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Rob

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About Me

Grew up a military brat, went to college in Virginia, did the grad school thing in California, and am now trying to figure out what I want to do with my life. I love traveling, reading, poker, and lots of other things.
www.burnsomedust.com

My Interests

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I'm not picky.

My Blog

New Website/Blog

A friend and I are going on a 150-mile, 5-day walk in New York City next week.  We have a website up, as well as a blog, which will be updated frequently as the trip approaches. http://www.burnso...
Posted by Rob on Wed, 30 May 2007 04:16:00 PST

I'm going to Greece!

Erin and I have decided to use some of our many Delta miles (if there's one thing long-distance relationships are good for, it's accruing frequent flyer miles) to go to Greece in September! I'm pretty...
Posted by Rob on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:25:00 PST

More NCAA Tournament

Better late than never, right?  I went skiing during the first weekend of the tourney and didn't really have computer access, and then have been busy at work since. Well, I sucked up the rest of ...
Posted by Rob on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:06:00 PST

Day 1 update

I had my best day ever in the bracket today. 15 picks correct, 1 whiff, in a day filled with upsets and other near-misses.  Only Montana ruined my pursuit of perfection. The award for "most excit...
Posted by Rob on Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:02:00 PST

NCAA Tournament Brackets

It's that time of year again.  Time to get no work done, and obsess over who is going to win the NCAA tournament.  More importantly, it's time to obsess over each game of the tournament, and...
Posted by Rob on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 04:29:00 PST

Walk the Line

Erin and I watched "Walk the Line" the other night after the Oscars.  Two thumbs up.  The only downside was that even now, three days later, Johnny Cash songs are stuck in my head. We origin...
Posted by Rob on Wed, 08 Mar 2006 02:26:00 PST

Long Meetings

I seriously hate meetings.  I don't understand why people can't go up front, explain succinctly what they've accomplished in a week, and sit back down.  Instead, the average person gets up, ...
Posted by Rob on Thu, 02 Mar 2006 03:23:00 PST

Poker weekend

Travis came down this weekend for a good, old-fashioned poker and golf weekend. Friday Night - We headed to the Bike for some 6/12 limit action.  After waiting forever to get seated at a table, w...
Posted by Rob on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 05:10:00 PST