New toy. Coincidentally, our second child is due any day now.
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Easter traditions
When I was growing up, we would color and paint eggs a day or two before Easter. Then, on Easter Sunday, the eggs were hidden around the back yard for us to find. I grew up in Florida. In the past two weeks, I’ve been to two different egg hunts, both involving plastic eggs with [...]
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I came across a tiny news blurb that suggested Meredith Vieira might not be renewing her Today Show contract when it expires in September. That would be a shame. As much grief as I give Today when they go all Duggar on me, it really is the only show I watch in the morning. Ann [...]
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Taxes are finally done. I buckled down and devoted a Sunday afternoon to it. And I should point out that it’s around 80 degrees and beautiful here today, so it took all my strength to stay indoors. Every year there’s some sort of complicating wrinkle. This past year it was the small company I started [...]
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My world became a little bit smaller this past Saturday morning when I lost my sweet grandma Nora, or Mema as we called her. Mrs. Nora L. Jackson, 89, of Albany died Saturday March 26, 2011 at Lee County Health Care. The funeral service will be held at 12:00 PM Monday March 28, 2011 at [...]
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Unfortunately, this is for the iPad2 cover, and not the iPad2 itself. Still, it’s fun to track it all the way from China. I’m a little confused by the date/time sorting.
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Here’s a fairly typical Big Company problem. Normally I would’ve received this email sometime in mid-October, and then turned around and paid it right away. I’m good like that. But in this case I received the bill two days after it was due. And since it was for a credit card, Citi happily tacked on [...]
Read the rest of this entry »There will be barbecue
Flank steak is marinating in a homemade teriyaki sauce. Kielbasas are packed in their wrappings with care. Ribs are anxiously awaiting their appointment with the oven tomorrow at 9:30am. Veggies are mentally preparing for their plattering. In other words: party tomorrow. My parents are in town from Tennessee right now, so we’re taking advantage of [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Blockbuster files for Chapter 11
News: The Washington Post: Blockbuster seeks Chapter 11 protection In the last thirteen years I’ve set foot in a Blockbuster store maybe twice. In the late 80′s and early 90′s it was at least three times a week. Sometimes twice in one day. I don’t recall visiting Blockbuster to be an overly pleasant experience. The [...]
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I started in on Couch to 5k last month and did exactly 5 routines before I had to stop. This was a great disappointment to me, but there were several reasons for it. The main reason was heat. The only place we can reasonably keep our treadmill is in the garage. We live in Florida. [...]
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