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Like everyone else, my job has some advantages and disadvantages. One of the disadvantages is that when it's nice outside, we're busy and working more days and longer hours. Most of the year we are...
God gave this word to me shortly after returning from Portugal in September of '05. I had actually posted a message in Off Topic from the hotel kiosk, where we were staying in Lisbon. It was a great...
Went to Ryans for lunch with a buddy of mine at work yesterday..all was kosher. Until about 3:30 AM this morning. I started throwing up practically everything in my stomach, and have been throwing up...
The thread jack – Since the first internet forum was started the thread jack has been a part of the posting experience. Usually it’s an innocent turn from one subject to the next. After all, anyone...
I walk through downtown Chicago pretty much everyday at lunch. My father (who works 3 blocks north of me) thinks I'm nuts because I usually just take my suit jacket with me and little else. Today was...
Anyway: point being there was money riding on this. And in university, no one was rich. Except for the cheater. So, people start to notice that the cheater is doing well. I mean REALLY well. His...
I have finished the book "A Game of Shadows - Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports" by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams. I like sports. The highlight of my...
since my last post. Haven't had too much going on besides gaming and family affairs. One thing that has gotton me upset here recently is my daughter's softball league. As you may or may not know, my...
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The blog you are about to read was typed out during what appears to be a reaction from the lack of caffeine in my system and nothing of which has been typed is of any importance at all....
When I was about 13, my parents helped me buy a drumset...now I paid for half of it with a paper route. Looking back it was a good lesson for me on working hard for something...but at the time it was...
In this modern day and age, people don’t hear much about treaties unless you’re talking about nuclear disarmament. Actually, the State Department constantly deals with treaties of various concerns...
