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littlebluedog

Tim

	Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 09:03 am

microbloggin'

Yesterday:

13:14 Gyros Week, Day 2: Hush Hush. HUGE, includes pickles, but needed more feta. Altogether far superior to yesterday's mall food court fare.
16:15 I'm an easy target for viral marketing. Co-worker posts audio file of a bucket drummer I can hear outside my own window, and I click it.

Today (so far):

07:23 Colder than biking threshold this morning; got some moon-gazing in on the train instead.

littlebluedog

Tim

	Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 09:03 am

microbloggin'

Yesterday:

12:05 Only a month left in a decade with no official nickname yet. The aughts? The zips? My suggestion: the tukes (short for Y2K). Beauty, eh?
16:40 I love client-imposed patent claim word limits. And by "love" I mean "despise."
20:35 One of my useless superpowers: unfailingly selecting the noisiest grocery cart in the store.

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Tim

	Monday, November 30th, 2009 09:02 am

microbloggin'

Yesterday:

13:58 Outside, gettin my Clark Griswold on today. Need more extension cords!
14:08 Lights, cords, timer, staplegun, hammer, ladder, power tools: check. Beer: check.

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Tim

	Sunday, November 29th, 2009 09:02 am

microbloggin'

Yesterday:

11:21 So. Much. Leftover. Pie.
(Note: not complaining.)
12:22 Off to a mini-reunion of some high school friends.
14:09 Man, for a bunch of old folks, we look pretty good.
15:27 About a dozen of my friends' kids are in the next room all shouting a line-by-line to Monty Python's Holy Grail. It's surreal.
18:51 Lately I've been purposefully mistyping reCAPTCHAs to test the acceptability threshold. Just curious. Or maybe I'm actually a clever bot.
19:06 RT @ourpdx: PDX needs to unite in solidarity behind our water-deprived west side brethren: let's all start drinking wine/beer/gin/bourbon.
20:10 Couldn't decide between a cup of coffee and a glass of beer, so settled for a couple fingers of bourbon.

littlebluedog

Tim

	Saturday, November 28th, 2009 09:01 am

microbloggin'

Yesterday:

09:46 Breakfasting on rasperry mimosas and leftover pie before heading out to wine country.
13:42 At Sokol Blosser. twitpic.com/r7oxz
14:33 Found a different server, so we started over on the tasting.
15:29 Stop no. 3, Anne Amie. twitpic.com/r867f
20:47 Post-wine Mexican dinner, now home and changed into comfies, pleasantly exhausted and buzzed.

littlebluedog

Tim

	Friday, November 27th, 2009 09:01 am

microbloggin'

Yesterday:

09:22 Temporary ban from kitchen while Nic makes pies. She's a mad scientist in there: stuff bubbling, random clouds of smoke (or flour) ...
15:33 In Salem, visiting with the folks before the hordes descend.
16:52 The hordes have descended.
18:32 Dinner been et, silliness ensuing. Pie effort voted successful.
21:16 Full and exhausted, driving home. Woodburn factory outlet parking lot mobbed. People be crazy.
23:43 Happy Thanksgiving, all.

littlebluedog

Tim

	Thursday, November 26th, 2009 09:02 am

microbloggin'

Yesterday:

10:40 Having trouble focusing today ... might have to do with 4-day weekend starting in a few hours?
15:01 I love making to-do lists, but hate it when an item is making another to-do list. Makes me nervous I'll be drawn into an infinite loop.
19:59 Making lardons!
20:33 First batch of crispy, sweet nuggets of concentrated bacon essence is done.
21:43 Second batch done. Oh dear, perhaps I made too many. What to do with the extras?

littlebluedog

Tim

	Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 09:02 am

microbloggin'

Yesterday:

14:50 Dammit. For some reason I have the "gimme dat Christian side hug, dat Christian side hug" chorus stuck in my head.
21:29 Just learned Tom Waits wrote the theme for The Wire, and sang it for Season 2. Still like the Season 1 version best, though.

