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50 words or less: "thoughts" is the personal blog of Kevin D. Hendricks and has covered writing, pop culture, technology, spirituality and navel-gazing since 1998. Kevin does writing and editing with his company, Monkey Outta Nowhere, and in case you couldn't tell these thoughts reflect his personal views.

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Archive for October 2005

Another Novel Writing Month?

Monday, October 31st, 2005 Posted in Writing | 2 Comments »

National Novel Writing Month begins tomorrow and for some reason I have a burning desire to do it again—a desire that took shape today. I had a lot of fun last year, so it's not like it's a bad thing. ...

Free Burritos at Chipotle

Monday, October 31st, 2005 Posted in Just for Fun | 1 Comment »

Dress like a burrito and get a free burrito at Chipotle today. It's part of their "boo-rito" Halloween special. I did it two years ago with my all-out burrito costume and I did it today with tin foil wrapped around ...

What’s My Blog Worth?

Tuesday, October 25th, 2005 Posted in Blogging | 1 Comment »

AOL bought Weblogs Inc. for around $25 million. So what's my blog worth? Leave it to the web to give us the answer. Plug in your url and this site will tell you how much your blog is worth based ...

Heating our Home this Winter

Monday, October 24th, 2005 Posted in Domicile | 3 Comments »

Well, I finally broke down and turned on the heat. It was 55 degrees in our living room this morning and the dogs kept shivering. Last year we turned on the heat October 5 and the year before that it ...

Nicknames

Friday, October 21st, 2005 Posted in Friends | 4 Comments »

My friend Neals has a post on nicknames. Apparently he doesn't like them, even the seemingly innocuous Neals. It made me think about some of the nicknames I've been called in my life and some of the nicknames I've used ...

Runaway Dog

Monday, October 17th, 2005 Posted in Animals | 2 Comments »

Today when the Simon Delivers man came with our groceries both dogs bounded out the door. Speak actually stopped to jump all over the Simon man, but Mazie noticed the gate was open and bound down the driveway towards the ...

Where Does the Time Go?

Monday, October 17th, 2005 Posted in Introspection | 2 Comments »

October is more than halfway over. Bah. Where does the time go? The last few months have been a blur, a very busy blur. I haven't blogged as much as I like to, I'm drowning in e-mail, and I'm drowning in ...

Apple’s Video iPod & iTunes Video Downloads

Thursday, October 13th, 2005 Posted in Technology | 5 Comments »

Just when you thought the iPod Nano was incredibly cool, Apple tops it with a new video-capable iPod. We knew it was only a matter of time, but now it's here. The new iPod still comes in 30 and 60 GB ...

Movable Type 3.2 PHP Problems

Monday, October 10th, 2005 Posted in Blogging | No Comments »

If you've had problems viewing my blog or commenting the past week or so, it should be fixed now. It was an odd problem with the new Movable Type 3.2 upgrade I installed and my .php files not working properly. After ...

Waiting Around After Vandalism

Saturday, October 8th, 2005 Posted in Employment | 2 Comments »

You know, I was really starting to miss these late night trips to the King CDC everytime the security alarm goes off. Good to be back. In blog form. My wife is a teacher at the King CDC, a daycare center ...