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House and Home

Blog-like update!

by Jonathan 28 July 2010 House and Home

Ahh, Tintern Abbey, UK, Fall 2009. Sadly, it seems that we won’t be making it back to the UK or Netherlands this year. The next time we get to go will likely be entirely for pleasure. That has some advantages, of course–I won’t be occupied with work-related activities for any of our time there, for [...]

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Good weekend!

by Jonathan 6 July 2010 House and Home

This is a bit of an old photo, but I like it for its abstract-ness. That’s about how my brain was feeling up until late last week. It’s been a bit since I’ve had a chance to update this. During the last weekend of June, the New Kensington Bureau of Fire held our Community Days [...]

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Dinner tonight: Sauteed veggie wraps with CSA produce!

by Jonathan 11 June 2010 House and Home

We got our CSA box on Tuesday, and it was loaded with good stuff. We’ve been out for something pretty much every evening since then, so everything sat relaxing in our fridge. Tonight, out came the cast-iron skillet. Into it went some of the excellent olive oil from Penn Mac, followed by chopped garlic scapes [...]

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Firefighter safety information and the value of storytelling

by Jonathan 28 March 2010 House and Home

The Firefighter Near Miss Reporting System has lots of good reports to read through, especially for a new guy like me. There’s lots of safety awareness to be gained simply by reading the experiences of others. For instance, after a recent incident, I strapped a pick-headed axe back into a bracket on one of the truck [...]

Tagged as: firefighting

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New photo toys arrived, and it looks like we’ll have to cover the flowers tonight

by Jonathan 25 March 2010 House and Home

My new Induro carbon-fibre monopod arrived today. It matches the material and construction of my tripod, which is awesome in multiple ways. I only have one set of maintenance and setup tools to carry with me, and motor-memory won’t have to recall settings depending on the support device in use. I also got a Manfrotto [...]

Tagged as: data, data recovery, disaster recovery, flowers, media, Photography, spring

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Today was Awesome

by Jonathan 18 March 2010 House and Home

I had an entirely productive day today. Things got rolling with work-from-home work today. I was busting-through things left and right and it was good. I got some development work finished, did a little bit of analysis, and got a lot of catch-up reading accomplished. During lunch, I went over to Arnold Feed and asked [...]

Tagged as: business, gardening, Photography

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A Lot of Work For One Stupid Coupon

by Jenny 31 July 2009 House and Home

I recently went for almost two years without paying money for shampoo or toothpaste. In the fall of 2007, before the word “recession” was an excuse for almost all behavior, I went on a kick to save money on groceries and toiletries. I quickly found a list of websites that told me which local stores had the lowest promotional prices on specific items, and also which circulars contained coupons on those some items, so that I could combine coupons with specials.

Tagged as: Economy, Saving Money

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The Ex-Husband from Eat, Pray, Love Tells His Side of the Story

by Jenny 22 July 2009 House and Home

I have to admit that I am having a really hard time getting into Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir “Eat, Pray, Love.” I bought this book several months ago. I can tell you exactly where I am in the book without giving away any spoilers. My bookmark is stuck after the author’s divorce and shortly after her arrival in Italy. She is planning to take Italian lessons in Rome. After she leaves Rome, she will travel to India and Bali. I can’t tell you what will happen after that.

Tagged as: Books

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