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Nov
23rd
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Incredible stop-motion animation. Btw, Jordan, this one is worth the 2:11.

Just knowing there are creative people in the world who can do things like this makes me smile.

Via @TheBloggess.

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Nov
22nd
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253mph

Aidan and I just finished playing “Bugatti Veyron” after we watched the following video from Britain’s Top Gear. We got our racing helmets and set up the chairs in the playroom. I was the passenger, of course. And, being 5, Aidan somehow found us a track that took us perfectly vertical, upside down and through a series of loop-de-loops. 
Best part is hearing him sound out “Boo-gah-tee Vay-rahn.”

“Can we buy that car, Daddy?”
“We could, I guess, if your father was an arms dealer.”
“What’s an arms dealer?”
“…don’t we have another loop-de-loop coming up?”
“Oh yeah…zoooooom….”

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Nov
21st
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This concept for a folding plug is ingenious

Just imagine how small a North American plug could be.

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Nov
18th
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17th
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13th
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12th
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I really want to learn how to do this

My existing espresso machine simply isn’t capable of doing what I need. The steam doesn’t come out hard enough or dry enough to make the wonderful, silky “microfoam” you need for latte art. Believe me, I’ve tried.

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Nov
9th
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Oct
28th
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I just found $1000 from Skip Barber

How amazing is this?

Back in 2001, Debra and I signed up to take a racing school through Skip Barber. We were at Laguna Seca race track in California for the Monterey Historic Races and put $500 deposits down on two spots in their October, ‘01 driving school.

A few weeks later, Debra got an invitation to a friend’s wedding and we had to postpone our class. Not sure what sort of blow to the head I then suffered, because I shortly forgot about it. And life goes on.Last week, the repressed memory resurfaced. I had a fleeting recollection of giving Skip Barber money, but thought, “There’s no way I didn’t get a refund. Is there?”

A call to Skip Barber and a couple of emails later and, sure enough, I now have a $1,000 credit to be applied to a future class of my choice. I’m now perusing their online catalog, trying to decide how to spend my windfall.True “found money,” this completely trumps that $20 bill I found in the pocket of my winter coat one cold fall morning a few years ago. Sometimes, head injuries can be good things.

 

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I just found $1000 from Skip Barber

How amazing is this? Back in 2001, Debra and I signed up to take a racing school through Skip Barber. We were at Laguna Seca race track in California for the Monterey Historic Races and put $500 deposits down on two spots in their October, ‘01 driving school.

A few weeks later, Debra got an invitation to a friend’s wedding and we had to postpone our class. Not sure what sort of blow to the head I then suffered, because I shortly forgot about it. And life goes on. Last week, the repressed memory resurfaced. I had a fleeting recollection of giving Skip Barber money, but thought, “There’s no way I didn’t get a refund. Is there?”

A call to Skip Barber and a couple of emails later and, sure enough, I now have a $1,000 credit to be applied to a future class of my choice. I’m now perusing their online catalog, trying to decide how to spend my windfall. True “found money,” this completely trumps that $20 bill I found in the pocket of my winter coat one cold fall morning a few years ago. Sometimes, head injuries can be good things.

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Oct
21st
Wed
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It looks good

I am happy. Queen City did a great job. Looks better than when I picked it up in Arizona.

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