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Aches & pains: lower back soreness, sciatica (left hip), sore knees when biking sometimes.

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Current reading: The Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller

Recent listening: Very Bad Wizards, Coverville, Radiolab, The Woj Pod, Robot or Not?, Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!

Recent viewing: Longmire (final season), Dark Matter, The Barkley Marathons, Nova, Frontline, Future Man, Saturday Night Live, I Love You America, Max Steel, The Great Wall

Recent playing: n/a

Recently accomplished: 65 bike miles/week, raked leaves, made Tina’s birthday present, wrote a Reddit bot, celebrated 25th wedding anniversary, 30 mile bike ride

Imperative To Do: Get a job, lower grade to 8 inches, organize/clean garage, FAFSA, reduce CPAP leakage, resume iOS training, clean roof

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Aches & pains: shoulders, sciatica, balls of my feet, fingers on right hand

Current reading: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

Recent listening: Radiolab, This American Life, The Partially Examined Life, Waking Up with Sam Harris, Chris Cornell (various incarnations)

Recent viewing: The Young Pope, Bloodline, The Crown, Dark Net, Game of Thrones

Recent playing: n/a

Recently accomplished: The Daily Bowie, 7000 steps a day for 2 weeks, refinished deck, colonoscopy, finished Neil Young liner notes, mailed CDs (Kent, Kelly), trimmed three arbor vidas, cleaned up all yard debris

Imperative To Do: Get a job, walk 9000 steps per day or 2 weeks, paint house

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Aches & pains: Constipation, mouth infection

Current reading: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Recent listening: Hard rock dive

Recent viewing: Game of Thrones (S4), The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, The Last Man on Earth, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Falling Skies

Recent playing: ZAGA

Recently accomplished: Fox wedding plans, Indiana, backpack replacement, sold van, Scion maintenance appointment, gutter inquiries

Imperative To Do: Mow lawn, laundry, Xmas air fare, bring in yard sale stuff, pay bills, deck

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Aches & pains: sciatica

Current reading: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Recent listening: Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, BADBADNOTGOOD III

Recent viewing: The Daily Show, The Nightly Show, Portlandia, Scandal, House of Cards (Season 3)

Recent playing: Shades

Recently accomplished: Had van fixed (small battery), fixed blog CSS, sent Thomas his bike

Imperative To Do: Contact Social Security, turn compost, finish taxes, new RMA with Monoprice, clean garage

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Aches & pains: n/a

Current reading: High Fidelity by Nick Hornsby

Recent listening: Dead Prez, Funkadelic, Parliament, Dyke & the Blazers, Prince, Bill Withers, A Tribe Called Quest, Rufus Thomas, Sly & the Family Stone, Tower of Power, The Getaway People, Charles Wright, The Commodores, The Meters, Gil Scott-Heron, Transformer by Lou Reed

Recent viewing: Real Time with Bill Maher, Grimm, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Touch, The Office, The Middle, Modern Family

Recent playing: Bloons 5

Recently accomplished: CDs for Jan, paper work for Thomas, taxes, got van running, new glasses

Imperative To Do: Troop 820 accounting, update allowances, groceries, uncategorized transactions, spring break chores for the kids

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Aches & pains: n/a

Current reading: High Fidelity by Nick Hornsby

Recent listening: Hot Rats, Ten Years After, Back To Mine (Krafty Kuts), James Brown, New Roman Times, The Pizza Tapes, Kitaro

Recent viewing: 30 for 30, House of Cards, 7 Up, Killing Bono, Real Time with Bill Maher, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, The Middle, Modern Family, Touch, Raising Hope, Larry King Now, The Office, Fringe

Recent playing: Letterpress, Bloons 5

Recently accomplished: Can & bottle recycling, birthday interview, bought iPad Mini

Imperative To Do: Appointments, Troop 820 accounting, sell OG iPad

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Aches & pains: sore left shoulder

Current reading: High Fidelity by Nick Hornsby

Recent listening: David Grisman’s Acoustic Christmas, Christmas Spirit by Los Lonely Boys, Everything You Want for Christmas by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Best of 2012

Recent viewing: QI, Dexter, Homeland, Sons of Anarchy, Burn Notice, The Walking Dead, Portlandia, American Harmony

Recent playing: Letterpress, Bloons

Recently accomplished: Purged old items from Toodledo, finished negotiating Thomas’ property damages claim, Repair Bucks (iPhone & Xbox), Christmas

Imperative To Do: Doctor appointments, Troop 820 accounting, tree recycling, can & bottle recycling

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Aches & pains: sciatica, temperature sensitivity, left hip
Current reading: Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
Recent listening: The Chess Story, Eric Clapton, The Yardbirds, Beckology, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Steve Miller Band, Traffic, Boz Scaggs, The Rolling Stones
Recent viewing: CSI, God in America, Sin City, V is for Vendetta, Commando, Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey, Secrets Beneath the Ice (Nova), Real Time with Bill Maher, Japan’s Killer Quake (Nova), BBS: The Documentary
Recent playing: DropZap, Words with Friends, WSOP Hold ‘Em Legend HD
Recently accomplished: Couch acquisition, Troop 820 collections, mowed lawn, new couch prep
Imperative To Do: Clean garage, clean gutters, new shelves for stereo, bank trip, bark dust, doctor appointments

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Aches & pains: ankles
Current reading: Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
Recent listening: Les Paul & Mary Ford, The Mothers of Invention, Slick Rick, Gershwin, Jane Siberry, Glenn Miller, Brave Combo, Buckethead, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, King Crimson, Neil Young, Steve Goodman, Woody Guthrie
Recent viewing: Young & Innocent, Stage Fright, Rockford Files, Murphy’s Romance, Disturbing the Universe, Nova, WWII in HD, Alice in Wonderland, Long Day’s Journey Into the Night (aborted), More Than a Game, NBA Basketball, Hawkeye Football
Recent playing: Words with Friends, Fieldrunners, Pinball HD
Recently accomplished: Played “adult in charge” at recent Troop 820 campout, fixed broken gate, fixed leaky toilet, winterization
Imperative To Do: Resume biking, lingering Troop 820 issues, desk cleanup, Xmas shopping

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Aches & pains: n/a
Current reading: Beginning iPhone 3.0 Development by David Mark and Jeff LaMarche, Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
Recent listening: Neil Young, Edith Piaf, The Modern Lovers, The Black Keys, Tones on Tail, Thomas Dolby
Recent viewing: Countdown, Rachel Maddow, Friday Night Lights, Kill Bill, Hollywoodland, The Fly, LoudQUIETloud, Crazy, The Heart Is A Drum Machine, Psych
Recent playing: Words with Friends, Plants vs. Zombies, Angry Birds, QRANK
Recently accomplished: Hauled old computer equipment to Splash office, ongoing yard revival, filled propane tank, returned Nehalem to Foster City, CDs for Laine
Imperative To Do: Buy deck boards, birthday party invites, haircut, chainsaw some stuff, iPhone app