Made arrangements to take next Friday off from work (the 2nd) and go get fitted for and hopefully take home a Specialized Transition Elite triathlon bike. That’s the next piece of major equipment for the race in June. I think the only other big things I need after that are an indoor trainer [...]

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So, when last we left our hero, he had possibly discovered that the loverly little bed bugs were back.
So, of course, he went out and got drunk last night with Brian and Jhim (and Josh, whose URL I don’t know).
Ouch. Halo’s 2-for-1 drink dealie is not my friend.
Thankfully there is a lovely coffee [...]

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Richard and I may be considering moving sooner rather than later. In the shower this morning I discovered a what appears to be another bed bug bite on my ankle.
Needless to say, I am not pleased.
The acid test is, of course, if I have more bites tomorrow morning, which always makes for a wonderful [...]

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Even though the folks at work seem to universally have a pretty good opinion of me and my work product, I always dread performance reviews. It’s an irrational fear, but it’s there. Did the latest one today, and it was fine, as usual.
We’re experiencing the calm before the storm here in DC, literally. [...]

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I used to like fall. The comfortable temps, the holiday prep, etc. Since I’ve started running and the like, though, it’s more of a pain in the ass than anything else.
The light is wrong, clear, yet “off” from the norm. Leaves everywhere make the paths treacherous to my klutzy self [...]

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Cancer Survivors May Not Get Needed Care. The short version is that the Institute of Medicine found that cancer survivors aren’t getting the long-term follow up care they need after their initial treatments. Scary quote:
Half of all men and one-third of women in the United States will develop cancer in their lifetimes. Thanks [...]

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I need to find an excuse to wear these brown slacks more often – they show off my ass nicely.
This was the morning to watch people do stupid things on mass transit, like refuse to move either out of the way or to the back of the bus to let more people get on, [...]

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Spent a most pleasant weekend just hanging out, doing not much of anything. I stayed out of the house (which is odd for me – I’m normally Mr. Homebody). Wandered some in town, did dinner in Georgetown (which is very odd – I hate wandering around G’town more than once a quarter or [...]

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Earlier I asked for some advice about an iPod Shuffle versus an iPod Nano for using in the gym. Don’t want to drag the full iPod in there and risk breaking it, so wanted to get something smaller/less valuable for the place. Decided on the Shuffle, and picked one up last night at [...]

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Richard and I had a long conversation about our relationship this evening, and how it’s changed. We were both calm, and both treated each other well in the talking. Currently it looks like we’ll move separately in the Spring. Now is not a very good time to move, and we get along and [...]

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