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<title><![CDATA[Finally.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Finally got Messenger for Mac working under Snow Leopard.  Had to add X509Anchors in Keychain Access.  That's all.  Ended up having to pull it off the install discs using Pacifist since I screwed up the one on the hard drive.  But just that simple.  Very very annoying.  Very annoying.  Otherwise Snow Leopard seems pretty cool.  Still haven't used it for anything non-work related.  And I'm totally just getting a new battery, and hoping the MacBook sticks around for another year or so.  Works well enough for me, and I'm not planning on doing any serious photo editing.  Just using what I get.  But with a new battery means I get to carry it around with me, and with the weather turning nice, means I could work from the deck.  Sweet.  Finally getting tax stuff together and ready to send off to the accountant, as well as some other financial todos.  A little easier to do when I was working out of the office, because the post office, the bank, and all that is really close.  Now I actually have to bike to get to these things.  A perk of working from home?  Took a break when Tracy got off work and went for a walk.  I'll finish up a couple things later tonight, but nice to have that option.  Also don't have to get up crazy early to make a 7am conference call tomorrow.  Can just roll out of bed.  Over the weekend finally got some butane for the creme brulee torch I think my brother got me.  It is the most amazing thing ever.  I want to torch everything.  Like the cinnamon bagel that I melted butter over for breakfast, or the cheese I melted on my ham sandwich for lunch.  Seriously, it's amazing.  So thanks for that Al.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:06:25 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Duty Served.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Jury duty was easy.  No cases needed any jurors today, so they even let us out early.  Took the 60 Blue Island/26th there and back.  Took the 145 down with Tracy on the way to her doctor's appointment, and then took the 8 back up.  Super easy.  Managed to do a nuke and pave on the MacBook for Snow Leopard and now having issues for Microsoft Messenger which I use for work.  Very annoying.  I thought all these things would have been taken care of by now, like 6 months later, but I guess not.  More annoyed at Microsoft.  Haven't even tried iPhoto yet for the GF1 support.  Ugh.  Back to jury duty, didn't venture out, didn't even really leave my seat even during lunch break, just got some snacks from the vending machines.  Got there early enough and got a prime seat near a power outlet.  It was just us laptop junkies in the back row.  No free wifi, so almost all of the time spent on the iPhone.  Now that I've got Snow Leopard on the MacBook, I'm tempted to get a new battery to just make it a new laptop.  Tempted.  Might last me another year then.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:55:32 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Duty]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Going in for Jury Duty tomorrow.  This time at the Criminal Courts.  Should be fun getting out there and back.  Kind of a bad time, with all the work that's due, but I am a citizen.  Gotta do my part.  Friday had a cream cheese and sardines on toast for lunch, being Lent and all, and that was a tasty meal.  Ended up doing tuna salad for dinner.  Saturday went to an all day class for expectant parents at Prentice.  That was interesting and fairly informative.  Finally  got the Mac Box Set and will go about trying to upgrade computers at home finally.  Couldn't wait for the next release of iLife or iWork, and with the GF1 being supported now, but only for Aperture 3 or iPhoto '09, well, had to upgrade.  So figure on Apple announcing or releasing updates soon.  Checking out was super easy at the Apple Store, and makes me sad for all the people waiting in line at the checkout counter.  Went to Bricks Pizza for dinner, and it wasn't as amazing as the last time we went there, which was after the Olympic Fun Run, which probably explains why we loved it the first time.  Still pretty good I thought.  Sunday made crepes for breakfast, headed out to Old Orchard.  Met up with the boys for dinner with Whitney at Revolution Brewery.  Good stuff there.  And I also need to get back out on the bike.  Thanks to Tony for the pie.  And good to see the guys, but still a little weird.  And as far as I can tell the working from home thing is permanent.  Going in to work next Saturday to bring my desktop home and clean out my desk.  Very very cool.  Finally watched Terminator: Salvation while eating dinner from Taco Burrito Palace #2.  Good times.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:45:22 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Stayed]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Didn't go for donuts this morning, instead cooked up my favorite Pepperidge Farm Apple Turnovers instead. I also made myself a nice hazelnut latte. Third time this week I made an espresso drink. I'm guessing there's going to be a lot of that going on. Gotta stay awake, and I think it's cheaper than going to Starbucks or Caribou Coffee. So even though I didn't go out this morning, I did kind of go outside on the roof deck. Even piped the music up there. I started listening to music while working today. Kind of nice, and the genius iTunes playlists are pretty swweet, especially since I don't know half the stuff in my library. So after a week of working at home?  I like it, but I do need to learn to separate work from home. Otherwise, been pretty productive, eating healthier, less physical activity. Hoping it's permanent. Headed to Prentice tomorrow for a Great Expectations class for expectant parents. It's just one day, but it's the whole day. Maybe some shopping on Sunday. And dinner with the boys at Revolution Brewery since Whitney's in town. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:49:00 CST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Unscheduled.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[I'm totally off my routine.  Well, probably because it's a brand new routine working from home.  Also really busy at work, so that's kind of throwing off the hours a bit too.  I did manage to not leave the house today.  And I actually felt bad about it.  I figure I need to schedule walks.  For example, tomorrow morning I'm planning on walking down to Belmont to get Dunkin Donuts.  Just a little piece of my former life.  But first unhealthy thing I'll have for breakfast all week, which is new for me.  The cold I felt coming on is, I guess, here.  Just up in the head, got a dry cough.  Waiting for all the mucus in my sinus cavity to dislodge.  Just a matter of time.  Stupid Vegas.  With the light streaming in through the windows and doors and where I'm sitting at the dining room table and us without window treatments means I get blinded by the sun after 4:30 or so.  For now I'm just taping a giant manila envelope from my x-rays and moving it to match the position of the sun.  Lo-tech, but works.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:08:23 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Okay, I cede there is a bad point to working from home: it's hard to separate work from home time. That blended a bit over the last day and night when I had to meet a deadline. But still good. I also think having one big screen instead of two small screens is more productive. It's like single tasking, instead of multitasking.  Did some errands today, so again got out of the house. Still feel the cold coming on, not quite full strength, but it's not going away either. I am disappointed tha I haven't been posting my new camera photos to flickr on a timely basis, or even at all. It doesn't bode well for the future baby pictures. Also, my online reading is decreasing rapidly. Crazy. And I even started paring down my Google Reader feed list before I started slacking. Again, crazy. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:45:37 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Working from home all this week.  Totally throwing off my schedule.  I'm a little surprised that both days I've left the house.  That and the productivity increase.  Odd.  I figured I would go the entire week without going outside, but that's a little much.  I feel like I need fresh air right around 5pm.  Which probably makes sense since I've been in the same 15 feet area for roughly the whole day (I'm right next to the kitchen).  Otherwise, I made dinner last night, since Tracy worked the night.  Just a simple beef stir fry.  I tried to use my mom's Beef and Broccoli marinade for the meat and might have used a little too much corn starch.  Tracy made chili for dinner tonight.  Also starting to feel a little under the weather, sore and scratchy throat, slight fever, feels like a cold.  Started drinking my OJ and water in copious amounts today.  Also made some rice crispie treats for dessert tonight.  Still want to make a black forest cake at some point, and I keep buying those pints of heavy whipping cream, and I keep letting them go bad in the fridge.  One of these days.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:47:19 CST</pubDate>
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