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Sun, Jun 01, 2008

Guests

Posted at 10:08 pm MDT to Miscellaneous

Nanette and her youngest daughter Elsbeth came over to watch Stonehenge Decoded on the National Geographic channel. This was the first time I have had guests in a couple of years (since December 2005, I think) and in general the evening went very well.

The satellite image broke up a couple of times, which was annoying, but the narration stayed clear. The only other annoyance was the show referred you to their web site for the production credits (which should include Nanette's daughter Aleta) and I cannot find the credits anywhere on the site.

It was nice to have guests for a change (usually I go over to Nanette's.)

I baked a classic pound cake in my new bundt pan, and it came out very well (which was a relief) except that the recipe was a little too big for the pan. (I think next time I will make a 3/4 pound cake.) I sent sections of cake home with Nanette and Elsbeth, so I won't be eating all of it myself.

I seem to have become a reliable baker of poundcake, in addition to breads and cookies. Maybe one of these years I will actually get pie-crusts down.

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Shadow Unit Season 1 Finale -- Aftermath

Posted at 5:55 am MDT to Media

Man, do I need a vacation!

I awoke very early this morning out of an anxiety dream that I am sure was triggered by the Shadow Unit finale, which was amazing and shattering. But the context of the dream was someone doing something stupid and annoying in ClearCase, the software tool I work with in my day job.

Eight more weeks on this contract.

Sigh.

I don't think I've had a real vacation since the Geek Cruise I took in October 2004 -- benchtime between contracts doesn't really count. Neither does recuperation time after surgery, which covers a trip to Santa Fe with Nanette and her husband in June 2005, and Which is still 3 years ago.

No wonder I'm so burned out.

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