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The cheese shoppe may have closed, but the bonds remain…

furiousBall — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:46:05 +0000

The cheese shoppe may have closed, but the bonds remain… this is Abbe’s former co-worker and our very good friend, Caroline. She now works at one of my client’s stores. She misses Abbe. A lot.

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playing back and hard work

furiousBall — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:11:23 +0000

БогородицаBubs, Abbe, and I took Titan over to Freedom Park for a nice romp with a bunch of doggies. We dropped our pup off at home and then headed to the rink for his game. Bubs did a really good job, he decided he wanted to play a little more defense this game and he responded well. He still needs to keep his skates moving when an opposing player gets by him, but he did seem very comfortable with playing back. Some of us are good scorers and do better forcing the issue, and some of us are better protectors. Bubs has lots of years of playing ice hockey in his future, but for now, this really suits his personality.

On top of Bubs having a great game this weekend, he also very well may be on the edge of getting his second consecutive straight A’s report card. He has an 86 in math, his only B and if he gets a high enough A on his Divisibility Rules Chart project, the boy could pull it off!

And it’s up to me to make sure Bubs not only enjoys this time where he is not only handling the schedule of being an ice hockey player and doing well in school, I want him to understand the satisfaction of working hard.

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Reinforcing a good deed…

furiousBall — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:07:45 +0000

Vivienne opening her own thank you card for her donation to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Yep, Abbe and I stamped and mailed Viv a thank you card along with our other donors. Might be a waste of a stamp, but I hope this helps a good soul find good stuff to do for this world.

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credit music, black lab stick handling drills, and singin’ in the rain

furiousBall — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:52:31 +0000

This is pretty cool. A group of IT guys (ITidiots) post video podcasts and they happen to use one of my tracks (title – So Funky It Stinks) as their theme music (it’s in the beginning of the videos). I wrote this song nearly 10 years ago, they moved the videos to a YouTube channel and wanted my permission to continue using the track. No money involved, but hey I never made much playing/writing music anyway!

Here’s Titan helping Bubs with some stick handling drills…

And this was pretty sweet, the reminder note on Viv’s bedside table reads, “finish watching Singin’ in the Rain with Abbe”. So glad Abbe introduced Viv to that musical last night. Hearing Viv and Abbe laugh so hard during “Make ‘Em Laugh” should be bottled. No one would ever be sad ever.

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Transformers: Dark of the Moon – if you spend a fuckton on a movie, no matter how shitty the script, no matter how unlikeable every single character in the film may be, no matter if you regurgitate the same script up on the screen – people will line up like cattle to watch it. Moo.

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the evil clown will teach you math now…

furiousBall — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:11:02 +0000

Well, we got some bad news last night, pig stomach night has been postponed (hopefully for next weekend). So Viv is already pretty bummed, but I am glad that I will get to see Bubs play ice hockey this weekend and also get a lot of work done on a project with a very rapidly approaching deadline.

Bubs really did a great job on his Divisibility Rules Chart project for math last night. He had to stay up late finishing it off, but it looks pretty good and I love seeing him show some of his creativity… (check out those evil clowns)…

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Apollo 18 - although I do like both found footage (Cloverfield, Paranormal Activity) and sci-fi drama films (Moon), this movie was a pretty solid miss.

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Going to Pincalvanya

furiousBall — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:03:37 +0000

So Viv is quite excited to be heading to Longswamp, PA with Abbe and I for the Meck’s annual pig stomach night this weekend. In fact, she made it the subject of her “Guess What Mrs. Terruso?” writing in class…

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My little world has lost control but still it keeps on spinnin’

furiousBall — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:23:14 +0000

Every day this week has had an out-of-office experience (aka errands, off-site meetings) of some sort for me. Today (library, picking up gifts for birthday party, dropping off car) is no exception but the weekend looks relatively calm. Maybe Abbe and I can actually get our holiday decorations into the attic! The good news is that each errand and meeting means progress and growth. Stasis can be necessary to reset oneself, but this constantly on-the-go feeling means that I am needed and that’s a good thing.

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enjoying the ride

furiousBall — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:35:25 +0000

I had one of those days yesterday that us coders run into once and a while – lots of stuff done, but one unsolved problem ruins the entire day. Microsoft is world renowned for their ability to break previous versions during upgrades and MS Access 2010 is brutal. I ultimately had to tell a customer that I wouldn’t be able to help them, ate the 3+ billable hours of research time, and let them know they need an Access programmer that can come on site to take a look at what is going on. I did fix a couple of issues, but I am still agonizing over not getting that fixed for them. You win some, you lose some.

On the bright side, Abbe had a great first day of work yesterday. My buddy Ricky Oyola came over to watch the Flyers beat the Wild (and Viv made him sit and watch a bunch of Simon’s Cat videos, then Bubs showed him a few things on the Xbox). And I have a couple of potential clients that would lead to some fun projects and nice people to work with in the next few months. I need to shrug that speed bump off and enjoy the ride. Life is good.

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back to work and a sick pumpkin

furiousBall — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:45:05 +0000

Abbe is off to her first day at her new job. I’m very happy that she will be working again. Being unemployed really is rough on one’s pride, Abbe was no exception – she was having a tough time with it. Although I’ll miss her being home while I’m working, I’m happy that she’s going to be bringing home the bacon again.

Viv is home sick today with what sounds like the same tummy bug that Bubs had last week.

I think today is the day that I go sneak a couple mile in on the treadmill.

Ok, back to work!

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IMAX:Magnificent Desolation – Walking on the Moon – this was cool, although I am sure it would have been more impressive in an actual IMAX theater (as opposed to watching this on my PC). Great for kids interested in space.

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New Study: Heart Risk ‘Low’ in Distance Races - thanks Susan
Get low, get dirty, and have a good time

coming down

furiousBall — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:33:34 +0000

When marathon runners are gone running and come home, we have to rest. Have. To. It is surprisingly difficult to do this, you have this big whole in your week that running used to occupy and we get, well fidgety. Luckily, I have a big pile of work that is keeping my mind off of it. Along with that restlessness, depression is also very common for runners coming down from the big run(s). This weekend will keep me plenty busy – Bubs is participating in a hockey tourney (with two 7:30am games, ouch) and I have a mini-project with a launch date of Monday. I’m mostly concerned with Abbe. Her tongue seemed a little better last night and she’s able to talk now. I want her to feel better and have a great day today. She could use one.