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Today is the birthday of a forgotten man. In all honesty, I almost forgot about it myself. The man pictured is Robert G. Ingersoll. He lived from 1833 - 1899 and I am of the opinion that he should be more widely regarded (and honored) here in America. His writings [...]

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A while back on my other blog, I wrote a post about a Christmas confrontation I had with my aunt. I mentioned in passing that she was fighting cancer and, though we’ve never really gotten along, I wished her the best. She lost that fight today.
Sharon and I were always at odds with [...]

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The company I work for is a small, quasi-governmental, financial institution. There are probably less than 100 people working there, and we need a few more. It really has been a good place to work - I’ve been really happy there so far.  If you have the skills and want to move to [...]

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So, I’m trying out this service that allows people to call and leave me a voice mail. The service is free and the voice mails get delivered to my email account. Give it a call sometime and leave me a message. The number is below (typed out weirdly to avoid auto-dialers):
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Since I’ve been growing my hair out, Jessi has enjoyed making me a guinea pig.
I kinda like this one.  I might keep it around for a while.

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Not much going on this week - we had a lazy weekend. The most exciting thing about it was going to see Spider-Man 3. Now, it wasn’t the best of the Spider-Man movies, but I’m such a dork when it comes to Spidey that I can overlook the flaws. I’ve always wanted [...]

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Yesterday was one of the best days I’ve ever had. Most of you know that I am a big movie fan. I discovered that a very famous movie (some would say “infamous”) used a place about 20 minutes from where we live as one of its shooting locations. Not only that, two [...]

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Here is our new entertainment center. If you click on the picture you will be taken to the Flickr site where you can put your mouse over various items and get details about them.

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In my rush to find “something” as far as employment in Austin, I gave little thought to where/what I would be doing.  I needed work and I needed it soon.  Work started for me this week and I’m pleasantly surprised.  Gone are the weeks of carrying a pager trying to keep 1100+ big box retail [...]

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