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Giving New Meaning to “Budget Vacation”

A couple of times a year, I get a hankerin’.  It’s always the same hankerin’.  I want to get a piece of heavily wooded land, build a small cabin, and spend a lot of time there.  I don’t care about … Continue reading

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Escape from the Goose Mafia

This post is strictly for fun…  Last night I decided to work down by the river in Harriet Island Regional Park in Saint Paul.  Shortly after my arrival, I was approached by a couple of geese.  Here’s what happened:

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Current Hard Work Update — March 12, 2012

This is my first Current Hard Work update since the end of January.  It feels like a long time ago… There’s been quite a bit going on around here lately, although much hasn’t been related to my current hard work … Continue reading

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Chili Cookoff Results

Today we had our second annual chili cook off at work. I mentioned that I had been working on a recipe and today it made it to the big show. I had three progressive goals for this cook off.  First, … Continue reading

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My theme song — Let’s Blog Off

This time around, the topic for Let’s Blog Off is “The song stuck in your head.”  Usually, we think of having a song stuck in our heads as a bad thing.  I think it can be a great thing. After … Continue reading

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