Jef’s answers the question “What are your top five favorite donuts” while he is half asleep. This entire conversation happened while his eyes were closed.
1. Maple glazed from Dunkin Donuts.
2. Apple cinnam…
Wait. No…
1. Maple glazed from Dunkin Donuts.
2. Plain glazed from Krispy Kreme
3. Apple cinna….
Wait… jelly…
1. Maple glazed from Dunkin Donuts
2. Plain glazed from [...]

Categories: Jef · R-R-Rambling

Not to get all Star Trek on you, but I think my internal time-space clock is broken. The past two days I’ve woken up and thought it was Friday. That’s somewhat of a problem because it’s been Monday and Tuesday (respectively).
Today I had to put a date on a document and was taken by surprise [...]

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Five years ago we were living in DC. I was working from a home office for a dot com called Nine Systems. I’d only met a handful of my teammates - the ones that came over in the e-Media buy-out with me - the rest were in the main office in San Diego or the [...]

Categories: Austin-ish · Jef · R-R-Rambling · e-Media

For last year’s words belong to last year’s language
And next year’s words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.
~T.S. Eliot, “Little Gidding”

As with last year, and the year before, I’ve come up with a list of ‘indulgences’, as opposed to ‘resolutions’ for the new year. These aren’t things I think [...]

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My dad always says “You learn something new every day if you start out dumb enough.” This weekend I learned:
Curtains change the entire look of a room. We FINALLY hung our first pair of curtains in the house (I know, right, it’s about time!). We hung them in the common room upstairs and it’s become [...]

Categories: Home Sweet Home · Learned Something New · R-R-Rambling

I just bought a new car. :)
I’m excited, but we were at the dealership for HOURS (like 5) and all that waiting and negotiating kind of killed the mood. I’ll have to wait until tomorrow to post pictures and act properly goofy about it all.
Chrysanthemum told me how sad she was when she got [...]

Categories: R-R-Rambling

I downloaded an audio book for my iPod this week and it’s changed my whole outlook on my daily commute. My bookclub this month is reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel and I knew a week or so ago, when the month was flitting away, there was no way I’d get to the bookstore [...]

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My parents have this friend, his name is Mark Kruse (pronounced “Cruise-ee”). He is an incredibly likable guy, who also happens to be incredibly persuasive. One minute you’re minding your own business walking down the sidewalk and then there he is, arm around your shoulder asking you if you like BBQ. Of course you do! [...]

Categories: Giggin' · R-R-Rambling