hands and say yeah self-titled cd. it is soooooo good. so good in fact that i've linked them as this week's

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1129141795091711262005-10-12T14:21:00.000-04:002005-10-12T14:29:55.096-04:00

man, the new iPod looks so cool. mine is a few years old now, it's getting full, and the battery is wearing out. (yeah, i qualified for the class action settlement, but i didn't have my receipt.) m and i just treated ourselves to a couple of new, fully-loaded laptops (arriving next week!), and i think that i will have to upgrade my favorite peripheral just to keep in step with m's new toys.

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i know i said i stay away from politics, but this is too funny to not share . thanks to m for the forwarded email.Einstein dies and goes to heaven. At the Pearly Gates, Saint Peter tells him, "You look like Einstein, but you have NO idea the lengths that some people will go to sneak into Heaven. Can you prove who you really are?" Einstein ponders for a few seconds and asks, "Could I have a

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i've recently started a couple of new "social" features, since m has gotten me on this web 2.0 kick. so check the sidebar and follow the new link to my yahoo 360 page and the new button to my del.icio.us bookmarks. man, the internet has sure changed a lot since i started using it 11 years ago. and i think it will change about as much in the next 11 months.

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it's been way too long since i updated the song of the week feature on this site. this week's selection is off the record from my morning jacket's brand new album. this album is a little bit different than their prior work, but it's still very good. i just love the reggae groove in the track i linked. be sure to check it, as always, on the right of the page.i recently downloaded my monthly

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the citizens of the commonwealth of virginia will elect a new governor this year, so there are plenty of political ads to be seen on t.v. now, i know i don't post much about politics here because mine is not that type of blog. and i really don't have a preference for any of the gubernatorial candidates. but i have to speak out against the dumbest political ad i have ever seen. a lot of the "

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is this what we've come to in the world of science? naming new celestial bodies after pulp t.v. show characters. i've already professed my fondness for sci fi, but this is taking it too far.

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m and i just returned from a wonderful 5 day trip to cancun. we stayed at the fiesta americana grand coral beach, which we both agreed is the best caribbean resort we have been to so far. m and i received the trip as a gift, and we are so glad we did because neither of us would have chosen cancun on our own. we both thought it would be just a crazy party town, a la MTV spring break. our

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last night i happened to find the ESPN2 broadcast of the Drum Corps International finals. marching band never looked so cool. each of the top corps had a cool intro like they do for pro athletes, and there were really nice feature segments too. finally someone recognized the physical effort required to put on a great field show, as one of the features actually measured the heart rate, oxygen

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1126024740571048642005-09-06T12:29:00.000-04:002005-09-06T12:39:00.576-04:00

the holiday weekend was good, nice and relaxing as labor day should be. m worked some at home, but he's been pushing 60+ hours a week for like 3 months now. never fear, all hard work eventually pays off. plus he really loves the project he's working on, so that's a good thing.we tried out m's new camera at our niece's 3rd birthday on saturday. the pictures turned out well, and of course the

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1125672014929060702005-09-02T10:38:00.000-04:002005-09-02T10:40:14.936-04:00

m has switched hosts and blogging engines, so his site will be running at full speed soon. be sure to watch for some crazy tech talk. he's on a gadget kick, so i'm sure he'll point out some cool things too.

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so much i could write about, but i just haven't felt like it lately. i think i'm burned out on the computer, if that's possible. (yeah, it is.) but i just had to write about this - a new magazine that m discovered this week. make is pretty freakin' cool, and it comes in digital (for m) and print (for me) versions. i started reading vol. 2 last night and found that some of the same authors

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people around here are just crazy. even worse than the people who were planning to fly from out of state to buy one of these iBooks.

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yeah, i know i said i was gonna write more, but you gotta give a girl a break. things are very very busy at work, and my brain takes a vacation when i'm out of the office. but i will still post here and there.so one thing i've been getting really excited about these past few weeks is the return of the NHL. first we learned of the new rules, including the removal of icing, touch-up offsides, and

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i'm giving ye all she's got, captain!r.i.p., scotty.

