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		<title>Beginning of the end&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Abad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We don’t even have a dog yet… &#160; Emily: 2:31 PM holy shit! &#160; Jon: 2:32 PM wow. only if he can pull a tiny sleigh Emily: 2:33 PM We can make that happen!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><br /><p>We don’t even have a dog yet…</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p> Emily: 2:31 PM holy shit!  </p>
<p><a href="http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3650253"><img border="0" alt="PetHoliday™ Rein-Dog Costume with Lights - PetSmart" src="http://pet.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pPETS-6228969t400.jpg" width="240" height="240" />&#160;</a>
<p>Jon: 2:32 PM wow.</p>
<p>only if he can pull a tiny sleigh</p>
<p>Emily: 2:33 PM We can make that happen!</p>
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		<title>August 16th Sonic Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Abad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a week’s hiatus, let me tell you, there’s been big action at Peabody Sonic! They had a hiring fair at the hotel next door on Friday and got a nice mention in the Boston Herald’s business section where the franchise owner is shown enjoying  &#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><br /><p>After a week’s hiatus, let me tell you, there’s been big action at Peabody Sonic!</p>
<p>They had a hiring fair at the hotel next door on Friday and got a nice mention in the <a href="http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1190900&amp;srvc=rss">Boston Herald’s business section</a> where the franchise owner is shown enjoying the seating!</p>
<p><img src="http://multimedia.heraldinteractive.com/images/ee696441e1_gina_08142009.jpg" /> </p>
<p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3520/3825711463_86078b0391.jpg" /> </p>
<p>As of this afternoon, the seating and roofs for most of the drive-in bays roofs are now complete.</p>
<p>Excellent progress and i look forward to a cherry limeade at the end of the month!</p>
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		<title>August 1 Sonic Update!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Abad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New update from Peabody! Some cement mixers were on site and some of the drive-in bays have already been poured. Very exciting progress! But the best sign of progress, and no, i couldn’t help myself, the honest to goodness Sonic sign is up! I’m sure  &#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><br /><p>New update from Peabody!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jonabad.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/3781865222_83032f8e661.jpg" rel="lightbox"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="3781865222_83032f8e66[1]" border="0" alt="3781865222_83032f8e66[1]" src="http://www.jonabad.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/3781865222_83032f8e661_thumb.jpg" width="500" height="375" /></a> </p>
<p>Some cement mixers were on site and some of the drive-in bays have already been poured. Very exciting progress!</p>
<p>But the best sign of progress, and no, i couldn’t help myself, the honest to goodness Sonic sign is up!</p>
<p>I’m sure they wish that it was taller and closer to the roadway but there are utility lines that i’ve cropped out from the right side of the image.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jonabad.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/3781045795_78512941271.jpg" rel="lightbox"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="3781045795_7851294127[1]" border="0" alt="3781045795_7851294127[1]" src="http://www.jonabad.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/3781045795_78512941271_thumb.jpg" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
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		<title>Late July Sonic Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Abad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I found out that Sonic is coming to Peabody, I’ve been looking for updates but alas, nothing, so I’m taking matters into my own hands! The structure is up but they&#8217;re just barely putting up insulation. The lot hasn&#8217;t been leveled and so they  &#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><br /><p>Since I found out that Sonic is coming to Peabody, I’ve been looking for updates but alas, nothing, so I’m taking matters into my own hands!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jonabad.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/3755147132_eefd10fb561.png" rel="lightbox"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="3755147132_eefd10fb56[1]" border="0" alt="3755147132_eefd10fb56[1]" src="http://www.jonabad.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/3755147132_eefd10fb561_thumb.png" width="504" height="355" /></a> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.jonabad.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/3754348081_da01f46db21.png" rel="lightbox"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="3754348081_da01f46db2[1]" border="0" alt="3754348081_da01f46db2[1]" src="http://www.jonabad.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/3754348081_da01f46db21_thumb.png" width="504" height="379" /></a> </p>
<p>The structure is up but they&#8217;re just barely putting up insulation. The lot hasn&#8217;t been leveled and so they haven&#8217;t started on the drive-in bays.</p>
<p>Can they get it done in five weeks? We’ll see!</p>
<p>I’ll go check on them in a week and see where they are!</p>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve made it! (mostly)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Abad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Internet, I’ve made it to the directory of directories: I am on IMDB! I wanted to put up a wonderful picture but apparently, I need to pay for such a privilege, so no thanks. Now I just need to do something noteworthy enough to have  &#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><br /><p>Internet, I’ve made it to the directory of directories: <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm3239430/">I am on IMDB</a>!</p>
<p>I wanted to put up a wonderful picture but apparently, I need to pay for such a privilege, so no thanks.</p>
<p>Now I just need to do something noteworthy enough to have a Wikipedia page, and have nerds argue about its contents.</p>
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		<title>FB Breaking News</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Abad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ladies, please sit down. I have some news to share. If facebook is to be believed, MikeD is no longer single. Is he in a relationship? Who knows! This is wild!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><br /><p>Ladies, please sit down. I have some news to share.</p>
<p>If facebook is to be believed, <a href="http://www.mikedidonato.com">MikeD</a> is no longer single. Is he in a relationship? Who knows! This is wild!</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-254" title="miked-relationship-status" src="http://www.jonabad.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/miked-relationship-status.jpg" alt="miked-relationship-status" width="425" height="126" /></p>
