BigCat’s Blog of DOOM

• Was thinking of lacing up the old in-line skates this morning and tooling around the neighborhood, but overslept and felt lazy instead. #
• Thinking about new vs used car. And family sedan vs mini-wagon vs wagon vs mini-van and hybrid vs regular as we begin our 2nd car research. #
• Goal 2 means working out – Went skating today. My skates and my body are in the worst shape of my life. I think my legs are gonna fall off. #
• http://is.gd/tWbL This is our automotive future until we can charge batteries much much faster, and have an infrastructure to back it up. #
• Meant to go to ignitempls and forgot about it. Now I feel stupid because there isn’t even anything goo on TV. #
• I thought much legs would be sore today, but mostly my neck hurts from sleeping funny. Kinds odd how that happens sometimes. #
• Tried to install ubuntu on the way into work today, but the laptop cd drive didn’t want to cooperate during the bumpy ride. #
• 6 coasters and 2 good CDs later: home laptop = kubuntu 64, work laptop = ubuntu 64, and plans for mythbuntu on the server in the basement. #
• Did a yoga flow today that WHOOPED my ass. It also made me feel a lot like a fat version of Gumby (or perhaps a gumby made out of doughnuts) #

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I don’t think I’ve put my skates on in 3 or 4 years. Today I cleaned them up a bit, strapped them on, and went off towards the skate park 9 blocks away.
( Work out pain )
( New skates? )
( New-to-us car sometime in the next year-and-a-half )
( National Conference and Cruise Vacation )
( Celebration Sunday )
Anyway, enough narcissistic adventures in Ben-land. Hope your having a great day.

• Exited that JD and Elisa might come to the national conference in Galveston. Also excited my b-day is during it as well. #
• I already solved one really obnoxious problem today. Hopefully I can keep my productivity up like this all day long! #
• Stupid Easter, messing with my diet. Oh well, on another note, small group rocked last night I thought. #
• http://video.linuxfoundation.org/video/1106 – Pretty well produced short video promoting Linux. #
• Disappointed with Christians who give less than 10%. Especially if they are liberal and happen to be the president and vice president. #
• I think I’m going to renew my passion for tuvan throat singing. My wife is incredibly upset about this. #
• Why is it that a bunch of people in Asia want to have 6pm or later conference calls this week? I have a life outside of this job! #
• Have purchased food for over 100 (over-budget tho) prepped meat and veggies w/ my wife, and am now praying for good kabobs tomorow. #
• You know when you are super-tired from a long day, but there is something that catches your eye and makes it hard tear away to sleep… #
• Up way too early on a Sunday morning. Let’s hope that this goes well despite the forecasted rain. #
• Almost finished cleaning up. People enjoyed the food, so generally I consider it a success. Now for a nap and a couple hours of work. #
• Decompressed a little – Thanks a MILLION to all the people helped and prayed for us to make the celebration Sunday a success. #

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• Super glad to be home. Gonna try to keep Monday a short work day to offset this crazy weekend.☺ #
• Da Bears sure can pick weird-looking guys to play QB, even if they went to the probowl. http://is.gd/rdDK #
• Just hit goal #1, 36lbs lost. Now to start on goal #2. #
• Why are you playing REM B-sides for me iPhone. That’s a BAD iPHONE! <skips track> Kill Bill Soundtrack Vol. 1 – much better. #
• Slipped and fell out of the shower today. Laid on the bathroom rug for a while and contemplated my first physical ‘geriatric moment.’ #
• Having post Good Friday service beers with a crew from church at Baja De Sol in Inver Grove Heights. #
• I’ve been hungry a lot lately w/o knowing what I’m hungry for. This is an annoying state of events. #
• Easter! Yay! Jesus is alive which means I can have chocolate again. Today is an ‘off-diet’ day I think – still going to track calories tho. #
• Today’s game; finish the phrase “Easter is:”. I’ll go first. Easter is: bright clothes. #
• Easter is: a sugar coma. #
• Easter is: glazing ham and waiting for friends to come over. #
• Easter is: a Sunday when you touch something bigger than yourself, and at the same time feel wrapped up in a hug as if it is just for you. #
• First time ever: food was done early. Inevitablely that means no one is here. Oh the irony – truely a hosting/ culinary learning experience. #
• Easter is: feeling fat and happy, sipping wine and hanging w/ friends. #

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• About this time of year in C-U, IL I would have been transitioning to shorts and sandles. It is snowing blizzard-style in MN. #
• OMG! The Bears picked up a pro-bowl quarterback and tackle!!! A couple new DB’s and we are SET for the SUPERBOWL! #
• Emergency visit to a customer in California this weekend. Fantastic… #
• Waiting for a flight in Denver. Someday I will get to fly first class, and that will suck less. #
• Plane delayed until 12:35am! Unbelievable… I wonder if I can push back the start time a little. #
• Why is the flight from Denver to San Jose almost 3 hours, when a direct flight from MSP isn’t that much more? #
• Finally boarded the plane. Really looking forward to a bed. Hope the rental car place is open 24hrs. #
• And we landed at 3am pacific time. I damned near could have taken the flight that left on Sat. Morning at this rate. Thanks united. #
• Think I found the smoking gun! And I know how to start fixing it! #
• Beard hair nets don’t like to fit on my face very well. Annoying sometimes when I’m at a customer site. #
• What to do in San Jose on a night such as this? #
• Mmmmmm…In ‘n’ Out. I love this place. #
• It is fun driving around San Jose/Santa Calara passing Intel, Yahoo, Ebay, Cisco and a bunch of other tech companies. #
• I don’t like traveling alone. Whenever you get up to get a drink or go to the bathroom you have to pack up all your stuff and take it along. #
• San Jose airport is a bit of a mess right now. But that kinda makes it fun, since you get to walk to the plane on the tarmac. #
• Welcome to Denver, the airport is in the middle of nowhere. But the terminals have free wifi, so much is forgiven. #

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