Category: Rantings
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Tornado warning!
Tonight at about 7.30pm EDT a storm warning came across the TV newscast. This storm warning was soon upgraded to a tornado warning. As it turns out, we were right in the path of a massive storm cell and it was coming straight for us! They showed pressure maps on the news to show the intensity…
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It’s been a year already…
Midday yesterday marked the anniversary of our arrival here in KY and what an eventful year its been. I’ve been through several contracts. Some lucrative, some not so lucrative. My first child (hopefully not the last) was born. Our car has broken down a half dozen times, as well as a computer crapping out completely.
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Recent developments
Recently Jennifer and I have been really trying to step out and find a place of our own. This is a little nerve racking because we barely make enough money to cover what little financial responsibilities we have. The thought of adding another $350 a month (minimum) is a little intimidating. Having said that, we…
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It’s tax time! YAY!
So, it’s tax time here in the US. Unfortunately, having never had to submit any kind of tax… erm… stuff before, I hadn’t given it much thought and actually had pretty much forgotten about it, even with my wife’s constant reminders that I need to call Keith (her dad’s accountant) and make an appointment to…
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Lilyana… She’s a growing!!!
I can’t believe its been almost nine months since Lilyana was born. She’s growing up so quickly. She’s started crawling, she’s eating solids, she’s starting to vocalise a whole lot more. Her personality is really starting to form and at the moment, it’s looking like the apple has not fallen far from tree, either one…
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Hard times and the economy
The last few months have really taken its toll on us financially. Since moving to the US, we’ve not been in the financial position to get our own place. This is quite a depressing thought. Jennifer and I have been married for 19 months and we haven’t lived on our own the entire time. In…
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Somerset, KY and Ju-Jitsu
Yesterday, we travelled to Somerset, KY to watch our nephew, Christoper Caldwell, compete in a small Ju-Jitsu tournament. This is the first time I’d seen any kind of martial arts competition in the flesh and I must admit, I was impressed.
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Thursday League: February 19th, 2009
Okay. So tonight I managed a 598 (202,216,180), just two pins short of the ever elusive 600 on Thursday night. This is encouraging to me as it came off the back of a 627 on Sunday night, which tells me I’m starting to get the new release down.
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Wasted effort, wasted time…
Well, this past week has been by far the most frustrating week, since moving to the US. The irony is, these frustrations were caused by some guy in the UK! Last week, I made contact with a prospective contract to do some work for him. The original scope for the work was to markup and…
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Christmas Eve ’08
Well, today has been a rather uneventful day. As mentioned in a previous post, our car is somewhat broken at the moment, after having the front-right CV joint break, rendering the car immobile. As it turns out, the car has a large hex bolt in the front axle, surrounded by six 12-sided bolts. Bloody German…
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