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Adventures in the Great White North, or Thanksgiving in Michigan
Here’s the thing: we live in sunny southern California where last week temps topped 85 degrees – and I mean Fahrenheit. So guess where we decided to spend Thanksgiving? In Lapeer, Michigan, of course (and what I love about the city’s website is that there are few if any photos of the place in winter)!
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Thought-provoking read
In this week’s Newsweek, John McCain wrote an excellent essay on torture, and why America should NOT resort to it. I make no secret of my politics: I’m a died-in-the-wool Democrat (with some independent/libertarian/socialist leanings), but I must say, given the dearth of quality presidential candidates, likely Republican candidate McCain is looking pretty darned good
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Now all I need is a plug and I can be just like Frankenstein!
Three days post-surgery and feeling fine. I can turn my head now and it’s no longer tender to the touch. Chuck is really looking forward to taking the stitches out. I’m looking forward to getting them out.
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The Boss still rocks like nobody else after all these years
In my life there are a handful of moments in time where I really stopped down and said, “Whoa!” Where something – an event, a song, something I read – made such an instant impression on me that I knew it would stay with me forever. And no matter how much time passes, I can
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Warning: the following entry may be upsetting to easily grossed out persons
Just when I thought it was safe to put away the bandages and polysporin, I had a superficial basal cell carcinoma removed from my neck yesterday. This is like something my sister used to say to me: boys always get scars on their knees or their elbows, while girls get the scars on their chins
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