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has it really been over a month since i last blogged? the time has flown by. due to our crazy work schedules, m and i have been spending as much of our free time away from the computer as possible. lots of quality time, ya know? the weekends have been full of grilling huge steaks at home and watching movies. we've had a few outings, like this past weekend we saw wedding crashers which was

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1118768452188342772005-06-14T12:23:00.000-04:002005-06-14T13:00:52.243-04:00

i've been reading a lot lately, mostly fiction, and mostly fantasy (about 99%). anyone who knows me well knows that i love science fiction, a trait that probably has something to do with the fact my parents practically raised me on star trek. (they're not fanatical trekkies or anything, they just like it a lot.) i really discovered modern fantasy when i worked at a used bookstore in high

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1118234824328335982005-06-08T08:37:00.000-04:002005-06-08T08:47:04.330-04:00

i've had a ton of search hits lately from google images for the picture of our dog huygens at saturn. i don't know why the world is so interested in him, maybe because he's so cute or because he's so accomplished for a boston terrier. in case you've forgotten how cute he is, see below.

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poking fun at early computer-based RPGs, i.e. zork. funny stuff. takes me back to the 5th grade . (thanks, once again, to boing boing).

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i've been fairly quiet on here lately, mostly because i haven't had much to write about. a smattering of some events, past and future, that's about it. i promise i will try to write more soon, when my mind is less occupied by things like work. :) anyway, here's a random bunch of stuff to tide you over.we had a nice weekend, our first "free" one in a while. went to the movies, saw cinderella

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1117557239792933502005-05-31T12:02:00.000-04:002005-05-31T12:33:59.843-04:00

this memorial day weekend was full of memorial moments. m's younger brother casey got married at the williamsburg winery. we headed east on friday afternoon to check into the hotel and go to the rehearsal. it rained a little on saturday, but everything cleared up nicely for a beautiful outdoor ceremony. the bride and groom both looked fantastic and extremely happy on the occasion. m was the

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whether it will rain or shine, we'll never be able to predict. is it going to be unseasonably cool today? so the "whether" man told me this morning. well, maybe not unseasonably, but definitely not as warm as it is now. it really makes dressing for work a pain. wear long sleeves, it's hot; wear short sleeves, it's cold. eh, it's no wonder i hated meteorolgy in 9th grade earth science. i am

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star wars image mash-ups - enjoy!

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today is our two year wedding anniversary, but it only seems like two months or even two weeks. every day with m is better than the last, so i can't imagine how great things will be in twenty years. i still get tears of joy when i think about "us", especially when i look at our wedding photos. how can you not when you remember moments like this?so many thanks to my dear hubby for that moment

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well, this weekend's race festivites did not disappoint. we had a great time at the funai 250 on friday, seeing carl edwards do his famous backflip in person. and saturday's race, the chevy american revolution 400 was even better. it was so cool to be there for a moment of nascar history - kasey kahne's first nextel cup win. m knew it was going to happen - he talked about it all day. plus my

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last night kicked off a few days of "festivities" for m and me. we attended the greater richmond technology council awards gala, since m's employer was nominated for an award. they didn't win, but the company that won had been nominated for something 4 previous years. i guess they were due to finally win. hopefully AT will be nominated again next year. the event was really nice, and i got to wear

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last week while reading about the time traveler convention that took place last weekend, i followed one of their links to the online comic book cat and girl. the third installment hooked me, so i thought i would share. it's also a new permanent link on the right, so be sure to check out the latest installments every tuesday and thursday. there are some other funny comic books linked from there

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happiness is . . .

