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It's like a heat wave...

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:05:49 -0700

This is about as hot as it ever gets in Seattle, even mid-summer. I had planned some pie-baking over the weekend, but did it last night because I sure as heck won't fire up the oven when it's in the mid-80s. We've had some lovely fresh local rh...

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Chicago

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:40:49 -0700

The weather thankfully was not nearly so frightful as my last trip. In fact, less snow on the ground meant more vegetation was exposed... and more deer were around in our first stop - my Dad's wife Carol's house. The deer are not so shy. But then ...

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Packing procastination

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:02:50 -0800

Ten more minutes and really... I'll start packing. We leave tomorrow for Chicago--a mix of personal (family) and business. We are also going to catch (the dreamy) Dmitri Hvorostovsky in the role of Eugine Onegin at Lyric Opera. But enough goofi...

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The continuing hell that is Chicago's weather this winter...

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:31:12 -0800

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST TUESDAY. A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW HAS BEGUN ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL START CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS EV...

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Chicagoist

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:09:47 -0800

A few days after I got back from Chicago last week, I checked recommended feeds from my GoogleReader. Oddly enough, near the top was the Chicagoist blog. Now, I live and work in Seattle, but was born and raised in the Chicago area. Google didn't r...

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Sweet home Chicago

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:59:19 -0800

I arrived to sub-zero temps (-2, -25 wind chill) Sunday night and departed Tuesday in the midst of a classic lake-effect snow storm. They originally listed my flight as on-time. Ha! There were a few revisions on the flight departure time: 10...

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Where I (weather whimp) am headed today...

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:16:51 -0800

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My (work) world

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:49:20 -0800

I've been working hard and long but it's OK. My current client provides portfolio management software to financial planners. They've got a great system and we're making it better. The papers on my desk are bits and pieces of the current user inte...

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Opera + da Bears = Chicago

nobody@vox.com(hp) — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 11:08:31 -0800

A comment on YouTube on this video: Only in Chicago does the opera come out and support the football team. We were at the Lyric on Saturday night for Fledermaus and for the bows, the entire cast came out waving Bears banners, wearing Bears sca...

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