{"id":244,"date":"2010-01-04T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T17:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmcrampton.com\/?p=244"},"modified":"2021-03-18T23:14:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T03:14:55","slug":"thoughts-from-the-day-job-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=244","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts from the Day Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brought some delicious Traverse City cherry coffee to work today.  Got it at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shophorrocks.com\/\">Horrocks<\/a>, ground it in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrcoffeestore.com\/detail\/COF+IDS77\">Nikki&#8217;s white elephant gift from the Cramptons<\/a> (which ended up being mine, because she spoils me something fierce), brewed it in my coffee maker, and brought it to work in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stanley-pmi.com\/shop\/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=10-01032-001\">my white elephant gift from the Cramptons<\/a>.  Did I mention that it&#8217;s damn tasty?<\/p>\n<p>I spent most of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microcenter.com\/\">Micro Center<\/a> gift card that I got from my parents.  Let&#8217;s see if I can tick off the ways in which I spoiled myself:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/microcenter.com\/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0307898\">EVE Online<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/microcenter.com\/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0291228\">Logitech ClearChat Premium PC<\/a> headset<\/li>\n<li>3-pack of compressed air cans<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/microcenter.com\/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0295078\">USB Jump Drive wallet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Still have a bit left on the card, for future miscellaneous geekery.<\/p>\n<p>Horoscope for 23 Dec 2009:<br \/>\nTAURUS (April 20-May 20): According to astronomer Mark Whittle, the Big Bang began in silence. Soon it crescendoed into a majestic major third chord 50 octaves below middle A. Then it transformed, over the course of a million years, into a wistful minor third chord. In my vision of the first two-thirds of 2010, the music of your life will have a similar pattern: It begins with silence. Next, it progresses into a lush major feel, with spirited and complex contrapuntal themes. Then in June, it evolves into a dreamy, contemplative phase. By late September, however &#8212; unlike the Big Bang &#8212; you will move into a third act, in which the music of your life returns to the lively mood it had at the start, only now with the gravitas that the reflective phase has instilled.<\/p>\n<p>Horoscope for 30 Dec 2009:<br \/>\nTAURUS (April 20-May 20): My Taurus friend Jill had a dream in which she stopped by a blackberry bush on a summer afternoon. All the ripe blackberries were too high on the bush, just out of reach. She stood there gazing longingly up at them for a long time. Finally three people in medieval garb came by, as if having stepped out of a deck of Tarot cards &#8212; a warrior, magician, and priestess. &#8220;I really want those blackberries,&#8221; she said to them. &#8220;Could you give me a boost?&#8221; They stooped down to make their backs available. She climbed up, but still couldn&#8217;t reach the berries. &#8220;Oh well, we tried,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Follow us,&#8221; said the priestess, and she did. After a while they came to another bush whose blackberries were lower and easy to pluck. Then the four shared the feast. After analyzing the omens for 2010, Taurus, I&#8217;ve come to the conclusion that Jill&#8217;s dream is an apt metaphor for your best possible destiny in 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brought some delicious Traverse City cherry coffee to work today. 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