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in like clark kent, out like superman . . . m traded in his boxy car today for something sleeker. we loved the element, but really weren't using it to it's full functionality, and m has been hankering over the crossfire for months now so i said "why not?". we took advantage of the daimler-chrysler rewards program available here at my job, and it cut the price some as well. not a bad deal at all.

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this weekend began a streak of very busy weekends for us. bachelor party on saturday, birthday party on sunday. next weekend: code camp (for m)/dc museum hopping (me and my sis) on saturday, mother's day on sunday. weekend after next: busch race on friday, cup race on saturday, mother's day with m's mom on sunday. following weekend: break! (and celebrate anniversary in middle of prior week.)

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m and i had the pleasure of dining at the newly opened can can brasserie this weekend with some friends. i had read mixed reviews of the service, food, etc., but i have to say that our experience was great. we made reservations on monday and were promptly seated at 7 pm on saturday. the menu is appropriately priced for cuisine of that caliber, especially considering that the portions served

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the weather here is getting ridiculously nice, which means that the only thing i hate about living in the city (besides the high property tax) gets worse - parking. m and i love our house, but we have to park on the street. and since we live just a block away from a popular after-work-sit-on-our-patio bar, we find our parking options very limited when we get home on nice days. especially after

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1113394452696363202005-04-13T08:10:00.000-04:002005-04-13T08:31:50.950-04:00

two days until every working stiff's least favorite day of the year, tax day. m and i finished ours last night and instantly felt some stress relieved. we filed an extension last year, and it just sucks to have that "unknown" out there hanging over your head. whether you owe or get a refund, it's always better just to get it out of the way. we used turbotax for the first time, which was

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1112968637639042342005-04-08T09:45:00.000-04:002005-04-08T09:59:27.900-04:00

last night m and i watched the movie saw. i have to say, i'm not a fan of horror films, but this is one of the best that i've seen. it was pretty violent and gory though, a lot worse than seven. but it's one of those films that's so disturbing that you can't stop watching. and i have to say that it has a good twist, although i'm not going to state where to avoid spoiling it for those who haven't

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1112793191860500262005-04-06T07:49:00.000-04:002005-04-06T09:13:11.863-04:00

at the gym the other day, i happened to pick up a recent issue of rolling stone from the community magazine rack to read while doing my thing on the elliptical trainer. one of the brief articles always found at the front of any magazine talked about the death of rock radio, particularly alternative rock stations in large markets like philadelphia and D.C. i haven't listened to commercial radio

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1112379878119009262005-04-01T12:21:00.000-05:002005-04-01T13:24:38.120-05:00

so here's a bit of tomfoolery just in time for april 1. this week's s.o.w. is a "mash-up" of last year's hit single galang by m.i.a. with the theme from super mario brothers. (see boing boing for more details.) m.i.a.'s new album "arular" has been keeping me rocking at the gym, and this mash-up is just a perfect mix. as always, check the link on the right and turn up the volume.

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1112037009788215082005-03-28T12:49:00.001-05:002005-03-28T14:10:09.790-05:00

sorry for being missing in action, but i was traveling for work last week. puerto rico again, not fun. i don't think i will ever be prepared for the humidity there. i guess the mold was up too, because my allergies flared up and after the flight home it appears that some sort of respiratory funk has set into my system. sneezing, coughing, sore throat, etc. - all of the fun things. just

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1112036864099959462005-03-28T12:49:00.000-05:002005-03-28T14:07:44.100-05:00

sorry for being missing in action, but i was traveling for work last week. puerto rico again, not fun. i don't think i will ever be prepared for the humidity there. i guess the mold was up too, because my allergies flared up and after the flight home it appears that some sort of respiratory funk has set into my system. sneezing, coughing, sore throat, etc. - all of the fun things. just

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1111095862269202442005-03-17T16:42:00.000-05:002005-03-17T16:44:22.270-05:00

even though i'm more of a "Celtic mutt" (Scotch-Irish and Welsh), i'd like to wish you all a very Happy St. Paddy's Day. may the luck o' the Irish be with you all year long!

