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Brian O'Leary
Citizen
Username: Brianoleary
Post Number: 357
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 4, 2002 - 12:02 pm: |     |
Actually, I can e-mail myself now. That may be the best thing for me to spend my time doing, too...
Just now, I saw that my MOL "flag" (who's posting) now includes punctuation. Harkening back to the start of the thread... thankey  |
Dave Ross
Supporter
Username: Dave
Post Number: 3121
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 4, 2002 - 12:26 pm: | |
You've activated your profile! *I* even don't know how to do that!
(sitting in stunned silence)
I guess people can log into their profiles and switch it on, but should be forewarned that it will expose their real names. (Now we know who Brianoleary is.) |
Dave Ross
Supporter
Username: Dave
Post Number: 3122
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 4, 2002 - 12:27 pm: | |
A ha! I guess there's something for the Member Area that's tweaked to show profiles. |
Brian O'Leary
Citizen
Username: Brianoleary
Post Number: 360
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 4, 2002 - 1:11 pm: | |
I'm just auditioning for a change in status... ess-ben-wah-like, or such Once I decided to turn on my cookies, I became a juggernaut. or maybe a jugger-not. |
Brian O'Leary
Citizen
Username: Brianoleary
Post Number: 497
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, June 28, 2002 - 1:00 pm: | |
Here it is, the end of June, and as a person who periodically works at home, I am grateful for the change in the weather. For Father's Day, I was surprised with tickets to the final round of the U.S. Open at Bethpage, a spectacle all around and some good golf as well. Along with graduations at SOMS and CHS, that was the highlight.
I am also ruminating on the meaning of 500 posts. Bobk would counsel that I need..... counseling, and he should know. Now that we are all "citizens" (does this confirm the socialist accusations bandied about for MOL, or does it merely parody them?), the number of posts is no longer what it briefly became: competitive. This made me reflect: Have I used my posts wisely? For the betterment of humankind? Without fear or favor? To make Wendy laugh?
Okay, enough reflection. Hope you all are starting an enjoyable summer. |
Dave Ross
Supporter
Username: Dave
Post Number: 3238
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, June 28, 2002 - 1:31 pm: | |
Definitely a good thing about the weather. I much prefer the attic fan to the a/c. As for post counts....
<-------- take a look at this madness |
Hank Zona
Citizen
Username: Hankzona
Post Number: 232
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, June 28, 2002 - 2:08 pm: | |
Somebody toss Brian a few madeleines...or the lyrics to "Once in a Lifetime". |
Wendy
Citizen
Username: Wendy
Post Number: 358
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, June 29, 2002 - 12:41 pm: | |
Brian if I may be so bold as to answer your questions: yes, yes, yes and definitely yes. |
Brianoleary
Citizen
Username: Brianoleary
Post Number: 501
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Monday, July 1, 2002 - 8:50 am: | |
Dave, if I start writing about the ladybug crawling over the CD writer, you'll know that I am .. uh oh.
Hank... lol and thanks. Borrowing the phrase, then: "How did I get here?"
And Wendy, thanks greatly, especially for the laughs. I also appreciate your keeping me posted about when you need a haircut. We appear to be on the same cycle, although I seem to have a lot less at stake .... |
Brianoleary
Citizen
Username: Brianoleary
Post Number: 629
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002 - 12:03 pm: | |
Now that the heat has broken (again), I can return to the safe haven of the teeny home office and type ... Two of the last four weeks have been water-side vacations, helping with the heat, but those vacation weeks pass too quickly.
It may be a sign of advancing age, but I actually said out loud yesterday that another summer like this and I'll install air conditioning. Even with the ceiling fans on high, the recent weather made sleeping difficult. If you see me asking George B* for advice on installing central air, you'll know it is time for an intervention.
*That's Berkeley, not Bush. |
Dave
Supporter
Username: Dave
Post Number: 3380
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, August 8, 2002 - 11:21 pm: | |
Brian,
I need to tap your expertise on how to be self-employed AND take a vacation. In place of a get-away vacation this summer I'm going to buy a new Mac at least. Have you been to the Apple Store in Short Hills yet? Do they do "configurations while you wait"? |
Brianoleary
Citizen
Username: Brianoleary
Post Number: 647
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, August 9, 2002 - 9:57 am: | |
I've been to the Apple Store (twice!) and bought software, a router and that great David Pogue book. I haven't yet been bold enough to buy something they configure (although the Titanium series Powerbooks are hugely tempting), so I don't know if they do it while you wait. They certainly have enough staff roaming around to make it so.
The vacation thing is easier (and harder) when you have family to pull you places. We've had our share of summers without taking time off, and it took a toll. Since then, we've resolved to do something each summer, even if it's a few three- or four-day weekend, to make the most of the time and temperature that has been given us.
