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Author: andy

  • Quote: Chinese Proverb

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    > Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes. — Chinese proverb

  • Technical Glitches

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    The drive MovableType is situated on is dieing. I lost a portion of my photography archive and a handful of important programs that help us get things done. Working on a solution that doesn’t break the bank but expect downtime over the next week. I know part of the blog is corrupted in places, watch…

  • SERBC 2005

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      This weekend Robin and I traveled to Chapel Hill for the finals in the South Eastern Barista Competition. We arrived about 11:30a, enough time to say hello to friends and colleagues before the two hour competitive marathon. Peter, Daryn, Tim, Cindy, and many more faces from [CCC](http://www.counterculturecoffee.com “Counter Culture Coffee”) working hard to pull…

  • Quote: Denis Waitley

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    > Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised. Denis Waitley _Today’s quote brought to us by our good friend [Steve](http://www.flickr.com/photos/spinnaker007/)_

  • Quickies.. Wassaap

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    The kitchen job went bust.. long story short the people who we paid to insure proper measurements measured wrong. This caused a 6″ gap in the counter which basically shut down forward progress on installing a kitchen. Of course the old counter had been removed prior to learning this therefore finagling was involved. In the…

  • Quote: Jim Rohn

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    > Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishement. — Jim Rohn

  • Kitchen Remodeling (before)

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    Today our kitchen begins a reworking. We’ve decided to get a new countertop, replace the broken disposal, deeper more modern sink & faucet, as well as converting an old lazy susan into a shelved area. We worked the entire day sunday cleaning out the kitchen and refridgerator. Tuesday I have a GE repair person coming…