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So the big news of the past few days is the hot water heater saga:
Last Thursday evening The Wife and I went out in Boulder to the Rio with a gaggle of my new coworkers. After a lovely evening discussing the possibilities of attending a roller derby, a mixed martial arts bout, or a minor […]

OK, so… Sorry about the week an a half of nothing.
I wish I could say I’ve been busy or some such, but no. Mostly I’ve been sitting around alternately playing World of Warcraft and watching TV while trying out new and exciting pillow-influenced hair styles.
I suppose I can blast out a short list of tidbits […]

The big event of this weekend was of course, Matt & Jen’s wedding. Some highlights from our perspective:

The entire wedding party was looking as sharp as ever. The happy couple were especially foxy.
Speaking of foxy, Matt’s mother, Mary, was looking dynamite. She was representing her Italian roots in full effect.
Matt told me at some point […]

We keep a team wiki at work. I updated my biography there today and thought it’d be worth republishing here (with some embelishment) on the (brand new!) About page.

Doyle’s Room: Where “turbo” means “crazy like a meth addict with too many teeth“.

Our dog, Mingus, plays a game we call “Get the kitty!”, which generally consists of Mingus snapping/pawing at our cat, Chuck, until Chuck comes after him. From there it usually degenerates to Chuck lying on his back swinging an occasional paw at the dog if he comes close.
This dog plays “Get the monkey!” and the […]

More poker cross-posting with a tale of success at a speed sit-n-go tourney on Party Poker.
I’m not gonna be rich anytime soon, but it’s not making me poor, at least…

Hi, my name is Jake, and I yawn like a wookiee.
This hasn’t always been the case, but for the past couple years my yawns (and still not all of the time, but it seems to be more often than not nowadays) have born an erie similarity to Chewbacca’s throaty growl/howl.
I wish I could claim this […]