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+ 1 - 4 | § ¶My Upcoming Week, Nov. 1-7

Monday

Work

7th Heaven

Everwood

Tuesday

Vote

Work

Election coverage on various networks and/or DVDs

Listening to WRBU (DJ Roo's Funtime Hours)

Wednesday

Work

Smallville: "Jinx"

The West Wing: "Third-Day Story"

CSI: NY: "A Man a Mile"

Psi Phi meeting

Thursday

Work

The O.C. (season premiere)

Drew Carey's Green Screen Show (tape delay)

CSI: CSI: "What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?"

Friday

Work

Joan of Arcadia: "P.O.V."

Star Trek: Enterprise: "Cold Station 12" (with Brent Spiner) (tape delay)

JAG: "This Just in From Baghdad"

Saturday

(perhaps?) Work

Lost: Episodes 6 and 7: "House of the Rising Son" and "The Moth"

Sunday

Church

The Simpsons: This Year's Week-After-Halloween Episode

Boston Legal

Repeats of "Whose Line is it Anyway?", "Futurama", and "Family Guy" are not listed here.

davidh

+ 3 - 2 | § ¶Electoral ponderings

In Illinois this year, one person's vote for either George W. Bush or John Kerry is extremely unlikely to make a difference in the outcome of the election, which, according to every major poll over the past several months, will be that Illinois' 21 electoral votes will go for Kerry. So now it's time to think strategically. . . (more)

+ 4 - 1 | § ¶My trip to Chicago, day one

Here's a recap of my trip to Chicago, day one...

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+ 4 - 1 | § ¶Quick update

Left Peoria at 6:40am Monday.

Traffic accident in Chicago around 9:55am (Monday). Everybody fine, small damage.

More to come later.

davidh

+ 4 - 1 | § ¶My Upcoming Week, Oct. 25-31

Plus a revised schedule for Sunday.

Sunday, October 24

Church

Laundry, packing

Boston Legal

Monday

Wake up extremely early

Leave for Chicago quite early

Conference, Day One

7th Heaven (tape delay)

Everwood (tape delay)

CSI: Miami: "Hell Night" (tape delay)

Tuesday

Conference, Day Two

Drive home, with stop in Bloomington-Normal

NCIS: "The Bone Yard" (tape delay)

Listening to WRBU (DJ Roo's Funtime Hours)

Wednesday

Work

Smallville: "Transference"

The West Wing: "The Birnam Wood"

CSI: NY: "Grand Master" (delayed from last week)

Psi Phi meeting

Thursday

Work

Survivor

Drew Carey's Green Screen Show (tape delay)

CSI: CSI: "Swap Meet"

Friday

Work

Joan of Arcadia: "Wealth of Nations"

Star Trek: Enterprise: "Borderland" (with Brent Spiner) (tape delay)

JAG: "A Whole New Ballgame"

Saturday

(perhaps?) Work

(perhaps?) Psi Phi movie marathon

Sunday

Church

The Simpsons: Last Year's Halloween Episode

Boston Legal

The unpredictable, the inexplicable, and the some other five-syllable word that ends in an "ic(t)able" sound are omitted from the list.

davidh

+ 2 - 3 | § ¶Words of wisdom

Unbuttered popcorn + spoonful of refrigerated butter != buttered popcorn.

Unbuttered popcorn + spoonful of refrigerated butter == gooey mess.

davidh

+ 2 - 3 | § ¶The streak concludeth

Yep, it's over. I redeemed my Pepsi cap today and got two bottles... neither one is a winner.

I think it was not my post yesterday that jinxed it, but rather Peter's warning about jinxing it that jinxed it. Silly self-fulfilling prophecies. :-)

davidh

+ 2 - 3 | § ¶I'm on a streak!

Last Friday, I got a 20 oz. bottle of Pepsi from a vending machine. When I opened it, I found that the cap had "Buy Dew or Pepsi 20oz Get 1 Free" printed on the inside. So Monday, I redeemed the cap in the cafeteria with lunch, getting two Pepsis for the price of one. Inside the cap of one of the bottles was another winning message.

Then on Tuesday, I went to the little kiosk at work (since the vending machines don't take coupons) and got two more. One of the two was a winner. Wednesday, I redeemed that cap and got two more. One was a winner. Today, I redeemed that cap and got two more. And guess what. Yep, one of those two was a winner.

So I'm currently on a streak of five wins out of the last nine bottles, or five wins out of the last five purchases. That's much better than the one-in-six odds printed on the label.

How long can the streak continue? We'll see.

davidh

+ 1 - 4 | § ¶A little trip

It looks like next Monday and Tuesday, I'll be in Chicago for a conference for work. Since this will be in downtown Chicago, and the conference starts Monday morning, I will most likely be heading up there Sunday night, and returning Tuesday afternoon.

Should be interesting.

I probably won't be able to write about the conference itself, but if there are any interesting events on the way up or back, I might write about them.

davidh

+ 2 - 3 | § ¶Construction nearing completion

Well, one portion of it is, anyway... as we all know, construction is eternal. :-)

According to Upgrade 74, this Wednesday, the three closed I-74 on-/off-ramps at Gale Ave. will be re-opening, the new center lanes of Gale will be opening, and the last I-74 on-ramp at University will re-open. These three things will make driving a lot easier for me, and it'll cut my commuting time in half. (Okay, so it'll take it from about ten minutes to about five minutes, but still, that's pretty nice. :-) )

This makes me very happy.

[Looks like my prediction on October 5th was correct.]

davidh

+ 2 - 3 | § ¶Minute-Man to the Rescue!

