December 2011
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Dec 29th
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Dec 27th
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From following Mark Reads, I got an incredible urge to re-read The Lord of the Rings along with Mark.  Just a few chapters in and I recalled that I said I would never re-read this book.  Don’t get me wrong, I love this story, I am happy to have read it.  Exposition! Exposition! Exposition! and then some more.  I am just a few chapters in.  Seriously, they walk a lot and there are trees and I...
Dec 22nd
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This is not the first time.
Coworker 1: What types of elevators are we quoting for this project?
Me: Otis.
Coworker 1: Are they the only one that can do the sliding doors?
Me: No, there is that other one that has sliding doors by ThyssenKrup, the... What is it called again?
Coworker 1: Why aren't we getting quotes for that one?
Me: The client asked for an Otis elevator. I think the other one... what is it called?! Oh, the Volanits! We don't have enough overall height for the hoist way.
Coworker 2: The Volantis?
Me: Wait, that's not what it is called....
Coworker 1: The Volant, it's called the Volant.
Me: Where did I get Volantis from... oh, crap.
Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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Dec 18th
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Naturally, I'm Worried: Sherlock & Batman →
starline: Went to see the Sherlock Sequel last night with Kelly. I wasn’t expecting it, but the new Batman trailer aired before the movie! Both Kelly and I had the same reaction to what was happening on the screen. Sherlock itself was a lot of fun. Cheeky humor and beautiful action sequences…. Seriously, that is literally the face we both made while watching the Batman trailer.
Dec 18th
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Dec 16th
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More details on the final NDAA bill →
shortformblog: The administration cited several revisions to the final bill’s detainee sections. The bill dropped the word “requirement” from the section on the military detention of terror suspects, which was among the most contentious parts of the bill. The legislation mandates military detention for al Qaeda terror suspects, while it grants a national security waiver for the executive...
Dec 15th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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“[It] bears noting that rarely are cultural and religious traditions and...”
– -Hillary Clinton, December 6, 2011 (via Hillary Clinton’s Groundbreaking International LGBT Rights Speech Full Video & Transcript) She brought me to tears tonight.  (via lifeincoffeespoons)
Dec 7th
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Dec 6th
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Listen Game of Thrones Intro on piano
Dec 4th
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Confused by what NDAA does and does not do. Some... →
soupsoup: Rand Paul blocked part of it, but some nasty bits still passed. Glenn helps shed light on what’s in NDAA. More here as well.
Dec 3rd
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Dec 2nd
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Dec 2nd
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Dec 1st