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I found that after not having ran for over a month, very little has
changed. I had to slow down twice because I thought I was having a
hear attack, but other than that it was surprisingly easy going :)

It's been a while, so I figured this week can start with the first
song that made me not hate the fact that I'm not still in bed...
Enjoy!

Mo' fo cat, hiroshima's bird feeder, forced me to remove bird from jaw. (Bird said thanks, continued to eat the shit out of the feeder).

Most folks know I'm a software developer at RIM within networking development. One of the projects I've been involved in is making software that automates our most common tasks. The API of the main tool that I write software against contained an easter egg, whereby if you sent the command "show monkey", an image of a monkey appeared in ASCII art. I thought it was cute, so I incorporated it into my  software when the user completes a change on our production network successfully using my software. It quickly turned into a competition in the 24x7 operations department that uses my software to see how many monkeys each person could rack up. I found the following on the wall of one of their cubes. It's an excellent lesson in adoption.  The simple act of a displaying a dancing monkey when my app exists successfully has done a phenomenal job of getting my users ensure they pay attention to the software they're using and providing accurate user input.

I thought this was awesome. Also, this track rocks.

Laurie has been begging me to finish her garden and finally after 3
weeks of figuring out how to make it work, it's done! The hard part
was determining how to not ruin the fence that I built last month. I
had to run a retaining wall down the fence side. I built it from
eight 4x4x12s, (approx $100) and reinforced it with iron T-bars
(free). The triple mix was from Meadow Acres, I borrowed a truck and
bought 3 cubic yards in bulk ($94). The 3 stones were also from
Meadow acres and delivered (dumped off a truck onto my lawn) was $300.
 The plants were either transplanted from the front (now a complete
catastrophe) or purchased from York Nursery ($68 with my 40%
discount).

 All said and done it was a great way to spend $550 on a weekend
project :) I love that it's tax deductible, too!

 Next up - building a gate...