Category Archives: Whatever

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Happy Easter

Posted on April 10, 2009 by cbd

Happy Easter, everyone. Don’t eat too many Peeps.

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Found poem

Posted on March 7, 2009 by cbd

eat mud
he told the baby
near cat town
you won’t find
breakfast in the rain Continue reading →

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Not soon enough

Posted on January 30, 2009 by cbd

From CNN, some Illinois state workers, clowning around while changing signs: “Was that quick enough?” one worker said to laughter. An employee standing nearby as the picture was taken away said, “Do we need someone to throw a shoe?” About … Continue reading →

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Ads on the ‘book

Posted on January 27, 2009 by cbd

Three ads from Facebook: Free Govt Money, Part Time Jobs, Ties 4/$1. I do need more ties… Continue reading →

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Engage

Posted on January 20, 2009 by cbd

A million other people have written to celebrate today’s inauguration; the myriad reasons why we should be glad for the end of all things Bush and welcome the start of all things Obama. I’m most happy about our new president’s … Continue reading →

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Sunday night in Illinois

Posted on January 11, 2009 by cbd

Sunday night. My girls are in Florida. I’m in a cold house. Since they’ve been gone I’ve set the thermostat low and learned to type wearing liner gloves. Set about working, running, reading, writing. The cats are huddling on a … Continue reading →

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List: forgotten

Posted on September 8, 2008 by cbd

Here’s what I forgot to bring to school today: tie non-school keys lunch bike lights coffee two books At least I remembered to wear pants.

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Odds and ends Saturday

Posted on August 9, 2008 by cbd

Not a lot of blogging since Erin and Madelyn got back. Been workin’ on a few things: Got accepted to CPTSC 2008, for “Teaching standards in technical communication programs.” Good. I’m looking forward to that conference, which I’ve missed the … Continue reading →

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Odds and ends Saturday

Posted on July 26, 2008 by cbd

Erin and Madelyn are in Colorado visiting Aunt Dee with Erin’s mom. So I’m trying to make the most of my solo time. Today, however, is a bit of a day off. I ran a 5K this morning: 22:10 (7:09/mi) … Continue reading →

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I hate long URLs

Posted on June 20, 2008 by cbd

Great idea, awful URL: http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/2008a/pr229-08.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1 216 characters. And I thought C|Net was bad. A redundant alphabetic processional: portal/site/: in case the server forgets it’s a web site? nycgov/: isn’t the nyc.gov domain enough to indicate that? c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0: sessions should not … Continue reading →

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