Tuesday, 12 February 2008

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My Amazon wishlist worked well

For the few months before my birthday this year, I updated my

Amazon.com wishlist regularly. This paid off big-time, as I got almost

more, they all commented on how efficient this was, saying I was

I got a bunch of cool stuff: A Rumor of War, One L: The Turbulent True

Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School, The Poker Face of Wall

Street, Blue Ocean Strategy, Made to Stick, 2Pac's Greatest Hits,

Profit: The Complete Series, Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will

Ferrell, and a few offline things.

I've got reading for a while now ;) Thanks everyone.

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Moving and birthday season

As previously noted, Alli and I moved houses a couple of weeks ago.

After that, we had a big yard sale to get rid of unwanted items, and

then gave a whole bunch of stuff to charity. Earlier this week

(September 5th) was my birthday, and we're still celebrating it this

weekend with a bunch more friends. So it's been very busy, and I

haven't been blogging.

I love this time of year though. Fall is right around the corner, and

you can feel it in the air some days. It's crisper and cooler. Of

course, yesterday was still hot and humid, as is today, so we're not

firmly in the fall season yet.

Moving takes up a lot of energy, although for the first time in my

life I think we did a great job of pre-packing and getting rid (via

charity or trash) of many items *before* the move. That was key: the

movers had a much easier job, which they did much more quickly, and we

had less items to unpack.

The yard sale was an interesting experience. It's a good amount of

work, since we had many items to sell, but it was rewarding. We made

more cash than I thought we would, by a significant margin, and met a


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