littlebluedog

Tim

	Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 09:02 am

microbloggin'

Yesterday:

09:10 The bike commute is back on, this morning, after a two-week hiatus due to a nasty cold. BOOYA!
10:37 RT @LampeLaw via @BeelJDPhD Two rules for success in life: Rule 1 - Don't tell people everything you know. Rule 2 -
14:00 Took me a month to think of it, but my funky mood lately may be due to hardly getting any daylight. More lunchtime strolls ahead.

littlebluedog

Tim

	Saturday, November 21st, 2009 09:00 am

microbloggin'

Yesterday:

13:34 Quiet chat buddies who randomly IM me and then instantly go offline confuse me. Sometimes I imagine it's because they've just been offed.
13:47 When in a less morbid mood, I sometimes think it indicates that the Rapture is happening.

littlebluedog

Tim

	Friday, November 20th, 2009 09:01 am

microbloggin'

Yesterday:

12:27 Paying home eq loan off harder than I thought: 1 hour + 5 bank reps = 6 different quotes for closing fees and residual interest. So far.
17:21 Street dude's sign: NEED BEER. Me too, brother.
17:38 Yes! RT @laurokitchen Good food, friendly service, a hip spot. You'll join us, yes? Bring this 20% coupon with you. yfrog.com/5o520p

littlebluedog

Tim

	Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 09:01 am

microbloggin'

Yesterday:

12:58 Today is awesome if only for the reason that I paid off my home equity loan.

littlebluedog

Tim

	Saturday, November 14th, 2009 09:02 am

microbloggin'

Yesterday:

15:05 Portlanders: recs for casual but yummy dining in NW or Pearl?

littlebluedog

Tim

	Thursday, November 12th, 2009 09:01 am

microbloggin'

Yesterday:

11:46 Today in my office: cough syrup flight.
15:15 You'd think taking cough syrup would be a bit more fun if you pretend it's a shot of viscous, room-temperature Jaeger, but you'd be wrong.
18:02 Trying my hand at some shortbread cookies, using Nic's new Kitchenaid.
20:17 Orange nutmeg shortbread cookies. Rich and crumbly and not bad for my first try. twitpic.com/p70vc
20:26 Think @lanepowell was hacked. Sent me DM request with link to phishing website. Or maybe trying to take out their competition. :)

littlebluedog

Tim

	Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 10:20 am

microbloggin'

Yesterday:

13:45 Hypervigilant toward germs while fending off cold. Hand sanitizer shouldn't be applied to my drink bottle, right? The part I drink from?
13:52 I mean, it does kinda sound like a good idea, doesn't it?

littlebluedog

Tim

	Monday, November 9th, 2009 09:02 am

microbloggin'

Yesterday:

19:12 Maybe the only thing good about feeling sick: Nicole making me a killer hot toddy.

littlebluedog

Tim

	Sunday, November 8th, 2009 09:00 am

microbloggin'

Yesterday:

09:52 Brunch with Dad in Salem at the Off Center.
12:25 Sunny and dry when I left Salem, gloomy and pouring when I got back to PDX. Gardening plans delayed.
18:19 Sweated, showered, soaked, steamed, and shaved.

littlebluedog

Tim

	Thursday, November 5th, 2009 09:00 am

microbloggin'

Yesterday:

14:02 Sweeeet, it's Clementine and Satsuma season.

littlebluedog

Tim

	Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 01:23 pm

microbloggin'

Yesterday:

07:02 No bike ride in today; feeling sick. However, riding in one of the new trains. It's ... shinier.
07:14 Sitting throughmy commute, as opposed to pedaling, is making me antsy. Back on my bike tomorrow, hopefully.

littlebluedog

Tim

	Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 09:00 am

microbloggin'

Yesterday:

09:13 Last night's effort to return my hair from bright yellow to its normal color has rendered it a rich burgundy shade.