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On Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 E-Pa played in what is presumed to be his final volleyball match in Raleigh (for a couple of years at least). DG and I were there to witness the occasion. What follows is my account of how it all transpired. The night is perfect. It’s one of those early autumn [...]

Not sure what was bigger news today – an across the board refresh of Apple’s core business (not sure I can even say that anymore) or the official announcement of Barnes & Noble’s Kindle-killer, simply known as the nook. I’ll admit that e-readers intrigue me, but I’m not sold yet. I’m still very attached to [...]

The Dow Jones Industrial Average bungee bounced it’s way back above 10,000 today. The Consumerist marked the occasion by digging up an archived edition of the Wall Street Journal from 1999 that highlighted the index’s first foray into the 10,000+ stratosphere. The entry highlights some of the hindsight-is-20-20-ish humor from the original article. Here’s my [...]

Raleigh’s getting its own mini Rockefeller Center for winter in the form of Raleigh Winterfest 2009. Very nice.

As I alluded to earlier, Beth and I just bought a house! We closed last Wednesday after a sometimes frustrating but mostly fun process of looking, offering, negotiating, more negotiating, borrowing, insuring and signing. And through it all, we ended up with a house that we love and hope to make our own soon. Muchos [...]