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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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Cautionary tale re: international data roaming
When we went on our volcanically extended trip to Europe last month, both Chuck and I signed up for international data roaming with at&t so we could use our iPhones (and boy, did we use them!). We also signed up for the service that reduced the per minute phone charges to 99 cents. We actually…
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File under: what is this world coming to, for God’s sake?!?
From an article in People.com: Bristol Palin recently told People that being a single mother was financially difficult for her. Well, this should help a little. Palin, 19, the daughter of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, is set to join the speaker circuit and stands to make between $15,000 and $30,000 per speech, RadarOnline reports. Palin…
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