on December 31st, 2006 by mark
Warning: The following is decidedly political, which is not my norm for this site. But then, it’s my site–so, there…Besides, the opinions written here are not just opinions, but actually pretty well researched and linked. Read the links, I ask you, even more closely than you do my writing–for in them you will see the [...]
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on December 29th, 2006 by mark
The back is mending, albeit not mended. I drove down to Burbank Bob Hope Airport today to pick up the big brother and that might not have been the wisest choice. However, I felt I could do it. Walking is a little easier, but I am still mega-sore..and if I walk in the wrong way, [...]
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on December 28th, 2006 by mark
The event of climbing on to the bed should have presented no obstacle, really. There should not have been any reason to think about the act, come to think of it. I am man. I want remote. I go and get remote. This is what men do–it is a time honored tradition. Before remotes, it [...]
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on December 27th, 2006 by mark
I never left the house today. I drank no wine, I did have a beer, but I cleaned the house and watched Peanut and her friends as they played and I made them lunch. I watched T.V., surfed the net, petted the dog, cleaned out the mini-van and generally did little of anything serious. And [...]
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on December 24th, 2006 by mark
Christmas eve and all is….not quite well. 5:00 A.M. wake-up call from a barfing child. Something didn’t sit right, or she has a virus or something. A little puking, a little headache, a lot of tired….she’ll be home from church this morning and hopefully by this evening, be well enough to attend the evening services. [...]
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on December 23rd, 2006 by mark
Home in time for dinner from vacation. Let me say this unwaveringly–Southwest Airlines is truly a great company and they have my business. Yes, it’s true–we were an hour late in arriving to Phoenix—things happen and flying isn’t always a lot of fun. But as I have said previously, these guys know that–and they don’t [...]
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on December 21st, 2006 by mark
Sigh… Vacation ending. A sad time, really–but also a time to reflect on a few days of fun and frivolity–marked most importantly tonight again by….silence. Peanut invited herself back over to her grandma’s house and grandma has a full house tonight with Peanut and her two cousins, all staying the night…She likes it there better [...]
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on December 20th, 2006 by mark
Shhh…..we’re being quiet because we’re neurotic parents waiting for the phone to ring. Peanut went off to sleep at grandma’s house! No, we cannot believe it either but there it is. She’s there and we’re here and we’re simply enjoying the time together on vacation. Profoundly, of course–determinedly–we simply don’t want the phone to ring. [...]
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