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From the one-of-three department:
Well, it has been a month so of course I have gotten my hands on some new gadgets. The latest gadget acquisition is a new MP3 player. I got an iRiver H320. You can’t buy these in stores anymore, so I had to go to this really large mall […]

From the not-all-good-things-come-in-threes department:
Words. Like flowers, they need to be collected and pressed onto pages of books. And blogs.
Then again my lawn needs to be mowed and it’s not like I’ve done that either, so get off my freakin’ case AZROLB!
*whooosah*
OK. So last time I wrote stuff here was after I came […]

From the traveling-sucks department:
Last we heard, our tepid hero finished writing the Vegas tale from the concourse of Chicago O’Hare, gate C1. The flight from Vegas was delayed due to some funky lightning stormage, and the last thing written about it goes something like this: “Anyways, the weather delays mean a less lengthy stay […]

From the sin-city department:
I’m writing this from McCarran Int’l airport, Vegas, at too-bloody-late at night. So I’m keepin’ it brief. Shut up, AZROLB, before you even say anything. I got a whole bag of “shh” right here!
*pinky to evil grin*
So,
SUNDAY
* Taxi to airport carrying monster booth along with all my other stuff
* […]

From the airport-woes department:
McCarran airport, in Vegas, doesn’t allow its carriers to have their own lounges. This is one of many things I have learned today. Another? According to Tom the United supervisor, a $100 travel voucher is the best he can do for a completely messed up day of travel. […]

From the updates department:
Quick updates:
1) Laptop woes
2) Fun week
3) Vegas, baby!
LAPTOP WOES
So my new laptop is here. In fact I’m bloggin’ on it *right now* (shield your eyes!). It has taken me a long time getting this thing set up. Details are at http://grinning-monkey.gnurple.net/index.php/Debian_on_a_Dell_Latitude_D620. Mostly it has been difficult because suspend and […]

From the laptop-from-hell department:
Have you met my laptop? I think it is time for a laptop haiku:
Oh laptop
Your charging circuit is blown
And you weigh too much
Now it is time for a story. I do not know where my contractions have gone. Turn on your imagination and hand it over to me for […]

From the it-feels-good-to-breathe department:
I went up to the cottage on Friday with some friends. We brought a car loaded with the three of us, groceries, their new canoe and some tools.
And two bikes.
We spent most of Saturday finishing the deck and building new stairs to go on said deck. The only work remaining […]

From the vacation-in-south-dakota department:
The Badlands. The Black Hills. Deadwood Gulch.
Sounds horrible, doesn’t it? Turns out that it’s loads of fun, though! I’m sitting here by the pool writing this as the rest of the monkeys my family go swimming. I’ll go get my fill of pool in a few minutes, […]

From the ispcon-2006 department:
As usual, many moons have passed and the blog was left on the curb like that poor, sad lamp in the old Ikea commercial.
The blog is hungry. It wants to be fed.
In today’s issue:
* Wrap-up for ISPCON
* Cottage May 24 weekend
* Upcoming vacation
WRAP-UP FOR ISPCON
I’ll try and keep this […]