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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-13

http://twitpic.com/1dq943 – Landa Park and Friesenhaus date night. #
Well, according to this morning's doctor, Dad gets another six weeks with the cast and wheelchair. Rats. #fb #
http://twitpic.com/1ebgtk – Work is getting a bit silly today. #
Fun day at the river with some of our UK relatives! Passed pot smokers, a wedding, live country music, and [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-06

Just saw Abigail's pre-UIL band concert. They did a great job. Hooray Miller band! #fb #
http://twitpic.com/1ca28n – Kathy among the bluebonnets. #
Argh! What do I have this stupid brain *FOR*? It certainly doesn't remember things for me. #fb #
http://twitpic.com/1cdrs2 – Memento Mori with bluebonnets. #
http://twitpic.com/1cdw7m – I found this on my desk in place of [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-30

Recreating my favorite breakfast as a teen: toast with cheese, bacon, and salsa. Still wonderful! (And oh, so healthy!) #fb #
http://twitpic.com/1bbl96 – Today's project: build picnic table from deck scrap. #
http://twitpic.com/1bd87m – Liam lends a hand. #
http://twitpic.com/1bddgc – Mission accomplished! It's no beauty but it keeps things off the ground! #
Cigarettes will kill you. Probably [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-23

Oooh, a new TRON trailer with some actual plot points! Quite excited about this one! http://www.program-glitch-esc.net/ #fb #
I used to be an amateurcrastinator, but I've recently gone pro. #fb #
http://twitpic.com/19catd – Hiking the Austin Greenbelt for the first time with Ben. #
http://twitpic.com/19cgsr – More of the greenbelt. Lovely! #
http://twitpic.com/19co3c – Another beautiful spot on the [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-16

O'Malarkey, the Irish band with which I play, performs tonight at the San Marcos public library at 7:00pm. #fb #
http://twitpic.com/17s6zy – Great day to skip work and play at the river with the kids! #
Thanks to all the marvelous people who sent birthday wishes. It was, in a variety of ways, my most remarkable birthday [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-09

The guy who helped us at Home Depot today had an impressive (and slightly alarming) amount of expertise in building cannons. #fb #
At the Long Center to see PDQ Bach. Squeeeee! #fb #
http://twitpic.com/16l9p9 – Lunch w/Kathy at the river. Nibbling on grapefruit while minnows nibble on us. #
You know you're in a tough orchestra when [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-02

http://twitpic.com/14zqm8 – Dad throwing the newly-minted MC(mains) gang sign. Yo. #
Dad: Surgery on both legs scheduled for today at 10:00am. Local anaesthesia, so should be lucid soon after. #fb #
We neutered the cat yesterday and will neuter the dog tomorrow. Were I dad, I'd be nervous about having surgery today. #fb #
Dad's surgery went fine. [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-23

Dad: still alert, in good spirits, ICU. Looking at 3 months in wheelchair while legs mend. Today's task: Breathe deep, avoid pneumonia. #fb #
Dad: Still in ICU, waiting on regular room. Not sleeping well, more sore, but otherwise OK. May not have leg surgery after all. #fb #
Dad: Doing OK. Moved to Room 736, University [...]

New Texas State Homepage

The last 3 months of work at the office finally comes to fruition: we’ve launched the new Texas State University site! The old one was some pretty sloppy work, so I’m particularly excited by the quality of this new design.
Especially sexy bits for the technical folks:

XHTML Strict.
CSS-based design; not a table in sight.
Automatically generated headline [...]

Weekend To-Do: Post-Mortem

Attend wedding rehearsal, play with band while wife and kids dance and run around. Find out after the fact that the bartender cut Liam off after 8 root beers.
Keep kids out far after bedtime, thus ensuring squabbling and grumpiness. Vow never to do so again.
Have breakfast with dear out-of-town friends. Laugh heartily at stories. Spray [...]