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I just thought about this and wanted to complain to the general public about it.
I went to Panera last night…the one on Duke Street, just a couple of miles from here. I noticed they had a dispenser next to the fountain drinks labeled “Sweet Tea.” Imagine my excitement and anticipation! This now makes 4 places I know of within a 20 mile radius that have brewed, sweetened, iced tea.
The thing was empty! And nobody seemed to be refilling it, since it was nearly 8pm at this point. You’d better believe I’ll be back

I should be in bed now. Busy day tomorrow.
Geese. I’d love to talk to somebody who knows a lot about geese. I think they’re pretty interesting. They can be annoying, but they intrigue me. We know they fly well. They get in those little V’s and cross the continent. But they seem to be much more interested in staying on the ground than most other birds. You don’t see geese just fly back and forth from one place to another. Once they’re grounded they seem to stay there; which sorta makes sense, being the fat, lazy birds they are. If a goose wants to go from one pond to another across the road, she’ll just waddle right across.
I was driving down a busy city road yesterday in a light rain and I passed by a goose that was standing in the median, head erect, waiting for a break in traffic to finish crossing the road. It looked just like any other pedestrian patiently waiting it’s turn. However, this is an animal that I wouldn’t expect to understand our traffic laws, and one that can fly. What’s that about?

Did anybody come by CharmingGeek on Independence Day? I just realized that I had a patriotic layout all set up for it. However, since I was vacationing, I didn’t get on the computer and actually get to see it. How’d it look? It wasn’t all messed up, with little red x’s where the graphics should have been, was it? I sure hope not. Let me know if you saw it.

This was fun. I built a little Sudoku Puzzle solver. This is a game where you start with a 9×9 grid with certain numbers filled in, and you have to fill in the rest of the boxes with the numbers 1 – 9 in such a way that each of the numbers appears exactly once in each row, column and 3×3 square.
The solver is here. It works best with Internet Explorer.

He said what I should have said.

Thanks to TVU, which pretty much rocks, I have discovered a new band. Eisley totally gets inside my head — even if they do weird me out a little bit. I guess I’m thinking “The Cranberries get stuck in Wonderland.” Anyway, you can hear some of their music on their website.

I’m in love with ChrisitanTuner.com. After searching all over the internet for radio stations that aren’t blocked by our company firewall, ChristianTuner lists a host of Christian rock stations, most of which I can get at work. Now my only problem is choosing which station I want to listen to. I wish I could get one of these stations in my car.

I just found out there are two live streaming webcams at NC State. This one in front of D.H. Hill Library covers a good part of the Brickyard, the center of student activity at NCSU. Looks like you’d be able to get a good view of Gary when he’s out sharing the good news.
This camera shows some pretty active construction around what I believe is “The Quad,” which at least used to consist of Becton, Berry, and Bagwell Residence Halls; a cafeteria, and a c-store. The c-store disappeared and became whatever that is in the center of the camera. Who doesn’t like big trucks, though?

I just spent 15 minutes looking for my keys. Then, I found them in my pocket.

I’ve got a new photo gallery now. Go over and visit it. You can send e-cards to your friends, too. You want to do that.

I got a letter from my cable company last week. At the top are inch-high letters reading “EXCITING NEWS! NEW ADDITIONAL CHANNELS!”
Below it describes them: Jewelry TV, Tennis Channel, HorseRacingTV, and TV Games (another horse racing channel). It bothers me that the channels are actually broadcast.
Before adding these exciting new options, I only had about 400 channels that I never watch. Now make that 404. I called and had my cable service discontinued yesterday.