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Archive for March, 2006

plug into my mind…

randomduck - March 30th, 2006 | Comments Off

…or at least the things I find during my day on the ‘net.
You can do this by reading my Feedburner RSS feed. You don’t need a RSS application to read it, and it has quite a few things that don’t appear here.
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rule #4,554: don’t spill cooking oil…

randomduck - March 29th, 2006 | Comment (1)

…all over the kitchen when trying to tranfer said oil into a multi-layered plastic bag for disposal.
Now I know what those bodybuilders feel like. And after a shower to get it all off of my hands, legs and feet, I wonder: how do those people do it? How do they wash all that [...]

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starting next week: the tuesday ride

randomduck - March 29th, 2006 | Comment (1)

It’s a sure sign that spring has arrived: the return of the Potomac Pedalers Tuesday night “Downtown Breakaway” ride.
This ride is a staple of my cycling here in DC, and though I have classes ’til 6:00 on Tuesdays (until mid-May), I’m gonna meet up with the group along the way. The ride leaves from [...]

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do i remember?

randomduck - March 28th, 2006 | Comment (1)

Something I heard over the weekend has been stuck in my craw ever since, so I figured I’d let it free here.
On this week’s installment of The Chris Matthews Show, the host asked whether we, the viewers, still remembered the events of September 11, 2001. I’m sure he was asking this because of increasing [...]

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100,868 miles

randomduck - March 27th, 2006 | Comments Off

Since purchasing my 1996 Subaru Legacy back in January 2000, I’ve managed to put that many miles on the car.
When I bought the Subaru right before the 2000 Super Bowl, it had 58,776 miles on it, having been owned by a former Subaru salesman who used it as his family car for some time. [...]

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boston report

randomduck - March 24th, 2006 | Comments Off

I’ve been in Boston for the past few days as sprite attended the PLA Conference. We’ve been staying with friends, which is always a good time, and I’ve been playing either the day tripper (a day of skiing in New Hampshire), tourist (a trip to the Museum of Science today to see a superlative [...]

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