November 2003 Forty-six posts

30-Nov-2003

Sabbath from dictionary.com: 2. The first day of the week, Sunday, observed as the day of rest and worship by most Christians. Rest, worship, and contemplation, I hope. In some religions one does no work. From ou.org: On Shabbat, the Jew withdraws from the performance of “Melachah.” All categories of “Melachah” represent purposeful, creative interactions with...

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27-Nov-2003

Thanksgiving So today is starting well. The goal in life is to improve each day I think, and today is a success on that basis. So now, Leah’s kids and my sister and her boyfriend and also my parents are here. It’s going to be a mega-Thanksgiving, and I’m a bit nervous about it, but I...

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26-Nov-2003

Quote of the Day The Earth is degenerating these days. Bribery and corruption abound. Children no longer mind their parents, every man wants to write a book, and it is evident that the end of the world is fast approaching. – Assyrian stone tablet, c. 2800 B.C. I don’t have an original source, but it’s all over the net....

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25-Nov-2003

Geeky Unix Conversation Slash Unix Confession of the Day ArtLung: so i’ve been trimming away at artlung.com – reformatting stuff, getting rid of dead directories ArtLung: this morning i’m futzing along, killing little dev experiments ArtLung: was doing rm -rv * in some dirs ArtLung: *accidentally did it in my main artlung.com directory* ArtLung: DOH! Sassbert: doheth ArtLung: luckily, i had a dir with...

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23-Nov-2003

Whoosh! From great racquetball Saturday Morning, to housecleaning in anticipation of my visiting parents, to my parents arriving and a great dinner with a roast cooked by a visiting Australian, to Sunday morning at church, receiving the Eucharist for the first time in at least 5 years, to getting Leah’s homemade rosary blessed, to Ralph’s downtown,...

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20-Nov-2003

Dating Leah in the Gaslamp Last Saturday, Leah and I went on a date. We went and saw Intolerable Cruelty, then we went for a walk through the Gaslamp Quarter. We had a lovely, low key time. It’s funny, I remember when I was in my teens – driving through that part of the Gaslamp near the corner of 5th...

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20-Nov-2003

More Fun Linkies, Catching up and blogging from bed from the new iBook Critical article on the still-years-away Longhorn This is the best country in the world. – Noam Chomsky FIRE: Foundation for Individual Rights In Education – defending liberty on campus Num1000 is a fun piece of Japanese inscrutability Mac Eye for the Windows Guy Fox media bias I really like it when bands have all their...

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20-Nov-2003

First Post! from the new lil’ 12 inch iBook. Productivity this week is pretty low. But spirits are high!

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19-Nov-2003

Current Important News: VideoChat! Divorce! Life! Onward! I got an iSight today. Talked to my sister and boss and even Dori Smith and Mathowie – it all worked well. Except my Dad and Mom’s connection is messed up somehow. We’ll figure that out. Just checked the mail, and I received my “NOTICE OF ENTRY OF JUDGEMENT” from the Superior Court of California,...

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19-Nov-2003

Some Links! Rush is back at work – and in recovery Doc on Ant Control – glad we don’t have these Cake Plates and Stands – I see why these are designed the way they are – they’re anti-rodent! I feel so, 19th Century lately, living in this 1892 house President interviewed by British sleazy tabloid –...

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