Of everything fun. This will teach me not to answer my phone. First day back at work and just got a HUGE project dumped in my lap. Blogging will be light. What was the number of that truck driving school again?
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There is always a record.
Slow new years day today. We've been watching Alabama play-and taking down the tree. I may need to head for my first nap of the New Year. I did, however, stumble on this blog of "Texts from Last Night". They had a list of the best New Years Eve texts.
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A theme I have harped on consistently, is that the world we live in is changing. We no longer have the luxury of doing "business as usual". It is why I have so little patience with climate change deniers, or those who think that every attempt to restore balance with
Continue readingThe New Year Arrives.
And it is the year of the rabbit you know: Akemashite omedeto gozaimasu! Kore kara mo yoroshiku onegai shimasu! (Congratulations on the new year! In this year too, please favor me!)
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And so the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Ten comes to an end tonight. I am not sure how I feel about it’s passing quite yet. The fact that it closes out the first decade of the 21’st Century and the advance in age that implies-perhaps puts a
Continue readingChasing ancestry.
The S.O. and I set out on a car trip today. We just arrived at our hotel. We spent the day looking for my Grandmother’s house that was located in a very small town in southwestern Georgia. ( About 3+ hours driving from Shopping Mall). We found the house-but the
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Natalie Portman is pregnant. Can’t shake the weird feeling this might not work out well for the Empire…
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A great memory of mine was the opportunity to fly from a French Aircraft carrier-and get to experience the way they do business. Over at another blog, about three years ago, I wrote about the experience. I thought the story might use a retelling over here. The article was written
Continue readingHappy Boxing Day!
Which, if the world looked the way I wished it would: Would be a global holiday!
Continue readingThis is not the kind of change I want to see.
Bad news from Hong Kong courtesy of Spike. Wanchai disco Laguna will be closing. Their final night is tentatively January 9th. The building was sold and the new landlord has refused to renew their lease. The Philippines and Indonesian consulates both petitioned the new landlord to let the bar remain,
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