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Losing An Old Friend
Bongo decided to flop down in front of the door after his walk one afternoon and refused to budge. Our walks were always … adventuresome. A week before Christmas, I found out that my friend Ryan’s...
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Our Once-A-Year Snow
We got six inches of snow last night and today, which is a huge deal around these parts. The roads are covered with ice, and the snow plows have called it a night. Thankfully, it’s the weekend and we...
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Writing A Book
I’ve started working on a book about the history of my father’s side of the family. It’s an idea that I’ve been toying with for a few years now, and our trip back to China in 2008-09 convinced me to...
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Quick! Somebody Stop Me Before I Start Another Blog!
“I think you’ve got enough blogs,” my wife said a couple days ago when I told her I was thinking about starting a blog on our culinary adventures. She was probably right. And then a day later, I went...
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Gardening Project
I hate mowing grass, but I do enjoy working in the yard on flowers, shrubberies, and vegetables. My big gardening project this spring is rebuilding my vegetable garden. While I’ve had some pretty good...
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Of All the Places for a Bike Rack
This bike rack allegedly exists, but we didn’t see it. UPDATE: Since durhambikeracks.com does have a listing for this location, I decided to go back after work today to take another look. I walked...
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Smashed Pots Preserved in Steppingstones
Thanks to our pot habit (no, ceramics!), we have a ton of lumpy pots sitting in our garage. We’ve actually brought a bag of them to the Carrboro Free Market a while back just to get rid of them....
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The Trials of Chub
Since John has been too busy to blog much lately, here’s a look at the events of the last two weeks through the eyes of his cat Savannah, aka Chubbus the Fat Great. Saturday, August 7, 2010; evening It...
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My Favorite Photos of Mine of 2010
I probably took around 10,000 photos in the past year. Here are my favorites, in more or less chronological order. Some are here because I like the photo, and some because I like what the photos remind...
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Missing A Sweet Cat
Gypsy 2001-2010 Our cat Gypsy passed away from cancer of the jaw last week. She was a sweet, gentle little girl with a remarkable stubborn streak, and our home isn’t quite the same without her. A few...
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Going to Graduate School
Reading this Huffington Post piece pondering whether journalism graduate school is worth it prompted me to share this little personal announcement and the story behind it: I’ll be going back to school...
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If You Lived Here, You’d Be Socially Stratified By Now
I haven’t blogged much the last couple weeks. The reason is that we’ve been busy and obsessed with house-hunting, a venture that, I’m happy to report, looks like it’s drawing to a fruitful conclusion....
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Staples. Yeah, We’ve Got Those
Courtney triumphantly rips down a sheet of wallpaper, only to discover that the battle has just begun. If you’ve noticed that I’ve been kind of scarce on my blogs and Twitter feed lately, it’s because...
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Where Did the Last Three Weeks Go? And Where Did I Go?
I’ve left this blog sorely neglected the last three weeks, but I’ve been hardly idle in that time. Between moving to a new house, getting the old house ready for market, running into a particularly...
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A ‘Cat’holic Ceremony
Our church held a “blessing for the animals” event yesterday, and we decided to take Bingley, one of our cats. If there ever was a cat in need of some blessing (and absolution), it’s Bingley, whom we...
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My First Fall Break in 11 Years
I’m working a full 40 hours this week, just like most other weeks during the year, yet the last couple days have had an almost leisurely feel to it. UNC is on fall break, a two-day break that has been...
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Man and Woman vs. Wall, the Rematch
Courtney and I had so much fun renovating the dining room in our new house back in August that we decided to spend part of our Christmas break doing more renovation. This time, we set our sights on...
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Where the Cats Roam …
Before we moved, we used to let our cats take a spin in our fenced-in backyard. The fresh air and diversion seemed to do them good. We put an end to that a couple years ago, however, after one of our...
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A Busy but Fruitful Week
Jeff, Meg, and I editing our video footage. Photo by UNC_MATC. Taking vacation from work to attend classes doesn’t sound all that fun, but I had a terrific experience in the past week doing just that...
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Hello Fatherhood!
Meet Annika, the newest member of our family, born Thursday at 3:59 p.m. We’re back at home now, and mother and baby are both doing good. Courtney and I are sleep-deprived, more so from our stay in...
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