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1110994292591520222005-03-16T12:24:00.000-05:002005-03-16T13:15:49.363-05:00

well, so i may have been a little hasty in my pledge to blog more frequently last week, but i have good reasons. i finally succumbed to the many "bugs" that are going around my office and came down with a viral infection on thursday that knocked me out for pretty much the entire weekend. it was nice to get some sleep (yes, i did sleep most of the time), but i missed my friend's engagement party

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1110298689907817492005-03-08T12:32:00.000-05:002005-03-08T11:18:09.910-05:00

my brother-in-law may want to consider removing this post from his site, with the recent news of halliburton accepting contracts in iran. yeah, they say it's legal because it's through a off-shore subsidiary, but the profits all go to the same place. so while the company has big contracts supporting our troops in iraq, they're also dealing with a economically-sanctioned country that is known to

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1110213584085611782005-03-07T11:58:00.000-05:002005-03-07T11:39:44.086-05:00

okay, so i'm a bad blogger. i really need to make more of an effort to keep up with this site, but things have been so busy. m and i are going to the gym several nights a week and on the weekends, i have tons to do at work, and i'm spending my "free time" just enjoying life with my husband. we had an "exciting weekend" - filled with trips to costco and the grocery store, reminding us both of a

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1109511743979329232005-02-27T08:17:00.000-05:002005-02-27T08:42:23.983-05:00

up early on Sunday morning, as usual. what happened to those days where you could sleep in until at least 10 am? i'm not talking about having the time to sleep late, but just having the ability to sleep later than 7 am. at least it's race season again and we can take our Sunday afternoon nap during the middle of the race. nothing is more soothing than the sound of those cars going around at 200

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1108492853191648482005-02-15T12:28:00.001-05:002005-02-15T16:15:16.736-05:00

m and i have both been swamped at work these past few weeks, and the work keeps on coming. fortunately we had a wonderful Valentine's Day weekend that left us very refreshed and relaxed. be sure to check out the entry on our site for the details. now we're back with our noses to the grindstone, but who isn't in this economic system known as capitalism.a few weeks ago, i promised to share info a

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1108156534317768712005-02-11T16:03:00.000-05:002005-02-11T16:16:37.636-05:00

i've already found my dear someone, but i love the song (by gillian welch) so much that i want to dedicate this week's s.o.w. to the love of my life, my husband. thank you for being the best husband, friend, cheerleader, and so much more to me.I wanna go all over the world,And start living free.I know that there's somebody who,Is waiting for me.I'll build a boat, steady and true.As soon as it's

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1108132320857279032005-02-11T08:40:00.000-05:002005-02-11T09:32:00.860-05:00

i know this is a few days late, but m and i saw this on the tonight show the other night and laughed so hard that we almost couldn't get to sleep afterwards. thanks to the drudge report for the transcript. full text of the speach can be found here.Last Friday when promoting social security reform with 'regular' citizens in Omaha, Nebraska, President Bush walked into an awkward unscripted moment

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1107286741603653172005-02-01T13:09:00.000-05:002005-02-01T14:39:01.603-05:00

i just want to send a congrats to raul and sarachkah, whose brand new daughter entered the world yesterday: From HollyTee: It's a girl! Her name is Ruby Magdalena. Born 9:40 AM. She weighed into Planet Earth at 8 lbs, 4 oz. and she is 20 inches long. Everyone is healthy and extremely tired. Major congratulations to the new family!! this is a big first for my group of friends from h.s. with whom

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1106170360428825862005-01-19T16:14:00.000-05:002005-01-19T16:32:40.426-05:00

i have recently joined the ranks of people with more than one blog. the blogging bug bit again before christmas when i helped start up the gift-exchange blog for m's family. we may keep it going year-round; who knows. i'm also involved in a project with some friends from h.s., but i will write about that at a later date when we're ready to "launch" the site. but the most important blog is found

