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Topslakr September 5th, 2010

• Thanks for all the birthday wishes! It's been quite a day! #
• Home from the air show and dinner with some friends… It's time to sort through the ~4,000 shots I took today. Way too many! #
• Here's a few shots of the Blue Angels from the air show. Hopefully I'll have time to get through all of them tomorrow! http://bit.ly/ayjeYK #
• A KC-135 just took off from KMHT. Safe to assume it the one from the air show? Why go there from Pease? #
• Another(?) KC-135 just took off from KMHT. Perhaps they are just shooting approaches or doing touch and goes? Not sure if it's a 2nd plane. #
• Another KC-135 just took off from KMHT. I suspect they are just shooting approaches. Perhaps some practice with the ILS? Fun to watch! #
• I can't believe it, my car passed it's inspection. Good news in my book! Feels like money saved. #

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Topslakr August 29th, 2010

• Not a whole lot to do today in the rain. We were hoping to drive up Mt Washington, but it's all clouded in. Not exactly ideal for photos. #
• We came to the theater to see a movie about schmucks, but are instead see some animated thing. I've been promised pizza afterwards… #
• The pizza was a lie. We're at a 99 instead. #
• After a modestly restful night, it's time to pack up and head home. Just one stop left on the way home at the Canterbury Shaker Village. #
• Home sweet home. I'm back in the land of 3G service and fiber optic Internet. #
• Our visit to the Shaker Museum in Canterbery, NH has reinforced my love of their furniture and I've settled on my first piece to build. #
• 12 rolls of color film to drop off, 4 rolls of B&W to develop, and 1 roll of Kodachrome. I shot more rolls of film than I did digital images #

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Topslakr August 22nd, 2010

• Leas than 15 minutes till the top of the service and none of my tech people are here yet. :: Gulp :: #
• Just home from a family birthday celebration. It looks like I'm soon to be a Kindle owner! #
• Amidst severe storm warnings for several more hours the sun seems to want to peek through the clouds. It's not putting up a strong fight. #
• Testing of my 10th, and final, 2TB disk is under way. Hopefully it's a good disk and I can finally upgrade capacity on my offsite storage. #
• Just posted my first shot from my Mamiya 645 camera to Flickr. So far, I'm liking the camera! http://flic.kr/p/8sVuW8 #
• I'd love to watch TV and eat chips right now. Lucky for my waistline though, I don't keep any chips at my house! #
• Running very late tonight.. barely time for a quick dinner before I'm out the door to rehearsal. #

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Topslakr August 15th, 2010

• Quite a fun evening after all though a bit late. Quick shower and I'm off to bed! #
• Sunday morning always arrives too early. I'm going to need a nap! #
• Relaxing a bit after a crazy weekend. So tired! Looking forward to a good night's rest. #
• Feeling pretty rough still at this point. Hopefully I'll be feeling better tomorrow. I'm pretty sure I've got my hydration sort out… #
• Feeling much better this morning and I'm looking forward to a few nice cups of tea to get me back to normal. #
• Rather upset guy just stormed into the AAMCO building I work in mad about work we did for someone else.. not a lot they can do for him alone #
• Just ordered the last items I'll need for vacation, hopefully. Couple dozen rolls of film should see me through until the fall at least! #
• I'm doing some research into developing color print film. Turns out it's not all that much different from developing B&W. Might try it… #

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Topslakr August 8th, 2010

• It's been a day, but now it's time to hit the hay. #
• My exciting Monday evening plans: Buy trash barrels. I know, I know.. I live like a rockstar! My life is so crazy! #
• Totally insane day. It's noon and I've not even managed to find the time to make a single cup of tea! #
• Doing some last minute cleanup before @historyteach45 shows up for dinner. So hungry! #
• I have, for the first time ever, rolled my garbage out to the curb. Again, I live like a rockstar. I can't stress that enough. #
• Interesting evening with @historyteach46. I've never had someone invite themselves over before. I did what I could to make the best of it. #
• Epic rain in Manchester this afternoon. TIme to head home and hopefully beat the hail… #
• Warm but dry evening so I'm off to play some tennis. #
• Just home from Kingston Days, a small town summer fair of sorts. Always ripe with things to take pictures of! #

