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August 10
June 28, 2006

August 10th. That’s the settlement date for our new house, assuming they accept the offer we made last night and everything goes smoothly.

After work yesterday, Berta and I went over to Keller Williams to meet with Judy, our buyer’s agent, and fill out all the paperwork to make an offer on the house at Quail Way. It wasn’t as bad as it could have been. Really, there was a lot of paperwork involved when we bought the house we’re living in, but it wasn’t as bad as everyone had made it out to be.

Fluke
June 28, 2006

On Ken’s recommendation, I picked up a book by Christopher Moore. Not familiar enough with his work to spend all the money on the hardback edition of his new book, I settled on one of his many other books, Fluke. It was a bestseller afterall, so even if it wasn’t “good” it would still be palatable, as are other mainstream bestseller books.

Fluke is about this whale researcher, Nathan Quinn, and his photographer partner, Clay Democodus, and their adventures in researching the meaning of the songs of the humpback whale.

Ok, if you’ve read the book, you know that that description is a load of crap, but I can’t very well tell you what the book is really about without giving too much away, can I? Well, let’s see…

Getting Really Good
June 26, 2006

I was having a conversation with my brother the other day that meandered through different discrete topics concerning computer security; security in the sense of protecting your computer from data loss.

Obviously, this is part of what he does for work and I would expect that he would know the field better than I would, but it’s still frustrating that I had really no knowledge in the field. I decided that it might be better to take up pottery, since at least with a bit of practice I would know it better than him and then wouldn’t sound so stupid in our converstaions, at least if we were talking about pottery.

Though wouldn’t it be neat to have extensive knowledge of a single specific topic? Such complete knowledge that people seek you out for advice or training on the topic would be pretty neat. I mean, I’m sick of the idea that someone out there knows more than me - allow me to pick one topic and be the person that knows more than everyone else.

How would I choose a topic, and how would I learn everything there is to know about it?

Thanks Everybody!
June 26, 2006

With an overwhelming majority of votes (that’s funny, folks) I have been elected as this week’s Philly Future Featured Blog!

I’m not sure exactly what duties I’ll be expected to perform during my week of honor (and if it’s picking up trash with a poker around the Philly Future headquarters, I totally got a raw deal). Still, this is my first time my blog has been recognized as worth reading in 6.5 years of blogging, and I plan to attribute to it all of the gravity that it deserves.