Entries Tagged as 'House'

New Neighbors/Wallingford Rules

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As you likely know, I moved into a house in Wallingford with Claire, Deirdre and Sarah RV at the beginning of July. We knew many an Ultimate player was in the neighborhood, and I was already quite happy here after my year on Stone Way, but my friend supply has recently expanded even further. My [...]


Rummikub at the House Meeting

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* WPG2 Plugin Not Validated * * WPG2 Plugin Not Validated * Our house meeting---Claire, Deirdre, RV and me---saw my worst ever Rummikub draw: 12 turns of drawing for 26 tiles before I had opening melds totaling 25 points. Notice the point at which RV only had one tile. The second photograph, as taken with [...]


Only 24 Hours in a Day…

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Only 12 notes a man can play! I have been practicing for a month and a half now with Shadrach, a mixed club team out of Seattle, and I could not be happier. Our team has some great talent and athleticism just waiting to coalesce, nearly ready to manifest as massive beatings. And I really [...]


My New House is 78 Units of Walkable

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Walk Score uses Google Local listings to measure the ease of living in a particular location by number and selection of businesses within walking distance. My new house in Wallingford scores a 78. My old house in Claremont only scores a 57. What, the neighborhood doesn't get points for proximity to the Oak Park Cemetery? [...]


iHouse

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I am reclining on my couch in my new house in Wallingford, having tweaked my foot/ankle last night at a summer men's hat league game. We played savage against a team with four subs but still managed a 15-12 victory. Charlie Matlack is on my team, which is good fun. On the last point, I [...]


Two Sentence Paragraphs

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I purchased a Surly Pacer road bike with Shimano 600 components from Tyler, Charlie's housemate and bicycle savant. I need SPD clip-in shoes and a few other accessories to start rocking it right. I kick off my NeonGecko attendance at Search Marketing Expo Advanced 2007 with a Microsoft-sponsored party. I am hoping for stylish marketing [...]


Two More Weeks!

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I have been walking the Hallowed (Hollow?) Halls of Engineering today, singing: Two more weeks Two more weeks I'm only working here for Two more weeks Fourteen days Fourteen days I'm leaving Mudd in Fourteen days Yeah, I'm a bit excited to move on with my life. I still lack a full-time job in Seattle [...]