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9/8/2009

• We finally joined the rest of the world and signed up for Netflix. The Watch Instantly feature is pretty sweet as we can stream movies through our Tivo, and the turnaround time on DVD’s is about a day. Now, if we only had enough time to watch stuff.
• To facilitate that streaming, we upgraded our FIOS service to a pretty ridiculous speed for not a whole lot more per month. And luckily, we’re getting even higher speeds than we’re paying for.
• We are currently drowning in tomatoes. Not only are our own plants producing more than we can handle, our CSA is dumping a giant bag of them on us every week. I can’t really complain too much as I’ll be pining away for these days once the winter comes. Tomato soup, tomato salad, tomato sauce, anyone?
• Almost every hinge on our kitchen cabinets has broken over the past two years. They have these stupid pieces of plastic in them that make them stay closed, so as soon as those break, the doors won’t stay closed. Brilliant design, right? I’ve slowly been replacing them with new ones, and what a difference it makes. Doors that actually stay closed! What a novelty.
• It took us all summer, but we finally made it down to Duxbury Beach this past weekend. Man, I love that beach. Easy to get to, easy to park, it’s never crowded, clean bathrooms, ice cream, and wide sandy beaches.
• Continuing with our action-packed weekend, we hit up Drumlin Farm on Sunday. Sheep and chickens and goats and pigs and horses and cows and gardens and hayrides and mice and birds and deer. And a cow named Tess. Great place.
• I finally cashed in my birthday gift of a custom-fit dress shirt from ProperCloth. No shirts seem to fit me right, so I hope to slowly start collecting custom-made shirts that will last me a long time.
• A ginormous new Whole Foods opened up near work, which I am very happy about. Not only does it make it very convenient to pick up stuff during the week, but it gives me some nice new lunch options. I could care less about the CEO’s political views. I love me some Whole Foods.
• As much as I love GMail and my iPhone, the two don’t always play so well together. The biggest thing that it’s lacking is mail that is immediately pushed to your phone, but GPush solves that. It works beautifully (at least for me), and it was $0.99 well spent.

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