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Guys! We are older and wiser now. Maybe we should bring back the blog!

Peruano

Hi There,

I just got back from a 1.5 week long trip to Peru and have got to say, wow! The country is historically chock full of interesting historical sites, is considered to arguably be the culinary capital of South America (though, as a vegetarian this point may have been lost on me), and is filled with incredible natural vistas. I won't go into too much detail on my trip, but wanted to point out an interesting observation:

Peruvians Run:
Some people run for exercise. Horses run for money. Chris Kantos runs for fun (and for St. Patrick). But Peruvians run for another reason altogether: regular transportation. It is apparently totally normal for Cusquenos to run from place to place as a mode of transport. Suits, dresses, whatever. People just run to their next location--and none of them seemed particularly late for anything. It's just what they do. Why walk when you can get their a bit quicker with a nice jog I suppose? The only other time I can think of someone doing this was that kid that lived on the 3rd floor of Hill Hall Freshman year.

Journaling

I've always thought it would be fun to do journaling. There's only one problem: that's a broad category. What would I do? Write fiction? Write down ideas? My mother and sister practice journaling by writing down good bands names they think of, like Untainted Bubbles (admittedly, they're not all that good). The also write down ideas for inventions, like the Life-Sized Chocolate Man, a must have for any single woman.

I've decided to start simple. I rather superficially write down my days' activities on our house calendar. It's not terribly philosophic or deep, but I find it useful surprisingly frequently. Last Friday, Steve and I were trying to figure out when the last day we had seen each other was. We couldn't. I looked it up on the calendar, and--voila!--there is was.

Here's a little breakdown of my month of June:

• 17 days at work at Lime Brokerage
  
• 1 day working from home/the iPhone line
  
• 1 day in Connecticut
  
• 4 days in Rochester/Syracuse
  
• 2 days in Vermont
  
• 146 miles of biking
  

With the calendar in mind, I thought of other stats I could easily gather:

• Number of items "read" on Google Reader: 4,489
  
• Number of items shared on Google Reader: 75
  
• Number of personal e-mails sent: 29
  
• Number of work e-mails sent: 183
  

I think journaling in any form is a valuable activity, because one can forget to remember what they do in the blur of life. It'll be nice to have these calendars to look back on some day. Hopefully it'll provide some modicum of reassurance that my twenties weren't entirely wasted!

We have to go back...

It's been a year!
A lot of people decide to come back to the game after a year away (multiple times if your last name is Jordan). Why not us? Y'all have smart phones now, you could blog on the run?

What's that? Tweeting has replaced blogging you say? Nonsense. 140 characters is not nearly enough for our wordiness.

Two Thumbs Up

What does the phrase "a thumbs up" mean? I did some haphazard Googling, and always found it written "a thumbs up," rather than "a thumb's up." However, it seems like giving a thumbs-up means only one thumb is up, so it should be a thumb-up. My theory is it should actually be a thumb's up, using up like a noun as he "The basketball player has mad ups."

You can never be too nice.

I saw this earlier today. Since one of my favorite words is "niiiiiiiiiice," I figured I'd do the same thing.

# 'i's	Word	# Hits
1	nice	602 mil
2	niice	693000
3	niiice	684000
4	niiiice	497000
5	niiiiice	175000
6	niiiiiice	107000
7	niiiiiiice	65600
8	niiiiiiiice	47300
9	niiiiiiiiice	38000
10	niiiiiiiiiice	29700
11	niiiiiiiiiiice	24100
12	niiiiiiiiiiiice	19500
13	niiiiiiiiiiiiice	16400
14	niiiiiiiiiiiiiice	15400
15	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	11800
16	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	9150
17	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	11000
18	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	7180
19	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	6190
20	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	5240
21	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	5260
22	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	4130
23	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	3820
24	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	3150
25	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	2920
26	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	2640
27	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	2250
28	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	2470
29	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	1840
30	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	1620
31	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	1450
32	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	1400
33	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	1280
34	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	1160
35	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	1200
36	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	829
37	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	713
38	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	1030
39	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	664
40	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	512
41	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	543
42	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	463
43	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	291
44	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	283
45	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	421
46	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	307
47	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	240
48	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	157
49	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	713
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58	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	463
59	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	302
60	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	796
61	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	326
62	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	176
63	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	264
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65	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	296
66	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	241
67	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	181
68	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	180
69	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	206
70	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	160
71	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	177
72	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	216
73	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	165
74	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	194
75	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	212
76	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	130
77	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	82
78	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	85
79	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	60
80	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	107
81	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	96
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83	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	59
84	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	141
85	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	53
86	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	41
87	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	127
88	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	53
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94	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	62
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99	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	0
100	niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice	0

The other day at work, I was hungry and decided to go downstairs and get a quick snack. I grabbed a fistful of change from my desk drawer, hoping to finally make use of it. When I reached the register, my snack ended up being $1.67. I reached into my pocket and to my amazement, I had, in fact, randomly picked up exactly 67 cents. No more, no less. How awesome is that?

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I left my ATM card in the ATM machine. Twice in two months...not a good track record.