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Topslakr August 1st, 2010

• Service went well this AM. First time I've been on the drums in years during service. #
• Hooray! Finally setup for curbside trash pickup. I've only lived in the house 9 months… #
• Sweet! Found the last little piece I was looking to add to my Mamiya 645 kit, the right angle finder! Should be here in time for vacation… #
• Just shot a quick roll on my new (to me) Canon Sure Shot WP-1 waterproof 35mm camera. I'm all ready for kayaking! http://campl.us/dGC #
• Time to fire up the grill and make some dinner. Salmon steak this evening I think, maybe a little olive oil, salt and pepper. #
• I am so tired of listening to iPhone 4 news. This is not a massive story. Move along. For the record, my has been flawless. #
• Totally slammed today. After a quick outside trouble call I walked into my office and was pounced on by broken computers. Sharp edges! #

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Topslakr July 25th, 2010

• No turning back now with the outdoor oven test. Bread is just about ready to be kneaded. I hope it's worth it… #
• Propane oven, take 1. So far so good. http://campl.us/cQj #
• Bread in the oven, not ideal. Bread on the grill in the cloche.. much better but much longer. Still waiting for loaf one to finish… #
• I'm hot, I have a headache and I'm tired. Typical Sunday night. Bread looks good but I'm going to wait to bake the second one till tomorrow. #
• Loaf two is on the grill, inside my cloche. I'm going to check on it every 10 minutes to try and keep an even temp and rotate the pan. #
• Looks like one of my best loaves to date. All the more amazing coming off a standard outdoor grill! http://yfrog.com/na76gj #
• I ordered my second round of 2TB disks this AM. Newegg has them on sale for $110 again and I jumped at it! #

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Topslakr July 18th, 2010

• It occurs to me, at this moment, that I could right now make use of an iPad. First time that's happened.. we'll see if it continues. #
• I'm at the Sanderson fly in, in Greenland Nh. #
• Back from the Fly In, which was a blast. Not too busy but fun all the same. Lots of good shots… I hope. #
• Pulling together the last bits of kit I can find for my new to me camera. Still in dire need of a right angle or waist level finder… #
• It seems I've forgotten my tea stuff at home today. This always happens when I bring it home for a good cleaning… You think I'd learn… #
• Arg! My first 2TB Drive failure! Time to setup the RMA and get it replaced. Surprised it took so long… #
• Time to go grab some food for lunch at the Hannafords. I'm, as ever, disappointed to see it's reached 90 outside. #

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Topslakr July 11th, 2010

• Fireworks was fun! Time to wait in traffic… #
• Finally home. I'm totally knackered, covered in ash and very ready for bed! What a day! #
• I'm all showered and ready for tonight's cookout. Time to brave the heat and make my way over to my parents house. #
• Just home from a 4th of July cookout with the family and some friends. I schooled @SoucCore in badminton. I am king of the shuttlecock! #
• Glad I shot film last night at the fireworks, but in future I think I'll go with a
  more automated camera. Loading film in the dark is hard. #
• Testing and beating on my last 2TB disk. 8TBs were tested over the weekend. Should have the new array online this week… #
• Amazingly tedious day. None of our ancillary support companies are open so we're stuck fielding loads of questions for can't answer. #
• Stupid day after a holiday.. none of the places I wanted to stop in at this after are open. #

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Topslakr July 4th, 2010

• Made pretty good progress today; I Even got my grape vines planted! http://twitpic.com/209wfk #
• Gearing up to head to a church meeting. The church is choosing which contractor will lead the construction project. Should be exciting! #
• Meeting is going well. Sure is hot up here in the loft though… #
• Meeting is over and it went well. The motion to approve the construction firm was approved unanimously. I am totoally shocked! #
• I feel like I've got a Brillo pad stuck in my throat this morning. Not ideal. Sipping some tea at the office should help a bit though… #
• I went to bed early, but I also woke up early. Not feeling great today.. more tea and an early night should set things right for tomorrow. #
• Pretty impressed that Apple moved 1.7 million iPhones through Saturday. More impressed (or surprised) that AT&T's network didn't flinch! #
• Giant Kashi display today at Hannafords. I stocked up! #

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