Category Archives: Personal

Personal stuff about me.

Winged Migration (2001)

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Joel

Winged Migration is a 2001 documentary about various migrating birds, featuring up-close-and-personal footage of birds in flight. To best descibe the film’s background, here’s an excerpt from the Wikipedia entry: The movie was shot over the course of four years … Continue reading →

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It only gets harder after the first 20 lbs

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Joel

I’m trying to not obsess about my weight loss. Specifically, am I losing? Did I lose anything this week? I’m the type of person who obsesses, and it ain’t pretty. In the past few months, I admit that I’ve done … Continue reading →

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Bookshelves love symmetry

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Joel

I loves me some symmetry. Months later, we went and bought the matching bookshelf for our living room. The living room is almost complete — now I need some fish that will love longer than 30 days.

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Life during our first two weeks with the kittens

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Joel

I had forgotten the amount of energy bundled up in kittens. We’ve had the two kittens for almost  two weeks now. Some random thoughts and updates: We’ve more or less settled on names now. The brown kitten is Toasty, and … Continue reading →

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Got a new tire and the rear brakes done on the Toyota

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Joel

[In the voice of Professor Farnsworth, Futurama] “Good news, everyone!” First a little background: I got a flat tire on the Toyota last Saturday, which is the first since 2010’s “the year of flat tires.” It’s been a good seven-month … Continue reading →

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Another 42 miles on the bike odometer

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Joel

I had a few hours today to myself while my lovely wife took the kids to a birthday party. I dressed up, got my water bottles ready, and made a photocopy of the route cue sheet from my NJ road … Continue reading →

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The first flat tire of 2011

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Joel

Ah yes, we got a flat tire over the weekend. I hate it. What an inconvenience. I was out with Lily, having dropped off Josh to a birthday party at one of those bounce places. We had a tight schedule … Continue reading →

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Milestone alert – I’m down to 186 lbs

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Joel

Here’s a milestone for ya — guess who doesn’t have 20 lbs under his belt? Me. I weighed myself this past Monday, and I was thrilled to be down to 188 lbs, which means I’d lost 18 lbs so far … Continue reading →

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My 2011 Father’s Day weekend

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Joel

This was a pretty nice Father’s Day weekend. I purposely asked that we didn’t do any big dinner or gifts this year. I don’t need it, and we should try to save a little money. What I did want was … Continue reading →

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I found an injured kitten on the road

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Joel

What an eventful and heartbreaking morning. I was working from home on Friday so I could attend a Father’s Day lunch at Luly’s school that day. This morning, I dropped off my daughter to school, and was on my way … Continue reading →

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