Brian in
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April 19, 2006
Well, in an embarassing kind of way. Someone on Fark was kind enough to use my picture in a contest of best animated GIF. I love it:
Check out the original Fark forum post here.
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Brian in
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March 19, 2006
Starting yesterday evening Danna and I could hear a cat somewhere meowing. Often this is our cat Frankie, who frequently gets stuck in the bathroom or closet -- he's not the sharpest tack in the box. But Frankie was asleep on our bed, so we chocked it up to a neighborhood cat that was howling in our vicinity.
Today we were on our way out and we could hear this cat meowing again. It was very loud in the garage, and we quickly sumised what had happened. A cat had entered our crawl space and was under our house. Our garage is essentially in the basement, and we could hear this poor cat crying through the trap door to the crawl space.
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Brian in
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June 13, 2005
Danna's finally an official graduate. Here are some shots of her graduation ceremony as well as some well-deserved free time in Ocean Shores.
Katie Contratulates
Katie congratulates Danna with a glass of Champagne.
Happy Graduate
Danna, all ready to don her graduation robe.
Commencement Sign
Qucick closing shot of the commencement sign at Seahawks Stadium.
Receiving
Danna walks across the stage and receives her diploma. Don't tell anyone, but in reality the dipolma came in the mail three weeks ago. She had to show up to this shindig in order to get the fancy leather cover.
No More Tension
Happy as a clam, Danna parades her new diploma around a bit.
Everyone Loves a Grad
We all stopped to take offical pictures with our new grad.
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Brian in
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October 16, 2003
I always do this: I have grand expectations about how much work I can actually get done in any given amount of time. This week marks the end of one of our coding milestones at work, and once again I find myself a long way from the fnish line. I got in at 8:30 on Monday morning, and stayed until midnight Tuesday night. It's now Wednesday, at 2:00am, and here I am, plunking away. I hadn't intended to make this another all-nighter, but the 9:00 spec review may require it.
There are some funny things that fall out of your head when you're really tired. Sometimes the world sways a bit. Around four am on Tuesday morning I spent about 45 minutes trying to fix a bug only to realize that the bug wasn't there at all -- I was misreading the test baselines.
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Brian in
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August 14, 2003
Dad popped in for surgery at 7:00 in the morning, and by 11:00 he was done and walking. Three hours, and a small three inch incision in his thigh was the only evidence of a new titanium hip lurking below his skin. I'm amazed that something as complicated as a complete hip replacement isn't more invasive.
Hotel
The Little America Hotel in downtown Salt Lake is pretty nice. Really, anything with air conditioning would have been a nice vacation for me.
Pay Per Screw
The hotel had a pretty cool entertainment system that even allowed you to play PS2 games on demand and surf the internet. But, all that convenience came at a cost: I refuse to pay twelve bucks to watch a movie in mono on a TV.
Pull Ups
After surgery Dad couldn't bend over so he had to practice using a long mechanical claw to pull up his pants and socks.
Victory at last
After several failed attempts Dad finally gets his socks on.
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