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1105713919515945032005-01-14T09:30:00.000-05:002005-01-14T09:45:19.516-05:00

our "son" huygens is making his big move today, leaving the cassini satellite and heading towards saturn's moon titan. he left cassini the day before his second birthday and began his descent to titan. he even has his own soundtrack for the descent and landing. he'll only be on the surface for about 3 minutes though, so he'll be home by the time we get back from work. but we'll be able to watch

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1105644837530170042005-01-13T14:31:00.000-05:002005-01-13T14:33:57.530-05:00

i realized that i still had psycho jingle funk on the right as the song of the week. since we are well past the holiday season, i'm going to replace it with a song that sends me "back in the day", my punk rock days, even though it's a new song. the track is chorus of one by local punk heroes strike anywhere. crank up the volume and mosh around your cube!

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1104935433358083852005-01-05T08:54:00.000-05:002005-01-05T09:30:33.356-05:00

happy new year, everyone. i hope that your holidays were merry and bright and all that jazz. ours were fantastic. m and i were basically off from work for 1-1/2 weeks, relaxing together at home, playing xbox live, and seeing our families over the holidays. we got lots of nice presents, including our home's first robot, the roomba discovery. yes, i am going to geek out over a vacuum cleaner, but

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1103554116772607752004-12-20T09:31:00.000-05:002004-12-20T14:20:41.360-05:00

man oh man, does anyone enjoy the holidays anymore? just kidding, but they are a lot of work sometimes. i can't imagine what it will be like once m and i have kids. can you give gift cards to a baby? last friday held two "firsts" for me. i played keyboard in a band at our "year end celebration" (the generic "holiday" is no longer p.c.). we played johnny cash's ring of fire and john lennon's

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1102689452609534322004-12-10T09:36:00.000-05:002004-12-10T09:37:32.610-05:00

yeah, i know i've been bad about posting this week, but it's been a little crazy. here's something related to my last post that is quite funny. just click the link and save the file to your computer. have a great weekend!

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1102015691502343372004-12-02T14:19:00.000-05:002004-12-02T14:28:11.503-05:00

i have a confession to make. m and i got caught up in the ken jennings mania and are crushed now that he ended his winning streak on jeopardy. (we're even more upset that we missed the actual show, darn ghost recon 2.) i watched a lot of jeopardy growing up; it was our dinner-time t.v. show. in fact, i would love to go on the show myself, but i can't since i work for one of the show's sponsors.

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1101925577723972832004-12-01T13:23:00.000-05:002004-12-01T13:26:17.723-05:00

my youngest brother-in-law has joined the world of blogging. how appropriate since merriam-webster named "blog" as it's top word of the year. anyway, check the link on the right for jeff. he's a big fan of GWB, but we still love him anyway. :)

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1101863165888989352004-11-30T19:36:00.000-05:002004-11-30T20:06:05.890-05:00

today was "appreciation day" at work, where people talk to us about our hard work and give a business presentation. i have to say that today's celebration was the best so far. i didn't read the email closely so i missed the fact that misty may would be there. she's a spokesperson for the company. anyway, we saw sales figures for the year, watched some commercials, talked about new products, and

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1101765577451798602004-11-30T09:16:00.000-05:002004-11-30T09:30:49.783-05:00

so here are some random thoughts i've had over the past few weeks about various events, both local and national. mystery solved! for those of you who don't live in the RVA area, you may be wondering what's up. well, we've had this little mystery in a North Richmond neighborhood for several weeks now, one that was experienced in other neighborhoods including ours (the Fan). yep, we felt one of

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1101823958852420422004-11-30T09:11:00.000-05:002004-11-30T09:13:14.020-05:00

Thanks to my favorite phone company, Working Assets, I just signed a pledge to Never Surrender in the fight to build a better democracy that can provide life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all. Click here to take the pledge too!