Golf is another story |
Brianoleary
Citizen
Username: Brianoleary
Post Number: 661
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, August 9, 2002 - 4:17 pm: | |
Speaking of golf, I've not done much since attending the last round of the U.S. Open at Bethpage. I was humbled enough by what I saw that I put away the clubs for a month, then played just once each week while on vacation in Connecticut and the Cape.
So it was with some trepidation that I returned to my "home" course (East Orange, strangely located in Short Hills) the other day. The weather and an eerie calmness lifted me to a personal best (39-44-83), the first time I've been below 40 for a nine. Bronze me now and never let me play again |
Brianoleary
Citizen
Username: Brianoleary
Post Number: 784
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 4, 2002 - 2:17 pm: | |
So, here it is September, school is back in (at least for the youngest one; wait until tomorrow for the full boat) and even the weather is trending toward manageable. After enduring a summer of brown, we woke up on Monday to find that the recent rains had left our lawn looking almost respectable. I'm knee-deep in organizing files and memorabilia (a pet project that dates back to the ... well, I'd rather not say) and I've come across some great stuff: old letters from friends, notes from my family about getting into the high school I attended, the Boston Globe coverage of man's first landing on the moon, and more. I guess I have been a collector from way back. |
Brian O'Leary
Citizen
Username: Brianoleary
Post Number: 828
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 5:01 pm: | |
I started this thread with a lament for personal punctuation, so my hat goes off to Dave for letting me have it back. I wrote him a note to say that I actually had a tinge of regret putting the compound "brianoleary" on the back burner. I guess life is what you get used to. |
Brian O'Leary
Citizen
Username: Brianoleary
Post Number: 939
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 2, 2002 - 2:54 pm: | |
Who else in town loves when the weather cools off enough to let the impatiens just explode? |
Dave Ross
Supporter
Username: Dave
Post Number: 3705
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 2, 2002 - 3:13 pm: | |
Are they supposed to explode? We have them near the house, so I'm worried.
I just removed the air conditioner from my office window, so I'm sure we're in for some 90 degree weather soon. |
Brian O'Leary
Citizen
Username: Brianoleary
Post Number: 1057
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 11:11 pm: | |
Hey, Dave, I have been away for a while and I missed this joke when you first posted it... and it was really good Sorry for the delayed gratification!
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Brian O'Leary
Citizen
Username: Brianoleary
Post Number: 1135
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2003 - 4:20 pm: | |
So we have migrated from impatiens to daffodils and tulips. Here's to the end of the winter of our desk content. |
Brian O'Leary
Citizen
Username: Brianoleary
Post Number: 1235
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, April 12, 2003 - 6:58 pm: | |
Who knew that snow would re-insert itself before the spring flowers bloomed? |
Brian O'Leary
Citizen
Username: Brianoleary
Post Number: 1351
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 7, 2003 - 9:37 am: | |
Our oldest just received his first SAT scores... any other parents out there feel like me, that this is one of those moments that seems to mark the beginning of the end of one stage of life
www.opensouthorange.com
Vote Line B on May 13th |
Brian O'Leary
Citizen
Username: Brianoleary
Post Number: 1631
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Monday, April 26, 2004 - 1:31 pm: | |
Our oldest just decided on a college ... another one of those moments that seem to mark the end of an era. |
mrosner
Citizen
Username: Mrosner
Post Number: 1217
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Monday, April 26, 2004 - 1:34 pm: | |
Brian: Are you going to share with us what college?
Congratulations.
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LibraryLady(ncjanow)
Citizen
Username: Librarylady
Post Number: 1390
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, April 26, 2004 - 2:00 pm: | |
Wait till it's your youngest that leaves! |
Brian O'Leary
Citizen
Username: Brianoleary
Post Number: 1634
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Monday, April 26, 2004 - 4:39 pm: | |
He decided to attend Skidmore, which is in Saratoga Springs, NY. The youngest makes the college leap in 2012 |
mrosner
Citizen
Username: Mrosner
Post Number: 1225
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 10:48 am: | |
Beautiful area to go to college. Close enough to come home for holidays, etc or to go spend a weekend there and visit him.
Now, how are you supposed to save money for the youngest to go to school if you are spending all of it to send the oldest?  |
Brian O'Leary
Citizen
Username: Brianoleary
Post Number: 1638
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 12:58 pm: | |
Thanks, Mark. And I agree - the money side of it is pretty astounding. |
Brian O'Leary
Citizen
Username: Brianoleary
Post Number: 2466
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 5:35 pm: | |
Has it really been almost five months? And over 800 posts? Wow. |
mrosner
Citizen
Username: Mrosner
Post Number: 1634
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 9:19 am: | |
Brian, no updates? how was the holiday?
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