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Well, It *Was* Friday Night

I am up to my usual shenanigans of reading professional literature & watching random weird stuff until way too late into the night again (like it’s different from any other night, no, not really). Must be time to go to the spa again. That seems to calm the compulsive monkey in my brain […]

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Yarg

So a few weeks ago I volunteered to write some blog posts about taxonomy for the company website. It’s not like I lack opinions on the matter, so it should be easy, right? Wrong! Every time I think I have a good idea, I realize I have way more than should fit […]

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Hoorah!

I done earned me a trip to the spa with the funny hats! Yay! I gave my presentation at work.
I’ve also set out an ambitious course of stuff I want to learn at work over the next year or so. Almost a terrifying amount of stuff to learn. But I […]

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A Long Weekend

Started off Thursday with a 2.5 hour trip to Yakima for my grandfather’s memorial service. I managed to get sunscreen on my face, but neglected the rest of me. Apparently that wasn’t an issue except for one arm — I thought I’d found shade, but I guess I thought wrong. Oops. […]

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Squeeeee!

Patrick Lambe of Green Chameleon linked on his blog to my post about the whole Popline thing. ZOMG! If I were the ZOMG-run-around-the-house-fanning-my-face type, I’d totally be doing that. In fact, perhaps I will go do that for a bit. Then I suppose I should read his book since I got […]

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G33K!

I love that the W3C recommendation/standard for semantic web query language is called SPARQL. M1 used to call sequins “sequels” which I always parsed as SQLs, so somehow it all just fits in my head… SQLs & SPARQLs & squeee!, my chosen profession is just so glittery & fabulous!

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Random Midweek Update

M1 has a horrid sore throat, but at least it’s not strep & I think she’s almost over it. Of course, M2 is getting it now, poor baby.
Speaking of poor baby, M2 bit the next door neighbor girl. Negotiating play is a hard thing to learn at 5. Apparently the little girl […]

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For Future Reference


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Huh. Well That Wasn’t What I Was Expecting!


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First Attempt at C#


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