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The Daily Doings of Steph

One of our neighbor moose spent some time with us this morning. This big guy is a an old man. Last night, we saw him walking across Spenard Road from Sunrise Bread to the pizza palor and he was moving very slowly. I told Peter that we should take him in to the vet. Peter […]

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Tuesdays are my work from home day. I do like the mix of one to two days per week of working home and the remainder of time in the office.
The big plus of working from home is more poochie time. Of course, the dogs mainly sleep. But they’re still great company.
Here’s a shot I took […]

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Yesterday, da Ski Boy, Tyge, Echo, and I embarked on a little expedition across the Lagoon. Our plan had been to walk the mile across - West to East - and then walk the bike trail up to West High School and through the neighborhood and back home. However, the snow on the lagoon was […]

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I am so late in getting these photos posted!!!! But, in early January, almost the entire Partnow Clan and various hangers-on (me) converged on St. Petersburg, Florida for Mike and Rachael’s wedding. We had a fantastic time - even though Florida was in the midst of a deep freeze. The ceremony was outside in the […]

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Via Eat Media and Fast Company, this wonderful graphic that surely seems to model the slatrat geek brain (well except for the games and cars).

As a proof of the great geek fit, here’s a picture of my desk at home
stacked up with all my goodies from last week’s trip to Disney World.
Note the Legos and […]

Read: I am Such a Geek »

Mom has moved her blog over to Wordpress and I have to say that it looks really nice. She selected a very handsome design. She’s also totally fallen in love with the Wordpress interface. Clean, easy to use, and really facilitates frequent blogging.
Mom just read Paul Johnson’s excellent biography of Winston Churchill, Churchill. The book […]

Read: Mom’s New Redesigned Blog and Churchhill! »

Sliding in a bit late for “My Best of 2009″ which will focus on books and tech. I’ve been doing the Kesler Awards, very informally, for the past 18 years. I keep thinking that I ought to come up with a little goodie for each year’s winners. Maybe a small piece of Alaska Native artwork […]

Read: The Kesler Awards for 2009 »