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Ditching Comcast

April 22nd, 2007

On Friday, my new DSL modem arrived in the mail. I climbed up on a chair and re-wired the outside Qwest line to my shiny new ActionTec. After a bit of futzing around with my network setup, I pulled the plug on my Comcast cable modem.
Back when we signed up for Cable Internet service, Comcast [...]


City Living

December 8th, 2004

Never a dull moment around here!
A Minneapolis man wandered naked through residential streets on the city’s south side and fought with police before being bitten by a police dog and subdued with a Taser gun, officials said Wednesday.
The city’s south side… aka 3 blocks from my house!
I just missed this all going down yesterday when [...]


Labor Day

September 7th, 2004

We’re back from a quick weekend in Colorado for a wedding, and the weather is beautiful today. A nice 50-70 swing in temperature today.
We bought some new running shoes yesterday, so I may make my inaugural run in comfortable shoes tonight, although I have to go to the Metropolitan Airports Commision (MAC) meeting this evening.
MAC [...]


The Sofa

June 6th, 2004

What I would like to know is, why does it take 8 weeks to get a couch?
Don’t they have a couch factory that just rolls them off the line, and when we want a couch that is in a certain fabric, they just slap it together?
Well, my experiences with the furniture industry have left me [...]


First Snow!

November 3rd, 2003

This morning I woke up to some fresh new snow, officially (in my book) the first snow of the year! Yay! Yay! Happy Dance!
I’m hoping it melts again before the cold of the winter sets in, because I still have some yard work to do. (Remember last year?)


Leaves are coming down!

October 27th, 2003

Well, “the weekend of the rake” is fast approaching. As I stood outside this morning when I let Yeti out, I could hear the leaves dropping on the ground like giant snowflakes.
The weekend of the rake is fast approaching. We have some additional issues to deal with this year that weren’t a problem the last [...]


Sick

September 23rd, 2003

I’ve always hated being sick. Little colds that make you feel so worn out. Yesterday I knew it was coming and today it hit me hard. So I’ve taken a day off work to rest.
I also took the oppurtunity to phone my friend Brad who lives in Sweden now. After trying to figure out those [...]