Found my old college-era box of VHS cassette repair parts
This was one of the job skills I learned at Andrews which continued to come in handy the first few years where I work now. I have literally salvaged dozens of VHS tapes people would have otherwise thrown away and spent lots of money replacing.
Trash-bound obsolescence
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Probably headed to Goodwill unless someone speaks up soon
Collection of hilarious outdoor sporting tales by Patrick McManus.
Stack of old college-era books the bookstore wouldn't buy back
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Ownership of these books solidifies my nerd club membership
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20 years
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The tree down the road from my house blossoms every winter
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It was a beautiful New Year's Day at Daytona Beach
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Somehow I don't envision a mad rush of thirsty customers in a Lowe's store to need SIX fountains
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Sylvan Lake
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Geotagging project
Not quite finished at this point, but I've been having lots of fun re-living my 1997 RV trip through New England with my parents by finding the geolocation for as many photos as possible. Some need fine tuning. Some I'll probably never find. And I absolutely astounded myself by having found a few obscure spots almost by accident. Next time I'm sitting down with my dad, I'll see how many he might can find.
Laundry prayer
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Sitting in parking lot, waiting for wife, and suddenly this walks by
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36 years after first grade
(From right to left) My wife and I met up with my former Tampa classmates, Monica, Rick, and Evelyn, for supper at Lime Mexican Grill.
Probably the only girl I know who'll give bunny ears to herself!
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I freakin' love this thing
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Two hours for what should be less than 30 minutes
This is all I can think about when I hear "Speed Week."
Woohoo, tile acquired! Master bath renovation begins March 25!
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Creepy full moon glaring through my living room window
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Not bad at all—nom nom nom
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Found this guy in front of my house, about the diameter of my thumb
I think it's a red rat snake and not poisonous, although this fella did curl up and attempt a puny strike at me when I disturbed him.
Use of the word "type" in this context (potato chip ingredients) is somewhat disconcerting
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Current status: church international food fair
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My prerequisite strawberry shortcake at Strawberry Festival
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Tough decisions
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It's my 25th high school alumni reunion
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Saturday morning alumni program
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Class of 1988 25th reunion party
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Having a good time at the reunion party
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As promised, photo of the truckload of Teslas I saw on the road back from Memphis
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Lookin' good in NW Birmingham, Arby's
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Narrowest urinal stall EVAR! Arms at my side and elbows still touched the walls!
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An Easter bunny showed up at our brunch picnic
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One nice thing about kids is that most of them fold for easy storage
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In sync photography
I shot the picture on the right with my iPhone. Totally didn't realize my wife was in the shot (bottom right) clicking her camera at the exact same moment (left)!
Tedious work—inputting survey cards into Excel
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The reason the phrase, "Pics or it didn't happen" was invented
I swear, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I don't think I would have believed it.
🙁
Friday evening fun.
Hit 150,000 today
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What's the simplest, least destructive way to remove wire closet shelf braces?
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Ikea Pax closet system
LOVE my parents! Came to visit today and dad helped put this together. Definitely not a one-person job.
Pardon the wonky appearance of this photo. It's two photos, each half of the closet. The curved appearance is due to the panorama shot required to image the full 95" height.
Lori is ecstatic at the prospect of closet organization at last!
Go home, Facebook—you're drunk
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Go home, Foursquare—you're drunk
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Nesting area, do not disturb
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Today, I relinquished one of my few remaining grips on youth
Sure, they're only for reading/computer work, but I never before thought I would need them.
I know iOS 6 allowed developers to change the status bar color, but I didn't know the font could also be changed
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Google Earth Horizon
No purpose to this photo other than having to make it public on my photostream in order to set it as a Flickr Cover Photo.
Someone had a nasty rollover in Sanford last Friday
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They are in there, and I am out here
Good thing wife is home soon.
I need to go back to school—Adri wrote this and I read it as, "Heal thy food"
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Air potato collection
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Thunderhead building over east Longwood (see the rainbow?)
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That's that; no more plastic clip cases for me ever—they ALWAYS break
This is a Mophie case. The iSkin belt case for iPhone 4/4S had the same problem. I'll never understand why iSkin abandoned the slide-in style they used for the 3G/3GS.
The number of guests at this house is rather apparent
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Cake for Meg's baptism party
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I think Ruffles must've hired a herd of vegetarians to taste-test these chips—won't buy again
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ALL THE TOYS
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Washing the dog
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A recent Twitter exchange
Fascinated at the similar subject matter in the same city, but eight years apart.
