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a few web dev books recommended to me by a friend. (i’m working on making the transition from CSS1 to CSS2.)

http://www.simplebits.com/publications/solutions/

http://www.simplebits.com/publications/bulletproof/

http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/books/css-tdg/

love my blog notepad. 🙂

add to this a good article about pocket-PC compatible websites: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/pocket

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were in the area, decided to check out K’s Beverage House & Deli.

short answer: an unsuspecting place in a plaza in the heart of bellevue to get a great sandwich and a great pint. 12 taps? 5 IPA’s on tap when were visited, including a dry-hopped IPA from elysian that was surprising & amazing.

their bottled selection is huge — however, a lot of this stuff has been here for a long time. several of the 12oz bottles we bought had gone bad. i would stick to the fresh stuff.

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stopped by Brouwer’s Cafe in the afternoon, for some beer & frites.

let me say, that this place is like the penultimate sophisticated beer bar. the entire place smacks of no-expense-spared kinda excess, in all the good ways. the custom stainless work for the bar back, the taps, the glass washers, the custom coolers that show off the mind-boggling collection of bottled beers. it’s crazy.

it’s like a dotcom kid went crazy with the venture capital and bought all top-of-the-line stuff. let’s hope it doesn’t peter out when the seed money dries up.

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an update on abe.

i know i haven’t posted since june 27th.at that time, he weighed 8 ounces…

this is abe now — August 10th.

he now weighs 1lb 12oz. when he gets to 2 pounds, he’ll be big enough to get fixed, and then after he recovers — he can go in to be adopted!

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this is abe. he’s one of our foster kittens. he currently weighs 8oz and is 5-6 weeks old. (about 1/2 the size he should be).

this is why we foster. you know who else was this size when we got him? our teddy.

purrfect pals is the shelter we volunteer for, if you’re interested in helping out yourself, adopting a cat, or making a donation.

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take the way home
 that leads back to sullivan street
past the shadows
 that fall down wherever we meet
pretty soon now
  i won’t come around

the counting crows on the ipod (4th gen, 20gb). good stuff.

so, what’s new?
not a lot. been working quite a bit. they sent me on another trip to california, that was fun.

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one of my favorites, matchbox twenty on the ipod.

so, what’s new?

well, we’ve been busy. as you could imagine. i recently had a big software release at work, that went well. the front yard project is coming together, as you can see. and i’ve been thinking…

i work hard to have what i have. and i’ve waited for a long time to be able to afford a house. this is what i like to do, this isn’t a bad place to be doing it. so why not?

what else is new?

not much, just working, working on the house. drinking good beer occasionally. oh! discovered that diamond knot has $2 pints on tuesday nights after 6. yow!

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broadway is dark tonight
a little bit weaker than you used to be

broadway is dark tonight…

see the young man sittin’ in the old man’s bar
waitin’ for his turn to die.

the goo goo dolls on the ipod.

watched some of the goo goo dolls live in buffalo video tonight.

it really got me thinking. about where i come from, about buffalo. about how i left, and about how often i (don’t) get back.

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Appear and fade away,
so far so good and I’ll tell you the story this time.
Plan too far ahead, it’s the same old thing.
Finally kicking it out this time.
…
Step back, step back just suppose you’re where you’re supposed to be now.
Step back, step down off that pedestal and maybe you’ll see.

letters to cleo on the ipod.

so, what’s new?

well, you may have recognized my title passage from Letters to Cleo – a band from my former home of boston.

i guess all that “auld lang sine” is making me get all wistful and nostalgic. i’ve spent a week enjoying the music of my 20’s on the bus, and reflecting.

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