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1101305989027871532004-11-24T08:58:00.000-05:002004-11-24T09:19:49.026-05:00

. . . feels like friday. thank goodness for a short work-week after a week of vacation. here's a mini-trip report. punta cana was awesome. i haven't downloaded our photos yet, but hopefully i'll get them up over the weekend. the people who worked at the resort were really nice, and it was a short ride from and back to the airport. m and i mostly relaxed by the pool, but tried our hand at archery

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1101156019504740762004-11-22T15:39:00.000-05:002004-11-22T15:40:19.503-05:00

we have returned from vacation. in summary, it was wonderful. there's too much to write now and too little time, so i will post more later. (swamped at work, but what else is new?)

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1100273432787296062004-11-12T10:13:00.000-05:002004-11-12T10:30:32.786-05:00

i haven't written much this week, mostly because i've been swamped at work. m and i are taking our "summer" vacation next week, so we've both been trying to tie up loose ends at the office. why is it that we work harder when it's time for us to relax? so we're off to sunny punta cana for a week without work, the dogs, or anything else. it's going to be so nice. hopefully my limited spanish

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1100100048064075252004-11-10T10:18:00.000-05:002004-11-10T10:20:48.063-05:00

(courtesy of my mother, because she knew I would like it) The election is over, the results are now known. The will of the people has clearly been shown. We should show by our thoughts and our words and our deeds, That unity's just what our country now needs. Let's all get together. Let bitterness pass. I'll hug your elephant. You kiss my ass.

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1100018550523064932004-11-09T11:19:00.000-05:002004-11-09T11:42:30.523-05:00

this article scares me to death. i can understand pharmacists who don't want to give out RU-483 because they are pro-life, but they have no right to keep the prescription instead of letting customers go to another pharmacy. and pharmacists who won't give out oral contraceptives and don't give back prescriptions should be stripped of their licenses. if women can't properly prevent pregnancy, then

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1099946417781752262004-11-08T15:32:00.000-05:002004-11-08T15:40:17.780-05:00

just got this in the mail and thought i would share. chew on it for a while. On Media and the Election By Robert W. McChesney, Founder of Free Press Perhaps the most important function our media serves is to provide voters with the information they need to make sound decisions in the voting booth. If people don't know what they're voting for, our democracy is in serious trouble. Unfortunately,

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1099678473506570852004-11-05T13:13:00.000-05:002004-11-05T13:14:33.506-05:00

Big Five Test ResultsExtroversion (46%) medium which suggests you are moderately talkative, outgoing, sociable and interacting. Friendliness (70%) high which suggests you are overly kind natured, trusting, and helpful at the expense too often of your own individual development (martyr complex). Orderliness (66%) moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly organized, reliable, neat,

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1099507977278160662004-11-03T13:38:00.000-05:002004-11-03T13:52:57.276-05:00

well, it's all over now. kerry is going to concede in about 20 minutes after speaking to the President earlier today. i'm disappointed that he didn't win, but i'm glad that he's not going to draw out the election like the 2000 election was. i'm more disappointed with the 18-24-year-old age group of voters. i fell in this group at the last election, and i really thought with all of the effort put

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1099438167076942402004-11-02T18:24:00.000-05:002004-11-03T09:28:49.966-05:00

Which File Extension are You?

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1099411672410341242004-11-02T11:06:00.000-05:002004-11-02T11:07:52.410-05:00

i did!

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1098973942529836242004-10-28T10:26:00.000-04:002004-10-28T11:12:56.063-04:00

one of my favorite singer-songwriters, joseph arthur, has a new album out. like so many artists in this time, he used this album to express his feeling about war, terrorism, and politics. the album is signficantly less upbeat than his last one, but the music is still good. so click the link to the right, sit back, and watch the video for "all of our hands". and don't forget to vote next week!

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1098891369628446302004-10-27T11:32:00.000-04:002004-10-27T11:36:09.626-04:00

it's nice to know that my career selection is well-respected. if only my salary was based on the amount of prestige associated with my job. lol!

