Initially when I sat down to write, I was expecting to write about finding a passionate work life.Then I realized — it’s Friday, and in my “things to blog” list I have gathered several random, pointless, pieces of information. I was trying to think of a post that would be clever and weave these little [...]

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new ikea lights in our living room
watching my boyfriend with friends
getting the job thing going
spring flowers blooming
my new laptop table

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So a few weeks ago, Lapster and I stared to have a debate (I would call it a fight – he would call it a debate). I started telling him that I wanted to show him “my new favorite Hack.” He told me I was using the word incorrectly, but I thought I [...]

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Hi everyone, Lapster here with something scientific that deserves recognition. In the world of energy production, nothing comes close to being 100% efficient. The short concept behind that is that when you make one kind of energy (electricity, for example) you always disperse energy in the process. Hydro-electricity, the grand pappy of electrical generation here [...]

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This week my grandparents have been married for 63 years. Yes, that’s right 63 years. Which seems like a lifetime to me – literally — since I am turning 30 this year. Just to put this into perspective here are a few events from 1944 the year they were married:

World War II: [...]

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