Archive for July, 2007
Monday, July 30th, 2007
I didn’t originally go into Target thinking I’d be coming out with a Wii… but thats how it turned out.
I actually went in to look for a tent. My son and I were supposed to be going camping this weekend with my brother and his family, but when I tried looking for my tent, I couldn’t find it. So, thinking.. “hey, I can just pick up one at the new Target that just opened up.” My son and I trudged into Target to check out their selection of camping gear.
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Friday, July 27th, 2007
I’ve known this for awhile, but recently got back into listening to audiobooks while driving to work. My first ever audiobook was A Walk in the Woods
by Bill Bryson. I was commuting from my home in Alexandria, VA to Laurel, MD (a 45 minute journey each way) and thought it would be great to do something productive while basically just paying attention to the road.
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Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
A couple of weekends ago, I had my brother and his family come stay with me. This was great, because, well… I like him and his family. The kids can be a handful, but overall, its nice to have people around the house.
I’ve been living alone for about 2 years now, and have basically accumulated a bunch of stuff. Most of it contains sharp corners and is made of glass, or otherwise fragile materials. And, it seems that the more fragile something is, it tends to be the item that you paid the most for.
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
Driving sucks. I enjoy my vehicle, and I don’t mind driving, but after using the train for the past 2 months, I’ve gotten used to not having to worry about driving in the mornings.
As you know from my previous post, my son is visiting this month, and it has drastically effected my morning commute.
Instead of taking the train to work, now I have to drive. So thats a good 1.5 hours on the road in the morning. So we both have to wake up around 6am, just to get out of the house by 7am. Drive for about an hour, to get to the YMCA, and then another half hour to get from the YMCA to work. I’ve only had to do it for 2 days so far, and its killing me.
I never thought I’d say this, but I wish the train stopped near the YMCA… I miss it.
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Monday, July 9th, 2007
Once a year, I get my son for a whole month during the summer. I love the time we get to spend together and I genuinely wish I could have him stay all the time. But, because he doesn’t stay with me full-time, I have to make certain arrangements during this summer to have someone look after him while I am at work. When I was married, this wasn’t a problem because my ex-wife used to stay home, so she could watch him. But now that it is just me, I have to figure out some kind of way for him to be watched during the day.
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Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
I’d like to wish everyone a happy and safe Fourth of July.
It has been a very quiet day for me, and I suspect many others. With the holiday falling in the middle of the week, it makes the parties and BBQs be a bit tamer than usual. People are worried about having to go to work the next day, and it makes going on a trip virtually impossible.
Add to that, the forecast here in South Florida is for rain… so it puts a damper on most of the firework shows in the area as well.
Either way, its nice to have a day off from work… even if I’m just goofing off.
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Monday, July 2nd, 2007
Ok, this story is so cool, I just had to blog about it. Back in 1992, a Chinese cargo freighter got caught in a storm, and accidentally dropped a container of about 29,000 rubber ducks into the Pacific ocean. From that point on, oceanographers have been tracking these rubber ducks as they travel around.
About 19,000 make it to Australia and South America, and the rest get caught up in the Arctic and are frozen in ice. Travelling at about a mile a day, these rubber duckys are now being spotted 15 years later near Great Britain and are expected to start making landfall in the coming months.
Check out the Daily Mail article entitled “Thousands of rubber ducks to land on British shores after 15 year journey” on the subject.
I’m not exactly sure why I find this story extremely interesting. Perhaps its the fact that researchers have been able to learn something based on an accident… or that it has to do with thousands of rubber ducks floating around in the world’s oceans.
Either way, its quite cool.
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