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Update for 1/6/2019

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Andy

2019 has started out strangely for me. Last week featured epic levels of procrastination and intestinal dysfunction. Conceptual modeling 😎 With an extra long blog post, a project retrospective, and some apartment tidying on my agenda for last week, I … Continue reading →

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Update for 12/30/2018

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Andy

Christmas 🙂 Part 2 of my Christmas vacation, with a catalog of my family’s traditions. Sunday Doughnuts that our dad picks up from a local shop. This is more of an every-Sunday tradition. I always get a chocolate covered glazed … Continue reading →

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Update for 12/23/2018

Posted on December 25, 2018 by Andy

Fiction 😎 I’m taking a break from my software development books to explore some steampunk. I started with the pre-steampunk Steam Man of the Prairies. It was a decent adventure story. After that I whipped through Mortal Engines by Philip … Continue reading →

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Update for 12/16/2018

Posted on December 16, 2018 by Andy

Music 🤔 Sunday was our Advent Orchestra performance at church. Considering I only had a week to prepare, it went pretty well. Until the sermon apparently ran short in the second service and I arrived back at the sanctuary late … Continue reading →

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Update for 12/9/2018

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Andy

A shorter one this time. Spirituality 🤔 I’m paying more attention to the church calendar this year, starting with Advent. In preparation I listened to Vicki Black’s Welcome to the Church Year. Once Advent started, I was going to use … Continue reading →

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Update for 12/2/2018

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Andy

Christmas 😐 On my secret Christmas project I got through about half of what I’d planned last week, but I’d already decided some of it made more sense to do in this week’s phase, and I can reduce other parts … Continue reading →

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Update for 11/25/2018

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Andy

Thanksgiving 🙂 I ended up visiting my brother and his church friends for Thanksgiving. I met his friends a month ago when I was there for my coworker’s wedding. I didn’t talk a lot either time, but compared to my … Continue reading →

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Update for 11/18/2018

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Andy

TV 🙂 Sunday my friend Tim made his customary visit, and we watched the first episode of the 1994 Middlemarch miniseries to go with the book group I’m in at work. I was surprised at how well the episode captured the … Continue reading →

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Update for 11/11/2018

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Andy

Christmas 🙂 This month I’m working on my annual tradition of making creative Christmas labels for my family’s gifts. I didn’t get through all the planning steps last week, but I already knew how I wanted to start the work, … Continue reading →

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Update for 11/4/2018

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Andy

Music 😎 I tuned in to Jacob Collier’s livestream on Monday and found out he’s going on tour next year, and he’ll be in Chicago again. Unlike earlier this year when I found out about his Chicago concert only hours … Continue reading →