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1098716720197704242004-10-25T10:47:00.000-04:002004-10-25T11:05:20.196-04:00

well, it's back to the grind after one of the best weekends that m and i have had this fall. we needed to spend some quality time together, and we got that plus had fun seeing my family and m's sister's family on saturday at the annual richmond highland games and celtic festival. we go every year, and it's one of my favorite events of the year. of course that weekend will be topped by one

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1098293930861682082004-10-20T13:30:00.000-04:002004-10-20T13:38:50.860-04:00

m and i were having a political discussion this morning, which i won't recount here because like i've said before, political views are personal (and complex). but i just found this article on the net and found it very interesting. when my h.s. friends a few months ago for our reunion, we were discussing mock elections in school and how kids mostly voted the way that their parents were going to

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1098221109724004302004-10-19T17:19:00.000-04:002004-10-20T08:44:11.363-04:00

i haven't had much time to blog lately because i've been taking a biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics course for the last 2 days at work. it was pretty cool, because it was a good intro to the topic which is one of the first classes i'll have to take when i start grad school next year. i don't think i've talked about it on here much, but i'm finally going back to school for my ph.d. i'm going

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1097867358665565472004-10-15T15:04:00.000-04:002004-10-15T15:09:18.666-04:00

You are 47% geek You are a geek liaison, which means you go both ways. You can hang out with normal people or you can hang out with geeks which means you often have geeks as friends and/or have a job where you have to mediate between geeks and normal people. This is an important role and one of which you should be proud. In fact, you can make a good deal of money as a translator. Normal: Tell

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1097861617039664882004-10-15T13:29:00.000-04:002004-10-15T13:43:48.026-04:00

an acquaintance and fellow former godwin high school band geek is making quite a name for herself in the fashion industry and has been named the most creative richmond-native by richmond.com. pretty cool stuff. you can check out her funky jewelry here.

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1097846376903693752004-10-15T09:16:00.000-04:002004-10-15T09:19:36.903-04:00

forget domestic policy and the national security. the real debate is clay aiken vs. morrissey, about who is the most celibate music star. good stuff.

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1097786839422983142004-10-14T16:38:00.000-04:002004-10-14T16:47:19.423-04:00

i am so disgusted with this topic right now that i don't even know how to begin this post. indymedia.org's servers in the UK were seized by US authorities a few days ago with no reason given to the site for the seizure. for those of you unfamiliar with indymedia.org, they provide news on social, political, environmental, etc. issues for the world, the us, and various localities. while you may

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1097758111479657412004-10-14T08:44:00.000-04:002004-10-14T08:48:31.480-04:00

well, m and i did play hockey on the xbox last night, but i just couldn't play against him so we were the flyers. we soundly beat the lightning 4 to 2, with roenick, primeau, and esche taking the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd stars, respectively. i think i will post all of our scores here so it can be like our own little NHL season (actually we're going to start a season for philly). our offense is great,

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1097700024062447892004-10-13T16:34:00.000-04:002004-10-13T16:40:24.063-04:00

okay, here's a real post. wear your black today (like i do most every day) for the NHL. today was supposed to be opening night for hockey season, but due to the disagreement between the players' union and the team owners, there will be no hockey in the U.S. for a while if at all this season. and my two favorite teams, the flyers and the lightning were supposed to face off tonight. darn it. m

Julienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1453502.post-1097675119689124222004-10-13T09:02:00.000-04:002004-10-13T09:45:19.690-04:00

i had a good topic to blog about this morning, but i can't remember. my day isn't going too well so far. i had a dentist's appointment this morning, but when i got there at 7:45 the receptionist (a) didn't remember me from last week even though we talked about my purse with the picture of boston terriers on it, and (b) didn't put this week's appointment in the computer, most likely because of

Julienoreply@blogger.com0