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The 2006 Snipe Hunt, or maybe it was jabberwockies…no it was poppies
This past weekend we journeyed to the far northeast to see the poppies at the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve.We went three years ago and it was absolutely magnificent! There were beautiful rolling hills covered with orange, yellow, purple and blue, like some enormous Impressionist canvas. This year, we drove up on Saturday and spent the
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Swag, glorious swag!
Well, after much hard work on the part of the fab graphic designer we hired, and much back and forth between ourselves and everyone we showed the designs to, we have settled on a graphic identity for our company, CEO Consulting. In the end, we decided to go with a whimsical look vs. a corporate
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Will the real Easter Bunny please stand up?
We got Mia some easter bunny ears (okay, okay, I got Mia some bunny ears) a while ago in our my continuing effort to cause the dog psychological problems involving a deep-seated dread of hats. Today being Easter, I made her put on the ears every time anyone came over. She really did look pretty
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Lydia the Tattooed Lady
My friend, uh, we’ll call her Lydia, did a very brave thing yesterday. She had her eyebrows and eyeliner tattooed on! Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch!!! This procedure is just like getting a regular tattoo, except they’re basically putting on permanent makeup. Here are a bunch of before and after photos of this sort of procedure.
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Long Beach Grand Prix (or Running on Empty, if you were feeling like Chuck)
The annual Long Beach Grand Prix was last week. It’s a biggish deal in these parts. it takes a good two months to prepare the roads and set up the grandstands and do all the prep stuff that having a whole mess of Formula One race cars tearing through city streets requires. Every year we
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The many faces of Chuck O’Shea
Chuck had a basal cell carcinoma removed from his neck two weeks ago, as recounted here. He couldn’t really shave as the incision encompassed one whole side of his neck so he would have looked pretty silly going around half-shaven. The stitches finally came out last Friday, and by Saturday Chuck was ready to shave
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