The late arrival of today’s link roundup is actually a good thing, as it means I’m finally finished with the projects that have been occupying my every conscious moment. So, what’s next? Well, more big projects… More on that later, but for now… links! – You may have heard that I’m a big supporter of [...]

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Another busy week is winding down, and the combination of this pesky cold/flu/plague thing and that big assignment I keep mentioning has made the last few days feel like one long marathon of coughing, sneezing, and typing. (The lack of “sleep” in that list is intentional, I assure you.) A few people have asked me [...]

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Well, our three-weekend binge on college football concluded with Saturday’s game at West Point, and though it was a less than satisfying finale (for more reasons than just the final score), it’s nice to look at my upcoming calendar and see a few weekends without travel plans. Of course, the absence of travel plans really [...]

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A slow period on the site here generally means a busy week on the homefront, and that’s exactly what happened this week. I’m ridiculously excited about a new gig that finalized this week that’s the perfect balance of fun writing and good pay, and it should keep me even busier (in the best possible way) [...]

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Took a quick trip to Chicago over the weekend to see Northwestern University play Eastern Illinois and check out the city’s German-American Festival. (Football and beer? Sure, why not?) And since I didn’t have time to post a Friday Wrap-Up last week before I left, here’s an extra-large batch of links that were hanging out [...]

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Yes, I know it’s not actually Monday, but yesterday was a holiday and I like that title. So let’s just suspend disbelief for a little while, eh? As you might have seen here and on Twitter/Facebook, last weekend was a traveling weekend, with a trip out to Boston to see the Northwestern Wildcats (my wife’s [...]

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This was a fairly low-key week as far as weeks tend to go, but that’s usually the case right before three-day weekends. If you’re a football fan (and I know some of you are), you’ll want to keep an eye on the site here and my Twitter/Flickr feeds tomorrow, as Jessica and I are kicking [...]

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