Going for BrokeKitchen Sink

Let's hear it for the mail

A few amusing things came in the mail this morning (the last week really… we haven’t been checking for a while). The first was actually a stack of things: a whole mess of “this is not a bill” from our auto insurance company. They don’t want anything from us now, they just want to remind us they’ve been billed for another ten grand from various providers, and…
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Wellbeing

The internets strike again

Cheryl’s been off the computer for most of the last week due to the pain she’s in when sitting up. But tonight she decided to do a little research on spinal surgery, stopping by a few discussion groups along the way. Danger, Will Robinson! DANGER! Predictably, the discussions are filled with horror stories too terrible to repeat on a family web site. I told her the folks who are happy…
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Kitchen Sink

Not stopping

I don’t get out much so I don’t know what much of America is like, but much of Florida is paved over with sub-divisions. I suppose it’s pretty similar to a lot of other places, considering it was colonized right around the same time much of America was suffering the blight that came to be known as “the post-war baby boom.” Coincidentally, Florida was largely…
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Computer

Plucked from the most recent conversation with my wife

“I’m thinking about kick-starting the home server project again.” “Why?” “I was thinking I’d serve up the web site and blog from home again.” “Why?” “Money’s a little tight and it’s another place we could save a little money.” “Why?” “What are you, two years old?” “How much money would…
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Wellbeing

Another Thursday

I hear today was a holiday. The Bouviers took the kids to my sister’s place so they wouldn’t miss out on our plans. Cheryl and I stayed home. Well, mostly. This morning I was sitting with a cup of coffee, thinking it was kind of funny to be thankful McDonald’s was open (of all things). I was thinking about the last month, about the last twenty-four hours, feeling sorry for…
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Coffee

Know thy coffee

In the office I’m known to some as “Mr Shade-Grown,” based on my advocacy for certain varieties of fair-trade coffee. Don’t mistake me for Mr Green though, I’m filled with imperfections and contradictions. A year or so ago I switched to brewing coffee with a french press. Part of me just wanted to play around with different methods of coffee brewing, but another…
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Wellbeing

Liquid enthusiasm lets me down

Have you ever had a three cup day turn into a five cup day and you still found yourself doing the Monday morning head bob? My caffeine intake this morning is fast approaching obsessive/compulsive – if it hasn’t long surpassed it – and I’m still having some serious consciousness issues. I’ve even pulled out my big gun: black, dark, extra-bold, and strong enough to dull…
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