A few weeks ago Lifehacker had a user photo contest for the coolest workspace. I meant to submit my photo, but the deadline came and went. But, who can really compete with this view? Sitting in my bay window, looking out onto the lush hardwood trees. This view really looks cool in the fall and in the winter after a snow/ice event.

But, for now, this is my little slice of heaven.

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I read Om Malik’s blog pretty frequently. For those of you who don’t who Om is, he is a writer for Business 2.0 magazine (and I think Wired too). But, he’s a good technology junkie and so am I, so I like reading his blog. The other day, he mentioned he was out in SLC and visited the team from Dooce.com. So, I checked it out, and found this funny. Apparently Dooce.com is a highly popular blog kept by a new mother and wife. She left the hussle of California, moved back to Utah to be close to family, and the end result is her blog.

I checked out her writings, and this one if funny. The results of a stressful day. How to self medicate with legal substances. Thought my Mormon acquaintences would appreciate.

**WARNING** The writer tends to use flowerly languange. (which lends to my mormon-release theory)

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I made a trip to Walmart today to pick up some necessities and some office supplies. As I was strolling through the aisles searching for office supplies, this booklet caught my eye. Right there with the day planners, graph paper, and accounting forms was a packet called “Get a Divorce – Do It Yourself”.

Wow! How far have we fallen? Apparently, for anonymoty, you can also order this online from their website. This blows my mind.

(sorry for the blurry photos. i apparently wasn’t holding my camera phone still)

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I caught a few minutes of this show the other day. You can really see that this guy is honestly hurting, wounded, and trying to heal. The clip below is 7.5 minutes long. But, in the last 45 seconds he talks about his biggest fear.

This is exactly how I feel right now. And, if you think about it, it’s probably a fear shared by nearly everyone. He also half heartedly jokes, “I certainly hope I’m not going to be the jerk, uncle, bachelor the rest of my life…” That was funny. Funny, sad, but true.

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I agreed to go back to work for JA Jones part time. I’m told it’s only for a 3 week stint, just to help some of the guys get uncovered.

Why did I agree to this???

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What a crazy week. But, things started moving in the right direction last night. Greg and I have been playing the free poker tournaments pretty regularly for the last 2 months or so. We try to play once a week. We’ve both played good and we’ve both had our bad nights.

Well, last night we attended a game which has a lot of great players. I would say there was about 50 or 60 players there. To make a long story short, I came in second place – which is awesome!! It’s so hard to make it to the last 10 players because everyone is pretty good in their own right. But, last night just was a good night for me. I played strong and smart.

I personally think I had a good chance of winning the entire thing. But, my opponent caught me on a small bluff. I pushed all in with just a pair of 6′s. He had a pair of J’s.

It was a good night. A lot of fun!

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