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Vacation: Day One

I’m getting bored. I’ve been “on vacation” all of four hours and I’m already quite certain I won’t make it the rest of the week. What in the world am I going to do for another four days when I’m … Continue reading

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Welcome Home, Fluffy!

Yep: he’s back. I went out earlier today and, upon returning home, noticed a bag of mulch sitting up against the corner of my garage door. This would be just a foot or so away from the bag of phone … Continue reading

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Well…as long as he didn’t *mean* to…

I have to rant here for a minute, because I find this extremely disturbing.

On Wednesday evening, a man driving his car hit another man trying to cross the street. “The impact severed the pedestrian’s lower right leg, which remained in the street. His head and arms went through the windshield, while the rest of his body flipped up onto the roof of the car.” (1)

The driver then continued on his merry way, approaching the Sunshine Skyway Bridge toll plaza several miles down the road. It was the toll taker who called 911 upon realizing just what in the hell he was seeing – a bloody mess of a body falling into the car as it came to a stop. Is this the disturbing part? Well…okay, it *is* disturbing, but this is not the part I’m upset about. Let’s move on to the next article… Continue reading

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Less of a man? Damned if I care.

There are some things I just refuse to mess with, and tonight one of them decided to move into my garage. I know, I know…logic says he was more afraid of me than I was of him, but still – … Continue reading

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Book: A Long Way Down

I finished Nick Hornby’s latest, A Long Way Down, recently and it’s definitely worth the time. The story involves four main characters, and each chapter switches from one character’s perspective to another. At first, this may seem a bit distracting … Continue reading

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What the hell? Dust clouds, now?

“The leading edge of the cloud – nearly the size of the continental United States – should move across Florida beginning sometime Monday, through Wednesday.” Giant Sahara Dust Cloud Swirling Toward Florida

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10 years already?!

It’s official – I’m getting old. I just got “tracked down” for my 10-year high-school reunion, which it turns out is only 23 days away. Apparently, I’ve been “missing” all summer, but thanks to my having registered on classmates.com they … Continue reading

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My nephew really digs cheetos.

DSCF0055.JPG Originally uploaded by rlaneve. Seriously…he was all about the bag of cheetos. I’m not entirely sure he really likes eating them, but he definitely likes playing with them. Most of them wound-up on the floor, in the pool, etc, … Continue reading

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