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Cars. With Coffee.
Charlotte is a city cool enough to have a Cars and Coffee event monthly. As the weather gets colder, the turnout seems to be reducing, but I went this weekend and had a blast. I’m not very knowledgeable about the innards of cars, but courtesy of C&C, I’m learning. M.K. (and the friend of his I met this weekend) is more than happy to pontificate on the differences between the LS3 and LS4 engines, as well as the pros and cons of an M-series BMWs vs. the more tedious 1-series. I’m happy to absorb it all–even in the cold–with the comfort of my home-brewed coffee.
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Winkage!
Winks, links, they’re all the same. xkcd: Epsilon and Zeta – I don't link to XKCD much, in part because I don't read it much, and in part because everyone else in the world does. That said, this one uses real-deal National Hurricane Center advisories in it, and is really good. Ann Aguirre’s Blog – Authors Against Bullying: Blog Hop – "Things were bad. People made fun of me daily. They picked on my appearance, my weight, my geeky interests. Sometimes I hid in the bathroom rather than face a cafeteria full of people who didn’t like me." Utah Game Developer Jailed for Not Paying Wages – ABC News –…
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The Final Stretch
I’m done. Five millimeters is enough for me. Asking for more would just be greedy. …Actually, asking for more might put my ears on strike.
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Gluten-free pumpkin biscuits
A tasty Sunday noon breakfast.
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Eighty-two
Tonight, I bowled an 82! The game right before was a 49. The games before that, around Christmas 2009, were a 10 and a 5. Yup, I said 5. And 10. Think for a moment on knocking down one pin every other frame. And yup, I said 82. A respectable improvement.