If you're not going to properly use your Twitter account, please just delete it
It is ludicrous to set up a Twitter account and just use it for descriptionless linkdumps from your Facebook page. Pro tip: if you don't care to compose a tweet that fits Twitter's character limit, you don't belong on Twitter. (And no, I'm not ragging on just the feed depicted in this screenshot. I see this often from many accounts. Especially news media services.)
This kid's got cars on his mind
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Current status: “I concur”
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"I need more cars"
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Just discovered I can pair the iOS YouTube app for playback through my Samsung Blu-ray
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New shades
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In case anyone wondered where I was today
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The chalk-wielding stepdaughters decided it was time for my car to burn rubber
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Yikes! Haven't seen 100° on the thermometer in a long time
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Oops—car plowed into my neighborhood's entry sign
Considering the distance from the curb to the sign and the significant damage to the car, the driver must've been doing a LOT higher than the posted residential 35 MPH.
Rather surreal seeing the old AHS building coming down
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Sharing a childhood favorite with Lori's girls
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Tried a new restaurant today—Italio
The verdict? Not amazing, yet not disappointing either. Better ingredients than Fazoli's but with a limited menu. Think Chipotle but with an Italian spin. Pasta was fresh but entree meats (or veggie option) didn't seem as fresh—as if they had been in hold a bit longer than they should've been. Not very hot. Maybe the fact I came in after 1:00pm was to blame. I'm sure I'll visit again, especially if one gets built in Altamonte near where my office will be moving.
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The cheap sunglasses curse strikes me again
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Third time's the charm, right? Gonna give this one more chance
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Adri and her fort
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Bear sighting at Lisa's house
(photo by Lori, color editing by me)
Hope they find the kid, but these audible alerts always scare the poop out of me
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I love the smell of multithreading in the morning
Why yes, that is, in fact, two MPEG Streamclip processes running simultaneously.
I'm no landscape irrigation expert, but I think something's wrong here
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Dude had a death wish walking between lanes of traffic soliciting donations for his school football team
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Close up of car that careened off I-4 at building adjacent to where I work
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Car careens off I-4 at building adjacent to where I work
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I can haz upgrades!
A mishap I'm not going to elaborate on here prevented me from ordering right when the 5s went on sale, so I wonder if I missed an opportunity to receive the phone any sooner. But this order—if time frame is honored—is most acceptable. Wife will get her 5c first (which is important because her iPhone 4 is ailing).
Hope you didn't use the mailbox, UPS box, or FedEx box at Fairbanks/Edgewater today
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Siri has plenty of answers for the classic woodchuck tongue twister question
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Huge wasp nest
Helped load furniture last Sunday for someone moving. Saw this from inside the bedroom, against the outside of the window protected behind an aluminum shutter.
Solving first-world problems
All I want to know is, when did simply tossing a treat by hand become such a chore to have inspired this invention.
My department's awesome editorial assistant/secretary helped me recover buried desk real estate!
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When what to my wondering eyes should appear, a day-early iPhone delivery—but where are the eight tiny reindeer?
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I'd like to welcome San Francisco's @KarlTheFog on his Central Florida vacation
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Grout cleaning project
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Stupid old handles aren't standard size so new modern handles won't match up with drill holes
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I keep forgetting I have one of the best tools man has ever created
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Let's play a nice game of "Find the cat that's staring at you"
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Guess it's time for a new SDHC card
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Who remembers Photoshop before Layers were a feature?
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Kids on a pipe
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My view for the past 2 hours in a meeting
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More than a year of early 90s-era Electronic Clipper on 3.5" disks—would fit four times over on a single CD
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Though the bin wasn't full enough to make a big mess, it appears our neighborhood bear visited last night
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Jellyfish on the beach
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Let me just think for a moment about what mischief I can get into next
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I'm playing hide and seek—is this a good spot?
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The brilliant-parking-job-of-the-day award goes to…
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"Bottomless" may not always mean "all you can eat" (but fortunately it does at Red Robin)
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Surprise! I didn't go black this time—loving my brand-new Mophie PRODUCT(RED) battery case
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You dropped something
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Xander decided it was time to settle up his litter box cleaning service debt
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Anybody want a bite?
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Only explanation: the King of Queens house is a Tardis
Ever notice this? It drives me nuts every time I watch the show.
Time to untangle the lights
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Ready for the tree
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Current status—Merry Christmas and good night
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Apple Cinema Display, 5 years old, give or take a year—am I gonna have to replace it soon?
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A snake crawled up into one of my outdoor light fixtures and molted
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Chloe gets into the weirdest sleeping positions
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Impressive tree shaping (aka pooktre, tree sculpting, arbortecture, pleaching, etc.)
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Our scores after a fun round of Five Crowns—I didn't do so great
In case you hadn't guessed, the goal, like golf, is to get as few points as possible.
