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Whenever I have multiple denominations of bills in my wallet, I have to have them stacked in order, a special order. At the bottom are the $20's, then come the $10's, then $5's and $1's respectively. If there are multiples of the same bill, the cleaner ones go to the bottom and the uglier ones near the top. They all have to line up perfectly and no bill can be folded, crooked or have its edges leafed inwards. My justification: it makes it faster [...]

It is about a month into the new year (1/12 over, about 92% left). Anyways, I have just started on one of my main new years resolutions ... from 2003. I've finally started working out on a regular basis. Granted, I didn't do it all on my own - I have buddy who's a big motivator. The physical exercise doesn't seem as important as the fact that I actually did something. I have an apparent tendancy to simple plan out everything but never act. [...]

I was doing some after Christmas shopping today and I ran into my high school Calculus teacher. He just called out at me "What's your name? Don't I know you?". I walked past him a few times in the shirts section and didn't notice but a good look at his face and I knew exactly who he was. He seemed happy enough to see me even though he didn't remember my name. It's been over 8 years, and I'm surprised he even noticed. He [...]

Well I just wanted to wish all my friends and family and unknown internet readers a very Merry Christmas. I know that this year has been tough for many so if you stop and think about it, chances are that the simple things you have in life put you well above the millions in poverty, homeless or with broken families today. And even though this day isn't different from others, it's a good day for reflection, whether religious or not. Well I'm terribly sick [...]

So we had our first real snow fall the day before and lasting through Thanksgiving. Luckily I did most of the outside work the week prior. Even then, it stayed really cold (sub 20 F) for a few days enough to really ice up the pavement. Anyways, this was probably the most crowded jumpy hectic Thanksgiving on file. Big dinner wednesday. Bigger dinner Thursday (the food literally evaporated). And a relative hosted friday. By that saturday I was totally spent. But to make matters [...]

It's quite disturbing how lately many people put up decorations for Halloween. The event is not a holiday and it is only a 2-3 hour event on one day! There's no season involved. In reality people are pretty foolish to fall victim to the massive commercialization of things like Halloween. So one day after yesterday, I'm coming home and flip the radio stations to listen for the traffic report on the highway. What greeted me? Some Christmas music! And it's not even near Thanksgiving [...]

We chose not to give out candy this year. I wish people understood the rules that no lights means no candy. Which means, don't keep knocking on the frickin door! Anyways, I didn't feel particularily festive this year and I wasn't in the mood to hop back and forth between the door and some cheap candy that I wouldn't enjoy eating myself. Oh well. For the most part my views from last year still hold. To parents: Don't force your 3 year old to [...]

Feeling good about tomorrow. Need I say [...]