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On more than one occasion, people have mentioned things like “I
have your cell number,” thinking that our phone number (774-490-7314)
was a cell number instead of a home number. My only guess is that
since the area code is 774, and the numbers Verizon gives land lines
are still in the 508 area code (I think), that it must be a phone number that
isn’t a land line, and thus a cell number. (Verizon owns most of the
508 area code, leaving the newer overlapping 774 number for newer
phone companies, like our VoIP provider.)

It continues to amaze me how often people get confused when I tell
them that my email address is
pete@cooperjr.name. I’ve
received comments like “You mean, .name.com?” and “What’s .name?”. I
had some issues setting things up with my hosting company since they
hadn’t handled a .name domain before.

The .name top-level-domain has been around for 3 years now, with
planning for it several years prior to that. What do people expect a
personal domain to end with? Am I really the only person who uses
it?

Illegal income. Illegal income, such as money from dealing illegal drugs, must be included in your income on Form 1040, line 21, or on Schedule C or Schedule C-EZ (Form 1040) if from your self-employment activity. — IRS Publication 17, Your Federal Income Tax

I think next year, I may just send email Christmas cards instead.

What a pain.

My grandma gave us some of my baby pictures as a Christmas present.

Yes, I’ve been using dual monitors since a very young age.

Yesterday, Jessi and I went to a Magic Grand Prix Trial with a Ravnica sealed deck format. Out of 40 players, Jessi came in 25th, but I went 4–2, coming in 10th, just missing the Top 8 booster draft. But I won more than I lost, and I did good enough to be in the prizes. It’s boosted my confidence in playing Magic enough that I think we’re going to take a short vacation to play in Grand Prix Richmond the first weekend of February. It should be fun at least, as there are a lot of events there, even if we don’t win anything.

It really frustrates me when I can put SQL query hints in to make queries go faster. I should not be able to make a better execution plan than the built-in optimizer.

I saw the new Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe movie last night in a special prescreening put on by the Worcester Collegiate Christian Network. I highly recommend it.

I’m an uncle!

We added one more thing to our home today…