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		<title>Thanksgiving day rickroll?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Abad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did we just get rickrolled by the Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving Day Parade? Update: When I looked to see what was going on this morning, I ran across the press release on the Astley site indicating his appearance, but it wasn&#8217;t clear as to how telegraphed it  &#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><br /><p>Did we just get rickrolled by the Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving Day Parade?</p>
<p><strong>Update:</strong></p>
<p>When I looked to see what was going on this morning, I ran across <a href="http://www.rickastley.co.uk/news/news2008-11-03.html">the press release on the Astley site </a>indicating his appearance, but it wasn&#8217;t clear as to how telegraphed it was.</p>
<p>It wasn&#8217;t until I saw the video that I knew that we REALLY had been rickrolled! Apparently, the Foster&#8217;s imaginary friends people were singing a song from their show, which then stopped and Rick Astley appeared and sang, as he often does.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4hqv6USkoU&amp;eurl=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/27/macys-parade-rickrolled-r_n_146896.html&amp;feature=player_embedded">Link to the video</a> and embed below.<br />
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		<title>Hi Ho Silver</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Abad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life continues to take ever crazier turns. I&#8217;ve been caught in the gravitational pull of one of my client&#8217;s upgrades even though that&#8217;s not normally my turf. I&#8217;m hopeful that things won&#8217;t get so bad that I&#8217;ll have to be shipped out, but who knows.  &#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><br /><p>Life continues to take ever crazier turns.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been caught in the gravitational pull of one of my client&#8217;s upgrades even though that&#8217;s not normally my turf. I&#8217;m hopeful that things won&#8217;t get so bad that I&#8217;ll have to be shipped out, but who knows. In the meantime, I&#8217;m on deck if I&#8217;m needed.</p>
<p>Its kinda stressful as we just brought some new folks on board and I was looking forward to guiding them through our maze instead of juggling powderkegs.</p>
<p>In other news, watch <a href="http://www.drhorrible.com/">Dr.Horrible&#8217;s Sing Along Blog</a> if you haven&#8217;t already. <a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/28343/dr-horribles-sing-along-blog">Its available on Hulu</a> if you don&#8217;t care for the Itunes toll.</p>
<blockquote><p>Signed: Bad Horse</p>
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		<title>Oh hey! Internet!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Abad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check it! I&#8217;ve been supremely busy. Guys took me to F1 Boston as a bachelor&#8217;s weekend thingy, then I was in California for 30 hours or so then back and then winding down with some deck paving and the premiere of our little film project  &#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><br /><p>Check it! I&#8217;ve been supremely busy. Guys took me to F1 Boston as a bachelor&#8217;s weekend thingy, then I was in California for 30 hours or so then back and then winding down with some deck paving and the premiere of our little film project on Sunday.</p>
<p>Hopefully, other interesting things will happen and then I&#8217;ll write about them!</p>
<p>Baby steps. That&#8217;s what its gonna take to get me back on the wagon.</p>
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		<title>Crazy weekend action</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Abad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend was quite intense and tiring as it featured Emily&#8217;s bridal shower and my parents meeting hers for the first time. As my parents flew in on Thursday, this meant that if I was going to leave work in time to get out to  &#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><br /><p>This weekend was quite intense and tiring as it featured Emily&#8217;s bridal shower and my parents meeting hers for the first time.</p>
<p>As my parents flew in on Thursday, this meant that if I was going to leave work in time to get out to Manchester and meet them, I would need to traverse the Celtics Victory parade that went right past my office. So I stayed home. This is always a mixed bag as I am able to focus on fewer items and get them done&#8230; but at the same time, I feel like I&#8217;m not getting much done because I&#8217;m not doing twelve things at a time.</p>
<p>Moving on, Thursday was a low-key afternoon and Friday featured the touristy stuff and parent meeting. We went to Alfresco&#8217;s near Davis Square and were rewarded by an amusing atmosphere and good meal. The meeting itself went well.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/minitakesthestatesboston/pool/"><img style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0px" height="110" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/2606553188_4d0ac0fb28_m.jpg" width="120" align="left" /></a> Saturday was the day of doom though, you see, this weekend was also the Boston stop for <a href="http://blog.minitakesthestates.com/">Mini Takes The States 2008</a> and we knew that we were going to miss most of it due to our previous engagement. We did manage to make it to the first half of the <a href="http://blog.minitakesthestates.com/2008/06/update-rise-shine-rally-mini-owners.html">rise and shine rally</a> along with some two hundred other MINIs. We had to then bail about a third of the way through as it kinda took a while to get up Route 1A.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/60638296@N00/2598810033/in/pool-minitakesthestatesboston"><img style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0px" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3058/2598810033_4e25849bec_s.jpg" align="left" /></a>We made it into a couple of pictures at the staging area as we were next to another lightning blue/silver Clubman and so seen from the front&#160; and then from the back <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/blalor/2600654592/in/set-72157605752074785/"><img style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3001/2600654592_8839029aa1_s.jpg" align="right" /></a> and we took <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonabad/sets/72157605779609284/">our own pictures</a> of what we saw. It was a pretty awesome sight and it was awesome to see the distances that people will go with these cars. I see the need to take a lot more time off and go on road trips. Depending on how they structure next year&#8217;s events, we might do that or else we&#8217;re thinking of <a href="http://www.mickeyandmini.com/wordpress/">Mickey and MINI</a> down in Orlando, as we&#8217;ll have annual passes from Disney.</p>
<p><img style="margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px" height="188" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3133/2605638939_bb9ae44f15.jpg?v=0" width="250" align="left" /> Anyways, I digress, after bombing down 128, Emily headed out to Fitchburg with my parents towards the bridal shower while I headed to Logan to pick up my sister. From what I saw, <a href="http://www.jonabad.com/wedding/2008/06/23/the-bridal-shower/">the shower itself was a nice event</a> and we came back with a lot of loot, most of which easily fit in the back of the Clubman.     <br />Thanks to all, your thank you cards will be in the mail shortly.</p>
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