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Thanksgiving Community Potluck in Bluebird Park
The Real Laguna Beacherard had cooked till all hours the night before, while I remained catatonic from The Flu, which literally knocked me flat for the six days prior. Smells of sausage, onions, and...
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Highly Recommended
And not just because they picked American Digest as "Blog of the Day."There's plenty to like (and learn) at www.growabrain.net.
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Same as it ever was
Does John Schwartz get TMI when he buys a colleague’s iPod? Not really. Read To Know Me, Know My IPod, in today’s Week in Review.
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Karate Kudos
Last month, Jackson was named Student of the Month in his Martial Arts class. Presenting his award, which included a gift certificate at Barnes & Noble, is Bo Heng, who runs Heng's Martial Arts...
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MTV's Laguna Beach Redux: Good News/Bad News
Let's start with the bad news. Due to its overwhelming popularity among 13-34 year-olds, MTV’s skanky pseudo-reality show Laguna Beach, The Real Orange County, has been renewed for a second season in...
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Testing for Orange Belt
Prior to taking his Orange Belt test, Jackson joined the U.S. Soo Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan Federation. I just hope it’s a Martial Arts organization and not some fringe radical group. He got a cool packet...
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Countdown to a (Dysfunctional) Christmas
A gift tag from the Holiday Boutique project. (This was one of the "normal" ones.)I’d love to tell you that outside our house the lights are hung with restrained elegance; that bells tinkle when you...
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Article 7
Jackson took this at the Dana Point Harbor Boat Parade Saturday night. We were on a boat, waving to people lining the docks and bridges of the harbor, and decided that this is something we have to do...
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Article 6
Countdown to a (Dysfunctional) Christmasby Sheryl Van der Leun UPDATE: An edited version of this article was published in the December 17 edition of the Laguna Beach Independentand was posted on...
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Snow strands travelers in New York
But luckily, I was not among them.Times Square, Saturday, 12:30 AM, as viewed from the 41st floor at the Marriott Marquis, taken after I walked back to the hotel, (which was only a few blocks away,...
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Pun Intended
From the 2005 International Pun Contest (via Mike Salisbury): 1. A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at him and says, "I'm sorry, sir, only one carrion...
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Truck Lust
Maybe I've been wearing my cowboy boots a little too often. Maybe it's the environment. Or maybe it's the thrice-weekly trips to Hope Depot, as I inadvertently referred to it in a recent email to my...
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Life in the Panhandle
This was the backyard last week, after our first real snowstorm of the season. That’s about 8” accumulation on the picnic table. Taken from inside the backdoor, thank you very much.I’ve heard that most...
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Jackson and the newest member of the family
Though at times he is psycho cat, it is mostly pretty wonderful having another being around the house. The little brother Jackson always wanted.
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A winter's walk
Luckily I didn't know how cold it was before we set out for town. But, actually, it felt a lot warmer than the 19 degrees I found out it was when my friend txt-messaged me. And it was a beautifully...
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Thanksgiving Community Potluck in Bluebird Park
The Real Laguna Beacherard had cooked till all hours the night before, while I remained catatonic from The Flu, which literally knocked me flat for the six days prior. Smells of sausage, onions, and...
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Highly Recommended
And not just because they picked American Digest as "Blog of the Day."There's plenty to like (and learn) at www.growabrain.net.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Same as it ever was
Does John Schwartz get TMI when he buys a colleague’s iPod? Not really. Read To Know Me, Know My IPod, in today’s Week in Review.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Karate Kudos
Last month, Jackson was named Student of the Month in his Martial Arts class. Presenting his award, which included a gift certificate at Barnes & Noble, is Bo Heng, who runs Heng's Martial Arts...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MTV's Laguna Beach Redux: Good News/Bad News
Let's start with the bad news. Due to its overwhelming popularity among 13-34 year-olds, MTV’s skanky pseudo-reality show Laguna Beach, The Real Orange County, has been renewed for a second season in...
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