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A small, non-spam piece of mail arrived today for Sarah from the Social Security Administration. Inside was a new social security card stamped with her newly coined name: Sarah Champion Freitas. More »
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Without knowing or ever knowingly having spoken to or had any contact with any employee of Google, Inc. the following is my prediction of things to come from the simple search engine turned empire. More »
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We paid a visit to a place here in North Tacoma this afternoon and we're dealing with somewhat mixed, although mostly positive, emotions about it. Any help any of you can provide would be much appreciated. More »
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Since Sarah was in class tonight I could practice my commercial-time channel flipping*. The regular national news that airs on most channels just before 6:30pm was preempted by news of our local darling of the volcano world. More »
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Last night at the tail end of The OC a world premiere trailer of Star Wars: Episode III was shown. I've been pretty disappointed by the quality of Episodes I and II but this one could be really worth it. More »
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Yes, it's that time of year again, folks. The time when my lovely wife Sarah begins a new push to update her website. More »
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Sarah and I put out a bid on a place here in the North End of Tacoma last Wednesday. Lo, the sellers turned out to be an interesting lot that decided just today to take the house off the market, move back from Hawaii, finish fixing it up, then sell it later. More »
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After a slightly early departure from work this afternoon we joined our Realtor to look at a few more houses here on the North End of Tacoma. The first was a gem and seriously considering putting out and offer for it. More »
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Well, it wasn't really a party but Sarah's mom joined us this weekend to help prep for our wedding reception party next Saturday. We made a list of things to do earlier this week and set out to accomplish what we could yesterday and today. More »
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As of a just a few minutes ago our Realtor confirmed that the selling agent has only one clarification to add to our offer before we can move forward. Sarah and I are getting a house! More »
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MeasureIt, my first extension for Firefox, just got better today with a new release that whiddles away most of the items on its bug list. The 0.1 version was downloaded over 1,500 times and I wanted to provide those users with a more stable version to continue to use. More »
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Got an email this morning at work concerning the water in our building and its color. Brown. More »
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Tonight I finished playing through the single player of Valve's Half-Life 2. Since purchasing it just before our wedding in January I've spent random hours whiddling away at the game's plot and puzzles to wind up actually finishing it! More »
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The wedding celebration continued today with a reception held here at our rental in North Tacoma. We packed the house today with good food, gobs of photos, and people for the afternoon event. More »
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As of this afternoon Sarah and I will soon take ownership of the house we've been so excited about. Time to expand our list of things to do and continue to check things off of it. More »
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