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Vital Statistics

Bike odometer: 1262

Aches & pains: Shoulders, lower back

Current reading: The Swift Programming Language

Recent listening: Very Bad Wizards, This American Life, Radiolab, Childish Gambino

Recent viewing: Barry, Westworld, SNL, The Handmaids Tale, NBA Playoffs

Recent playing: n/a

Recent events: Hired permanently, Thomas graduated college, new iPad mini 4 (128Gb)

Recently accomplished: Traveled to Indiana in April and May, 59 miles/week riding, compost harvest, new Marathon Plus tires on bike, cooked steaks with cast iron, treated lawn for weeds and moss

Imperative To Do: 100 miles/week riding, plant grass in bare spots, clean roof, manual insurance claims, pay bills, install AC

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Aches & pains: swollen left elbow, sore right shoulder, sore lower back

Current reading: Stack Overflow

Recent listening: Waking Up with Sam Harris, The Accidental Tech Podcast, Radiolab, This American Life, WTF with Marc Maron

Recent viewing: Saturday Night Live, The Looming Tower, The Last Man on Earth, Scandal, Billions, Homeland, Lost in Space, Transparent, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, Wakefield, Black Panther, The Slo Mo Show

Recent playing: starman

Recently accomplished: Took Butters to the vet, 30 miles a week riding, bought and returned rain jacket, bought new sandals, removed cherry tree

Imperative To Do: 100 miles/week riding, Dad’s Day at Depauw, plant grass in bare spots, revisit financial aid for 2018, compost, fix desk speakers

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Aches & pains: left shoulder

Current reading: Just Kids by Patti Smith

Recent listening: You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen, Olé Coltrane, Steamin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet, Let Me Get By by the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Peace Trail by Neil Young

Recent viewing: Goliath, Jim Gaffigan: Cinco, O Brother Where Art Thou, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, London Has Fallen, The Fall, 3%, The Sixties, Frank, Longmire

Recent playing: Mario Run

Recently accomplished: Paid bills, dumped US Bank

Imperative To Do: Change insurance agent, clean roof/gutters, fix HP printer, bariatric application, write Mother’s article

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Aches & pains: sciatica

Current reading: Programming iOS 9 by Matt Neuburg

Recent listening: The Jam, Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, The Stiff Records Box Set, The Buzzcocks, Elvis Costello, The Undertones, Squeeze, Oingo Boingo

Recent viewing: Luke Cage, The Daily Show, The Choice 2016, Presidential debate, VP debate, The Do-Over, Bloodline (S2), Stranger Things

Recent playing: Galcon Fusion

Recently accomplished: Installed latch for main gate, flora trimming, Grassination, replaced faltering laptop (MBP 2008 -> MBP 2011), replaced Tardis motherboard, weeding, mowing

Imperative To Do: Fix HP printer, close mortgage refinance, bariatric application, write Mother’s article, deck maintenance, birthday party

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Aches & pains: sciatica, left ankle, sunburn (head)

Current reading: n/a

Recent listening: Prince, Shades of Deep Purple, Yeezus

Recent viewing: The Daily Show, The Nightly Show, 11.22.63, Daredevil (Season 2)

Recent playing: Galcon Fusion

Recently accomplished: Compost harvest, paid bills, Monoprice RMA, updated resumé, logged iTunes bugs, Scion repairs

Imperative To Do: Install AC, fix HP printer, latches for gates, rake front yard, hose off back and front

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Aches & pains: sciatica, headache

Current reading: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

Recent listening: David Bowie

Recent viewing: CBGB, The Daily Show, The Nightly Show, 11.22.63, QI, Scandal, Parks & Recreation (final season), Billions, Better Call Saul, The Martian

Recent playing: Galcon Fusion

Recently accomplished: Replaced rain gutters & downspouts, paid parking tickets and transferred title to van

Imperative To Do: Fix HP printer, latches for gates, rake front yard, hose off back and front

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Aches & pains: sciatica

Current reading: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Recent listening: hard rock dive, Frank Zappa (trip CD)

Recent viewing: The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, The Last Man on Earth, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Homeland, Downton Abbey, The Walking Dead

Recent playing: Galcon Fusion

Recently accomplished: paid bills, unpacking, sold iPhones 5s

Imperative To Do: Laundry, deck, clean & vacuum office, latches for gates, winterizing

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Aches & pains: jaw muscle (healing after mouth infection)

Current reading: The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons

Recent listening: Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Townes Van Zandt, Blaze Foley, Shadows in the Night by Dylan, The Magnolia Electric Co., re: Bach by Lara St. John, Hozier, Little Big Music, Gris-Gris by Dr. John, AM by Arctic Monkeys

Recent viewing: The Tonight Show, Grimm, Parks & Recreation, SNL40, The Daily Show, Scandal, Resurrection, Inside Amy Schumer, Duct Tape Messiah, The Nightly Show, Marco Polo, 30 Days, The Bletchley Circle, QI

Recent playing: Kingdom Rush Frontiers

Recently accomplished: Cleaned laser printer kopen, started van, paid bills, server maintenance, spam cleanup

Imperative To Do: Contact Social Security, turn compost, fix blog CSS, send bike to Thomas

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Aches & pains: mildly sore lower back (lingering from last week)

Current reading: The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons

Recent listening: John Anderson, March 16-20, Underground Album, Kristofferson, Townes, Primus & the Chocolate Factory, Two and Three Part Inventions played by Glenn Gould, Unforgettable

Recent viewing: The Daily Show, Scandal, The Colbert Report, Homeland, The Walking Dead, Weeds, Orange Is the New Black, Continuum, Parks and Recreation (all seasons), The Following, Grimm, Quickdraw, Sonic Highways

Recent playing: Kingdom Rush Frontiers

Recently accomplished: n/a

Imperative To Do: Ride bike, contact Social Security, turn compost, fix blog CSS, send bikes to Thomas

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Aches & pains: various bruises of unknown origin

Current reading: The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons

Recent listening: When the Sun Goes Down, Century of the Blues, Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon, Mississippi John Hurt, Taj Mahal, Hoodoo Man Blues, Queen, No New York

Recent viewing: Inside Man, Last Week with John Oliver, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, The Beatles Anthology, Her, August: Osage County, The Armstrong Lie, Metallica Through The Never, The Punk Singer, Muscle Shoals

Recent playing: 2048

Recently accomplished: Laundry, started transition from CenturyLink, wrote MP3 disc explanation, pulled dandelions

Imperative To Do: Ride bike, finish CenturyLink transition, clean roof and gutters, contact Social Security, turn compost, plant grass, mow front and back, pull weeds, moss control