• I’m in love (which should come as no surprise to anyone)

    Hi, my name is Eileen and I’m an Apple fangirl. No, it’s true. I proved it today by standing in line for seven hours to buy an iPhone 4. If that’s not true devotion I don’t know what is. The good (bad?) news is that Chuck stood in line with me. And you know what?

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  • Dealing with memories, life and choices

    We all have stories. And our families have stories. What are they? What do they say about us, about our parents, about our families? We were talking about Chuck’s story last night – well, really about Chuck’s mom’s and dad’s story. Their story is one of romance, of timing, and choices. Chuck is not an

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  • What if you held an election and nobody came?

    Did you vote this past Tuesday? I did, and I’m feeling pretty virtuous after looking up the info on our recent primary election here in California this morning. This came about after reading a Salon article that talked about the clueless statements made by Carla Fiorina and other primary election campaign embarrassments. I found out

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  • Feeling lucky today!

    Chuck received this in the mail today: It came with  a very nice, tasteful letter telling him why he needs to make his plans today, using the special code reserved JUST for him! At the bottom, in fine print, it reads: Please accept our apologies if this letter has reached you at a time of

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  • Memorial Day

    In honor of  the many men and women who have fought and died for our country, I thought I’d tell my Dad’s story. He was a Captain in the Air Force, a bomber pilot in World War II. He was a guy who first and foremost loved to fly. I think he learned to fly

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  • 2010 El Prieto Handicap, this year without the El Prieto part 🙁

    Chuck’s annual race, the El Prieto Handicap, happened this past Saturday. He’s been running this race (as in, he’s the race director and official handicapper) for nearly 20 years (this was year 17). The course varies from year to year: one year it’s uphill, the next downhill. It runs along the the Arroyo near the

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