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I remember string blanky. My blanket that was woven from many pastel colored strings. Whenever I needed a piece of string, which was quite common, I ripped a string out which explained the large number of holes in my blanket. I also had a small stuffed lion. I lost the lion one winter in the [...]

It’s been a busy past couple of days. There was the Alumni scholarship interview, the EWeek banquet last night, and a just a large amount of makeup work to do that I missed while I was in Seattle. New pictures, in the gallery, you know the drill.
My photos are going to be appearing in the [...]

I haven’t accepted anything yet, as I am waiting to hear back from Microsoft and the possible, although the now deemed ‘unlikely’, other offer from IBM EB in San Jose. However, I did receive an official offer from the “Continuous Availability Manager” project located in RTP, NC. It’s a really great offer…and includes all my [...]

I tried making the “Omelette Choisy” that I enjoyed so much while at Cafe Campagne in Seattle. I followed the recipe that I discovered, and had moderate success. The problems I ran into were:

While making the clarified butter, I had the heat too high and browned it
The recipe called for three eggs, but my frying [...]

I caught the 22:30 (PST) red-eye flight from Seattle to Detroit back home. I didn’t catch more than a wink of sleep. The airplane was a fully loaded 757 and it was just too noisy. I got into Detroit around 06:00 (EST) and finally in Cleveland around 07:00. I was surprisingly awake at this point, [...]