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• Looking forward to the @derekwebb concert at Warehouse 54 this weekend. Wonder if it's solo or full band? #
• Helping Grace with geometry homework. #
• I hate the zamboni in Plants vs Zombies. Hate it! #
• Doogie Smurf: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=63881 #
• Today is a good day to code. #
• Whoa, @prodigaljohn & @clovernews are giving away a Macbook Pro 13 inch. Details http://bit.ly/b1SOlP #
• So intensely bummed that I couldn't make it to the @derekwebb show tonight. Couldn't find babysitting for my son. Come back to PA soon! #
• I just got the Mac Heist bundle. 7 awesome Mac apps worth $260+ for only $20 and got 3 cool bonus apps free! http://bit.ly/heist-it #
• I am the worst father in the world. #

Just seeing if this MacJournal thing works well as a WYSIWYG client for WordPress.
Apparently it does.

• Oops! Almost worked right through lunch. Time to take a break. Also, Dreamhost. #
• Every support call I take is a new reminder that despite all of our progress, computers are still too confusing for most people. #
• 'stockholm syndrome' is FREE for the next 48 hours (until midnight this thursday) here: http://bit.ly/bPFr7H /via @derekwebb #
• Chiropractor. Click click crack. #
• That is some serious freaking wind out there. #
• Snowed in again. Hope I have some vacation days left by the time summer comes around. #
• Win TapeDeck from Mac.AppStorm: http://mac.appstorm.net/general/competitions/tapedeck-licenses-up-for-grabs #
• Some kind soul just plowed my driveway! I'm free! #
• At Folklore Coffee for the Kheris show. Currently listening to a subset of Receiving The Ghost. #
• At my niece's third birthday party. #
• It's a princess party.
  http://twitpic.com/15vps9 #

• Glad to be back at work today. #
• Just ate a faschnacht. Yummy. #
• Paid my Dreamhost bill for this year. #
• Sometimes I hate CSS. #
• Finally set up my svn repository at work. Now I can screw up my code with impunity. #
• Setting up my new M-Audio ProFire 2626. 8 channels of digital goodness. Time to record a new demo. #
• I hate Internet Explorer so freaking much. #
• Church luncheon. Italian theme. Lots of pasta. Mmmm…. #

• Exercise bike. Won't last long after all that shoveling. #
• Helping Grace with her spelling and math. Then it's time for Chuck and Big Bang. #
• All the area that I cleared of snow this morning is now buried deeper than when I started. Too windy to go back out. #
• Still snowed in. Anybody have a plow? At this point, I'm not expecting to get out until Saturday. Maybe. Sigh… #
• We're dug out. Again. For now. No more snow, please. My back can't take it. #
• No digging out needed today. Finally! #
• Tonight's setup: Gretsch + Floor POD Plus. No amp. Sounds great. #

• Crisis averted. Narrowly.
  Also, DreamHost. #
• Internet's down at work. Boo!
  But Dreamhost still rocks. #
• T-minus 4 8 15 16 23 42… #
• Time for the exercise bike. #
• Here's where things start to get interesting:
  Textbook Publishers Strike Deals to Bring Content to iPad
  http://j.mp/cwmZrY #
• Time to go find my car… #
• Do not use SELECT * in production code. Ever. For many reasons. I'm looking at you, guy-I-replaced. #
• Bit rot is kicking in. Several data systems at work seem to be eating themselves alive. #
• Before I forget: Dreamhost. #
• I bought the literary equivalent of a side hug today. http://bit.ly/8YLJrV from @prodigaljohn #
• Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope. #
• Dreamhost. That is all. #
• So far, this snow storm is not impressing me. Let's see if it picks up overnight. #
• Okay, now *this* is a snowstorm. #
• My kids were playing instruments handed down by our gradfathers: http://tinyurl.com/ykcuvbw #
• There are snow drifts in my driveway four and five feet high. I'm not going anywhere anytime soon. #
• Watching Mr. Bean with Gracie. #
• Mr. Morton is the subject of my sentence, and what the predicate says, he does. #
• Soreness. I haz it. #
• Dear Thunderbird,
  Good morning. Have trouble waking up, did we? Glad you could finally join us.
  Sincerely,
  Brad's other apps #

So this morning, Grace grabbed the mandolin by grandfather gave me. Jonathan grabbed the accordion Jen’s grandfather gave us. And they started to jam:

• Dear Vendors, #
• Dear Vendors,
  When you update your installation instructions, it's good practice to actually notify your customers.
  Thank you,
  Brad #

This is the best 419 scam email I’ve ever received. I’m so glad my spam filter didn’t catch it. Bonus points for an original take on a cliched genre. Email follow in its entirety.
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INTERNATIONAL POLICE AUTHORITY UNITED STATES SECTION (IPA)
Region No. 2 New York City
P.O. Box 804 Knickerbocker Station
New York City, New York 10002-0804 USA

We, office of the international police authority (IPA) hereby write to inform you that we caught a diplomatic lady called Mrs. Vernon Wallace at (John F Kennedy International Airport) here in New York with a consignment box filed with United State Dollars.

Meanwhile, base on our interview to the diplomat she said that the consignment box belongs to you, that she was sent by one Williams I. Luis to deliver the consignment box to your doorstep not knowing that the content of the box is money. The diplomat also said that her first transit in the state was at Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport Ohio.

Now, the diplomat is under detention in the office of (IPA) security, and we cannot release her until we carry out our proper investigation on how this huge amount of money managed to be yours before we will release her with the box.. So, in this regards you are to reassure and prove to us that the money you are about to receive is legal by sending us the Award Ownership Certificate showing that the money is not illegal.

Note, that the Award Ownership Certificate must to be secured from the office of the senate president in Nigeria, because that is the only office that will issue you the original Award Ownership Certificate of this funds, this is because the fund originated from Nigeria

You are advised to forward immediately the Award Ownership Certificate if you have it with you, but if you did not have it we will urge you to contact back the sender of the diplomat to help you secure the Award Ownership Certificate if at all you did not have it.

Below is the contact information of the person that sent the diplomat:

Name: Williams I. Luis

Email: williamluis60@yahoo.com

Phone: +23480-88-926-727

Furthermore, we are giving you only but 3 working business days to forward the requested Award Ownership Certificate. Please note that we shall get back to you after the 3 working business days, that if you didn’t come up with the certificate we shall confiscate the funds into World Bank account then charge you for money laundering, but if you forward the Award Ownership Certificate then we will release diplomat with your consignment box also gives you every back up on the money.

Thanks for your understanding and co-operation

Yours Truly,
I.P.A REGION NO:2

DCP. DOUGLAS H. KING

Cc: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI).

Cc: CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA).

New Year’s Day at the Rhine homestead, thanks to the bubble wrap from our new sectional.