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Author: Richie Kennedy

  • Did you ever have one of those days….

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    What was intended to be a simple one-hour project to move 5 users around turned out to take 3. One of those hours was spent on just being able to perform a software upgrade.

  • back home

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    hit the house at ~1:30 this afternoon. Came home to a smelly basement. Had to completly change the kitty litter and sweep the litter box room

  • returning home

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    At Colby, Kansas tonight Parts of old US 24 are still maintained by the Colorado Department of Transportation, including a short segment east of Burlington apparatntly to access a CDOT maintaince facility. It’s hard to tell what part of the frontage road is state maintained, as the pavement is consistant, if a little rough, all…

  • Waning days

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    today, we returned to Elk Creek Station after having to check out of our first hotel for our second. We took the scenic route back to US 285 from Pine, which was a dirt road.

  • Jayhawks in Central City

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    Today, after picking up my KU hat that I left in Idaho Springs, we went over to Central City where my parents did a little gambling while my brother and I played video games. At lunch, we ran into a member of the Central City opera. He was a graduate of KU and observed my…

  • in the mountains

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    Today was spent enjoying the scenery of the mountains in southwestern Jefferson County, Colo. In particular, we stopped in to the small town of Pine, where a old high school friend of my mom is the proprieter of a bar on Jefferson County road 126 called the Elk Creek Station. We also took in the…

  • burnt toast

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    this morning, while having a contenential breakfast in the hotel, someone tried to toast their bread very dark. The burnt toast set off the fire alarm. My brother had to exit the hotel in his boxers. Better safe than sorry.

  • vacation notes

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    two days on the road…. we’ve made it to the Quality Suites at Evergreen Parkway on the west side of Denver. When fueling up in Wakeeney, the Phillips 66 station offered 89 Octane gas as regular, and 90 for midgrade. Ethanol fuel, anyone. At Goodland, several members of a car colector club happened to be…

  • Rain gauge

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    Got about .85 inches, with more on the way. However, I won’t be her to report it.

  • going on vacation

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    Tommorow Morning, I will be leaving on vacation with my parents. Our destination: Coloroado