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A not so original Halloween

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  • Post published:November 11, 2010
  • Post category:Halloween / Random Observations
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I really thought I was on to something.  Something big.  Something that would rival the great Halloween of 2007 – David Bowie from The Labyrinth (which recently yielded 793 hits from procrastinators on October 29). …

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O.X. – Outdoor Excursions or Outrageous eXcuses?

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  • Post published:October 20, 2010
  • Post category:Reviews
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I freely classified the five month period between Grad School and the start of my career as my "Pre-Employment" phase.  There were many highlights throughout this period – including a month of…

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Girl Scout Cookie Geography: A brownie civil war!

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  • Post published:August 24, 2010
  • Post category:Maps / Products / Random Observations
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If you're like me, you grew up in the wonderful and comforting land of Caramel DeLites, Peanut Butter Sandwiches, Shortbreads, and Peanut Butter Patties.  However, when I attended the University of…

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Athletic Prime: Men vs. Women

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  • Post published:April 2, 2010
  • Post category:Nerdiness
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US Olympic Team - Average Age by Year Year   Men Women All 1896 Summer 23   23 1900 Summer 23   23 1904 Summer 25   25 1908 Summer…

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Chickens: the new dogs

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  • Post published:March 19, 2010
  • Post category:Madison / Random Observations
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Today started off on a less than ideal note when I did terribly on my midterm (not yet confirmed) and on my way home was greeted with a parking ticket…

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A revealing year’s end…

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  • Post published:February 13, 2010
  • Post category:Growing Up / Halloween
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A friend of mine recently told me that my posts should be shorter and more frequent.  Unfortunately life's been too busy lately and I haven't even had time for this.  I suppose I'll…

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Finally punctuation we really need(insert SarcMarc)

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  • Post published:January 16, 2010
  • Post category:Nerdiness
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I've written other posts on the difficulties of conveying tone over the internet and I've long viewed the written exclamation point as useless, unless preceeded by an expletive.  However, much…

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Christmas List #1: Invisibility Cloak

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  • Post published:December 17, 2009
  • Post category:Creepiness / Nerdiness / Products
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For those of you who don't know, while working on my master's degree I've worked in the RFID Lab on campus.  Last week at one of our workgroup meetings, another…

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My current totem pole

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  • Post published:November 17, 2009
  • Post category:Basketball / Football / Random Observations / UW-Madison
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A friend of mine, who also happens to be the Assistant Dean of the College of Engineering, brought this cartoon from www.phdcomics.com to my attention on facebook the other day.…

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Is Wisconsin overweight or is my waist size really that unusual?

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  • Post published:October 24, 2009
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I was at Kohl's a few days ago, "expecting great things," and picking up a new belt for my upcoming interviews.  Like most male shopping, this was a straight forward purchase and…

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