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	<title>Missing Link &#187; Autumn</title>
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		<title>Possibly my favorite time of year&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Autumn is one of my favorite times of year.   The leaves start changing colors, providing a wonderful palate of color, and there&#8217;s a sense of peace and calm as winter approaches.  It also provides a few remaining evenings and weekends outside &#8211; capturing the inherent seasonal beauty with my camera &#8211; and spending much [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://john.whelans.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/4044686168_4be2715750_b.jpg" rel="lightbox[643]"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-644" title="Indiana Corn" src="http://john.whelans.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/4044686168_4be2715750_b-300x200.jpg" alt="Indiana Corn" width="300" height="200" /></a>Autumn is one of my favorite times of year.   The leaves start changing colors, providing a wonderful palate of color, and there&#8217;s a sense of peace and calm as winter approaches.  It also provides a few remaining evenings and weekends outside &#8211; capturing the inherent seasonal beauty with my camera &#8211; and spending much appreciated quality time with Ann.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong &#8211; I love spring and summer too.   I&#8217;m not a HUGE fan of winter, but that&#8217;s mostly because I don&#8217;t really appreciate driving in snow and ice.  Or being cold.   Autumn is just special for some reason.  <span id="more-643"></span></p>
<p>This weekend was fun and relaxing &#8211; a great combo &#8211; and was much needed after a fairly crappy week last week.  Saturday started off great &#8211; with an email from the helpdesk manager at work informing me that a brand new shiny Macbook Pro would be awaiting me upon arrival at work on monday.   Ann and I were fairly lazy in getting up and ready &#8211; again nice.   We had lunch at Noodles &amp; Company, before driving to Zionsville to pick up a case of wine my dad ordered.  After we got done with that, and watched an episode of The Big Bang Theory (hilarious show, btw), I went up to Trevor and Landon&#8217;s new place in Westfield to play Beatles Rock Band (and assorted other games) for the afternoon/evening.</p>
<p><a href="http://john.whelans.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/4044683566_2aef78516b_b.jpg" rel="lightbox[643]"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-645" title="4044683566_2aef78516b_b" src="http://john.whelans.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/4044683566_2aef78516b_b-300x199.jpg" alt="4044683566_2aef78516b_b" width="300" height="199" /></a>Sunday was more relaxing, a few errands, a wonderful grilled dinner, a bike ride (with camera), and a nice wind down before what promises to be a hectic week for both Ann and myself.</p>
<p>This morning was nice &#8211; the helpdesk manager was true to his word &#8211; a new 15&#8243; Macbook Pro was sitting &#8211; in it&#8217;s box &#8211; on my desk when I walked in my office this morning.  I am quite pleased with it &#8211; it&#8217;s noticeably more responsive and appears not to have the same underlying issues that plagued my previous Macbook Pro (leading, I believe, to massive data loss on no less than three occasions).  I&#8217;m very pleased with the upgrade, and it&#8217;s made for quite a nice day for a Monday.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to Halloween this weekend &#8211; Ann and I are planning on handing out candy to the neighborhood kids before heading to my parents house to catch some halloween shows on cable (since we don&#8217;t have cable).</p>
<p>Also &#8211; Friday night is another Indiana Ice game (so, you know, you should totally come&#8230;) which I&#8217;ll be at taking pictures again.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to a great week!</p>
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