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About mid-May, following my experience with the tremor, I brought home a gift for my four-month old girl. I picked out a “Wheezy” plush doll (from Toy Story 2), a black and white penguin, with yellow feet and beak, and a small red bow tie. As he does in the movie, this stuffed animal has … Read more
Sometimes people ask me why I like Disneyland so much? What makes it so special? Why do I keep going back?
One day, I came upon a quaint little cottage in the woods. I knocked on the door, and had the most unusual visit.
Their lawyer must have told them that they have to put that message on the truck. So they picked the smallest font they could get away with to cover themselves legally.
Now, if I were in charge of their marketing, and if I actually cared about the other driver’s windshields, this is how I would have done it…
I’ve begun to work out my strategy for the eventual day when I get on that show. I’ve been practicing on the home game, and I pretty much got it down. I figure though that you only get one shot at the real deal. So you’ve got to make it count, and “go for broke” … Read more
It was at about 8:45 pm, local time, that it happened. A 4.7 earthquake, centered close to LAX, rolled through this part of the state. The first jolt was the hardest.
My bowling score is better than necessary to qualify for the Special Olympics (link). Only couples who make over $250,000 annually smoke cigarettes or use electricity and home heating oil (link). If I ride a subway or an airplane, I am almost certain to die of the “Swine Flu” (link). Who knew? US Region-1 DVDs … Read more
This evening (around 9:30 pm), Glorajean needed to pick up a few papers at her office. So we drove by together for her to stop in.
Our conversation as we approached was about the increase of traffic in the area, especially since the bank next door, with whom they share a drive way (the bank uses it for an exit while the accounting firm uses it for an entrance).
We entered the driveway to see a minivan parked in the front “visitor parking” area.
“A good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth forth that which is good.” (Jesus, quoted by Luke; punctuation modernized)
If I had a Hummer I’d Hummer in the morning I’d Hummer in the evening All over this land I’d Hummer out danger I’d Hummer out a warning I’d Hummer out love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land