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Entries from October 2007

Alles Hat Ein Ende Nur Die Wurst Hat Zwei

October 30th, 2007 · Comments

Everything has an end, but sausage has two!

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Tags: German Language · Video

links for 2007-10-29

October 29th, 2007 · Comments

Lieder zu St. Martin: Ich gehe mit meiner Laterne
A Saint Martin’s day song Maple is learning in Kindergarten
(tags: maple kindergarten wien vienna deutsch German song lyrics religiousholiday saintmartin)

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Tweets for 2007-10-28

October 28th, 2007 · Comments

Long weekend is ending. This is sad. #

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German Lesson for Today

October 28th, 2007 · Comments

I had a nice time trying out some of my recently Kindergarten-honed Deutsch with an Austrian friend last night, and he taught me really good thing to know.
You know how people often say, “I need my morning Latte”?
Also, do you know how to say it in German? It would be something like “Morgen [...]

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Tags: German Language · Grammar and Words · Vienna

Tweets for 2007-10-26

October 26th, 2007 · Comments

It is Austria’s national day, today. So, Happy "National Day", Austrians! I shall enjoy the holiday, too. #
A first: all four members of this household bathed on the same day. #
I got skills, they’re multiplying! #

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Some Dialogggg

October 26th, 2007 · Comments

I was bathing Maple—or at least standing there, monitoring the situation,m while she did “swimming” and “odavasun” (something she invented).
Maple: Daddy, will you please hand me a wash cloth?
Daddy: Sure, sweet girl. Are you going to wash your hair?
Maple: No, I’m protesting.
Daddy: What?
Maple: I need it for protesting.
Daddy: Really? hands her the wash cloth [...]

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Tags: Children, The · Vienna

links for 2007-10-26

October 26th, 2007 · Comments

Into the Fryer – Diner’s Journal – Dining & Wine – New York Times Blog Fried chicken is back in the Treme n’hood of New Orleans (tags: treme neworleans chicken friedchicken food yum halfass)

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Tweets for 2007-10-25

October 25th, 2007 · Comments

Completing a bit of early-morning surfing: confirming Facebook requests, ignoring Myspace requests and trying to get some pics up on Flickr. #
It’s "Friday" on Thursday this week, FTW! #

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Tweets for 2007-10-23

October 23rd, 2007 · Comments

Is it going to crack 5 degrees today? Sheesh. Winter hits hard these days. #

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links for 2007-10-21

October 21st, 2007 · Comments

Flickr: Photos from scottpartee
Absolute deluge of photos going up on Flickr; the backlog is huge. Rewarding especially for those of “Family” designation, so sign up!
(tags: halfass flickr photos photography)

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D00d.

October 21st, 2007 · Comments

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D00d., originally uploaded by scottpartee.

Why are you standing like that?

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Tags: General

Tweets for 2007-10-17

October 17th, 2007 · Comments

@bump I hear you on the beach balls. Less is definitely more in this case. #
One new Leopard feature I’m super stoked about: DTrace. I won’t use it, but it should make OS X software much better for all of us. #

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links for 2007-10-16

October 16th, 2007 · Comments

Larry Osterman’s WebLog : Threat Modeling Again, Threat Modeling Rules of Thumb
(tags: halfass geek security threatmodel)

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Tweets for 2007-10-14

October 14th, 2007 · Comments

Ongoing tweets about things I miss in the US: Gladys Knight’s & Ron’s Chicken and Waffles at Stonecrest Mall near the Babies R Us: http: ... #

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links for 2007-10-11

October 11th, 2007 · Comments

Networked_Performance — Live Stage: Panhandling for Reparations [USA]
Payment is coming
(tags: halfass reparations slavery us “united states”)

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