In case you were wondering what the ring looks like, here it is :-)
You can see more pictures on Flickr in this set!
Sun, 2005-05-29 (May 29)
I’m Engaged!
Yep, it’s something at times I thought I’d never get to say except on April Fool’s day, but it’s definitely real this time!
I’m engaged to be married!
I proposed to my now-fiancรฉe Ruth on Friday evening, May 27th, close to 4:35 pm local time. I won’t bore you with details of the proposal at this time, because if you know her, she probably wants to tell you herself, and will do a much better job of it than I will! Plus, if I’m there when she tells you, I get to see how excited she gets and it about kills me every time! :-)
I’d also prefer to not tell you date predictions (we have an idea but we haven’t locked things down yet) here. But, I will say that we think 12 months for an engagement is too long! :-) But I will almost definitely be over 21 when we get married, which if you know me, narrows it down a tiny bit :-)
YAY YAY YAY!!! :-D
Sat, 2005-05-28 (May 28)
News!
Well, I’d like to tell you something. But I won’t yet. Don’t worry, it’s not a death (it’s good news), but as when one occurs, certain people must be informed first. After which time, you will be allowed to know :-)
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Wed, 2005-05-25 (May 25)
So that’s why people don’t get me!
Forbes.com says “Researchers Pinpoint Brain’s Sarcasm Sensor”:http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/health/feeds/hscout/2005/05/23/hscout525874.html. No wonder! I run into way too many brain-damaged folks day-to-day. Kill them all! (In case that part of your brain is malfunctioning…that was sarcasm ;-)
Found that article through “Robert Accettura’s blog”:http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2005/05/23/sarcasm-found/ in case you’re interested :-)
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Thu, 2005-05-12 (May 12)
I like his thinking
Over at “GodBlog.com”:http://www.godblog.com/ there’s a post on the “Plausibility in scientific explanations“:http://www.godblog.com/archives/2005/05/11/plausibility_in_scientifi.php for the origin of life. I like how it’s put, so short and sweet (well, short and sweet for what it is…or maybe my monitor’s just so wide it makes it look short :-) but definitely well thought out! I wish I could’ve said it that well myself!
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Wed, 2005-05-11 (May 11)
Visual Verbal Math
Heh…just glad I didn’t get over 200% in math :-) Not that most of you need to worry about that anyway… ;-)
| Your brain: 0% interpersonal, 100% visual, 100% verbal, and 200% mathematical! |
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Congratulations on being 400% smart! Actually, on my test, everyone is. The above score breaks down what kind of thinking you most enjoy doing. A score above 100% means you use that kind of thinking more than average, and a score below 100% means you use it less. It says nothing about how good you are at any one, just how interested you are in each, relatively. A substantial difference in scores between two people means, conclusively, that they are different kinds of thinkers. Matching Summary: Each of us has different tastes. Still, I offer the following advice, which I think is obvious:
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My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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| Link: The 4-Variable IQ Test written by chriscoyne on OkCupid Free Online Dating |
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Tue, 2005-05-10 (May 10)
Prey that the disc works!
So I was listening to Michael Crichton’s “Prey”:http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060536977/davidsworldva-20/002-2086300-3510456?%5Fencoding=UTF8&camp=1789&link%5Fcode=xm2 tonight, on disc 11, the last disc. It’s a book on CD in case you didn’t figure that out :-) I have it out from the library, and it’s really good. All 10 of the first discs were perfect in audio quality, no noises or other imperfections. However, this last disc, nearly halfway through, in the middle of one of the most suspensful parts…locks up. Starts skipping and freezing over and over, from at least track 6 to track 8, where I finally quit. I was home, so I came in, and tried some moist lens-cleaning cloths I picked up from a local warehouse club cheap a while back…then I tried ripping it into iTunes. It works! So I’ll try listening to it again, if that doesn’t work I’ll burn myself a temp. copy to get me through it. I may return it to the library with a note saying there might be an issue with disc 11! Fortunately I have a backup though….the hardcover version of the book from the library as well! So if nothing else, I could’ve read the end. But I’m tired and I think I’ll go listen to it right before I fall asleep :-)
This is the end :-)
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Wed, 2005-05-04 (May 04)
Actual Expert Too Boring For TV
Gotta love The Onion! They always have too many good stories, I try to stay away or I end up doing nothing else and wasting a lot of time :-) But this one’s pretty good: “Actual Expert Too Boring For TV”:http://www.onion.com/news/index.php?issue=4118&n=2
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