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And squirrels

I spent an hour+ driving to "the loop", and another half an hour waiting for sunrise reading about the application of genetic algorithms to StarCraft 2 game strategy - all the while contemplating which fantastic albums I was going to listen to while biking for the next three

I So Rule

Despite a moderate level of intoxication, I rode my bike without hands while standing up-right on the pedals and made a controlled 90-degree turn from one street to another. You should have seen the smile on my face as I stood up tall; the wind blowing in my face; hair

Silver Medal Winner

Futurama is pure genius. "Mexico. Silver medal winner: Mexican-American war."

Halloween vs Thanksgiving

Halloween is without a doubt my least favorite "holiday" (if ever there was an ironic use of Holy Day, this is it) of the year; my only consolation is that Halloween is immediately flanked by Thanksgiving, which is undoubtedly my favorite holiday (no quotes necessary). A number of

It's no trouble

"No. I'll shoot the cook. My car is parked out back anyway." Brilliant.

New Trick

I headed to the Southern Greenway park for a leisurely automobile-free afternoon ride and decided to see if I could hands-free the whole thing; or at least the bulk of it. So, there's one blind turn at the top of a hill onto a narrow bridge that I

Senior Recruiter

In the software engineering world, everyone has "senior" on his resume. Some time ago, in silent protest to this rampant "title inflation", I removed all job titles from my resume. Read the job description; it'll be obvious what your *real* role was. Anyway, whenever

Pikes Peak

The Barr Trail trailhead sign on Pikes Peak indicates that the ~13 miles and 7,300' can be hiked "at a brisk pace" in eight hours. I never would have characterized our pace as "brisk". Leisurely? Relaxed? Or maybe "a purposeful saunter"? And

Happy 30th Birthday, ...

...Ethernet! [1] You make my world go 'round.