This Wednesday, I'll be taking the minutes at the Psi Phi meeting, as Kristen will be otherwise occupied that evening. Looks like I'll be staying up late Wednesday night getting them finished up.

Interestingly enough, this will make the fifth officer (if we include Jeff among the officers) to miss a meeting this semester. And when I skip the November 17th meeting (the first meeting I'll've missed since February, 1999), to go down to Alabama for Aaron's wedding, that'll be six. Jon is the only officer left with the potential to be at all meetings this semester.

davidh

+ 2 - 3 | § ¶My Upcoming Week, Oct. 18-24

Plus a revised schedule for Sunday.

Sunday, October 17

Church

Star Trek: Enterprise: "Storm Front, Part II" (Sunday repeat)

Boston Legal

Farscape: "The Peacekeepers Wars" (part 1)

Monday

Work

7th Heaven

CSI: Miami: "Legal"

Farscape: "The Peacekeepers Wars" (part 2)

Tuesday

Work

NCIS: "Lt. Jane Doe"

Listening to WRBU (DJ Roo's Funtime Hours)

Wednesday

Work

Smallville: "Run"

The West Wing: "NSF Thurmont" (season premiere)

CSI: NY: "Grand Master"

Psi Phi meeting

Thursday

Work

U.S. Senate Debate: Barack Obama and Alan Keyes, on WHOI

(perhaps) Survivor (tape delay)

CSI: CSI: "Crow's Feet"

Friday

Work

Joan of Arcadia: "The Election"

Star Trek: Enterprise: "Home" (tape delay)

Saturday

(perhaps?) Work

No particular TV plans

Sunday

Church

Boston Legal

Time spent as a study buddy is excluded from the schedule.

davidh

+ 4 - 1 | § ¶Local churches vandalized, robbed

The evening of Tuesday, October 12, three churches on N. Allen Road in northern Peoria--Northwoods Community Church (10700 N. Allen Rd.), Woodland Baptist Church (6915), and Redeemer Lutheran Church (6801)--were broken into, vandalized, and robbed. The church office at Woodland was significantly damaged, and cash and the pastor's computer were stolen. Several doors and windows at Redeemer were smashed, and again, cash and a computer were taken. The preschool at Redeemer had to be shut down Wednesday for cleanup. Details are not yet available about the damage and loss at Northwoods.

This story didn't show up on any Peoria media website until Thursday night, when WMBD reported it, although they didn't mention the Northwoods break-in at all, and included very few details about Woodland. WEEK and WHOI don't yet have articles about it. The Journal Star doesn't yet, either.

davidh

+ 3 - 2 | § ¶So, anyway...

Now that that's out of the way, it's back to blog as usual. In this post: Sunday friend time, the Enterprise premiere, a new project, some thanks, and the future. Plus, I answer a few of the most commonly asked questions...

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+ 10 - 8 | § ¶Post 200: The big announcement...

I'm gay.

davidh

+ 1 - 4 | § ¶My Upcoming Week, Oct. 11-17

Monday

Work

7th Heaven

Everwood

CSI: Miami: "Murder in a Flash"

Tuesday

Work

NCIS: "Vanished"

Frankenstein, new TV movie on USA

Psi Phi: CRC on-line chat (10:00pm)

Wednesday

Work

Smallville: "Devoted"

(perhaps) Lost: "Walkabout" (tape delay)

Presidential Debate on C-SPAN (partial)

Psi Phi meeting

Thursday

Work

Survivor

(perhaps?) Drew Carey's Green Screen Show (tape delay)

CSI: CSI: "Harvest"

Friday

Work

Odyssey 5: "Rage" and "Fossil" (series finale) (tape delay)

Joan of Arcadia: "The Cat"

JAG: "Retrial"

Saturday

No particular plans

Sunday

Church

Star Trek: Enterprise: "Storm Front, Part II" (Sunday repeat)

(perhaps?) Jack and Bobby

Boston Legal

Time spent talking to people about #200 is not specifically listed here.

davidh

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+ 3 - 2 | § ¶Grab Bag

[Updated 1:30pm]
Even more assorted items. . . (more)

+ 0 - 5 | § ¶Hey, listen to me!

I was on the radio Tuesday night. Well, the on-line radio, anyway. But still, cool! . . . (more)

+ 2 - 4 | § ¶Legos and Boxes and Ramps, Oh My!

Topics of the day: Illness, Legos, cleaning, and ramps. . . (more)

+ 4 - 2 | § ¶My Upcoming Week, Oct. 4-10

Monday

Work

7th Heaven

Everwood

CSI: Miami: "Under the Influence"

Tuesday

Work

NCIS: "Good Wives Club"

Vice-Presidential Debate on C-SPAN

Psi Phi: CRC on-line chat (10:00pm)

Wednesday

Work

Smallville: "Façade"

(maybe?) Lost: "Tabula Rasa" (tape delay)

CSI: NY: "American Dreamers"

Psi Phi meeting

Thursday

Work

Survivor

(perhaps?) Drew Carey's Green Screen Show (series premiere)

CSI: CSI: "Down the Drain"

Friday

Work

Odyssey 5: "Follow the Leader" and "Half-Life" (tape delay)

Joan of Arcadia: "Back to the Garden"

Presidential Debate on C-SPAN

Saturday

Local performance of "The Sound of Music" (with Marty)

Sunday

Announcement

Church

Star Trek: Enterprise: "Storm Front, Part I" (local repeat airing) (season premiere)

(perhaps?) Jack and Bobby

Boston Legal (series premiere) (Star Trek's William Shatner, Stargate's James Spader)

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davidh

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