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Scott Adams, who write Dilbert, also has a blog. Some days, it’s just too damn funny, like today’s entry about the death of al-Zarqawi. This is a classic yet rare win-win-win-win scenario. The new Iraqi government is happy because he’s dead. The Americans are happy because he’s dead. Even his friends and coworkers are happy….

… but BuffaloGeek’s heartfelt post made me do it. Mostly because our stories are eerily similar – both involve geeks, wonderful women named Amanda, and an anniversary. Amanda and I had started dating in the late summer of 2001, so we were still really just getting to know each other. Of course everyone was a…

Each 4th of July party at our house is headlined by a smoked turkey. We usually pick an extra one (or three) up around Thanksgiving when they’re insanely cheap and keep it socked away in the freezer until a week before the 4th, when the defrosting process begins. This year’s bird was 19 lbs, and…