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Juno bears down. On TV I can see how it is progressing in NYC and Boston. The sky was clear and sunny for most of the day, and only in the last couple of hours started taking on that strange g...

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I never thought I’d end up here I never thought I’d be standing where I am I guess I kind of thought it would be easier than this I guess I was wrong Coming back from the store Evel randomed up...

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I watched the Switchfoot movie “Fading West.” It is actually more a documentary of a tour and a surfing trip than a movie. They are a very inspirational. And all the surfing footage with the ...

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Just off the phone with Comcast. I kept putting it off and putting it off until today. I left the condo for 30 minutes and came home to my answering machine completely full of threats and deman...

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Funny how I always thought of America as a three man band, but it looks like there are ten people on stage. When this pops up on the iPod l always sing the first stanza, then switch to the backg...

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Title song by Sixx A.M. which is Nikki Sixx’s other band and deals with his heroin addiction. I was leaving class tonight thinking about eyes. I wasn’t thinking about golden eyes, but rather ...

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Four days in a row with at least three hours on the phone. Tonight was almost four. We’ve been through the X-files. The same strange juxtapositions that always seem to happen when you are gett...

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I don’t know which is the more melancholy holiday song - Sarah’s Wintersong or Dan Fogelburg’s Another Auld Lang Syne. At a few seconds before midnight I hit send on the phone. A sleepy woman ...

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Well here we are. New Years Eve. It seems to keep happening even though I would have assumed I’d be long dead by now. In my twenties I couldn’t even conceive of being in my fifties. Let alone ...

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Marinara complete. Meat sauce made. Lasagna layered. Oven is in pre-heat. I cheated and bought garlic bread instead of making it this year. My garlic seemed to sprout overnight. I have to r...

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“The sun is slowly fading in the western sky. Sometimes it takes forever the day to end. Sometimes it takes a lifetime, sometimes I think I’ll never see the sun again.” Back to rain. Again. Thi...

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”On rencontre sa destinée souvent par des chemins qu’on prend pour l’éviter” (Destiny is often met in the paths we take to avoid it.) -Jean de La Fontaine The date on Wednesday didn’t happen. T...

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The incessant rain and cold sucks the motivation right out of my soul. It will start ducking below freezing soon. I am avoiding writing my entry for the weekly discussion board, complete with r...

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At 645am it was misting down freezing rain. The temperature outside was in the low 20s. The weather people on channel 8 said it was going to be rain along the coast. Since I am 2 miles from th...

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Oh my. Sara Evans is one of a handful of female vocalists whose voice can drive me straight into some Freudian ID-ish primal zone. Sarah McLachlan is another - she can hit certain notes that a...

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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. -Viktor E. Frankl Freedom lies in being bold. ...

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Heard that song on the radio, And it got my gears turnin’ Like a real life time machine.... -Daughtry, “Louder Than Ever” I’ve been somewhat remiss in my endeavor to write more frequently. Fall ...

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Cradle of Love It appears we have had a second “Indian Summer” this fall. I base that statement on a claim by one of the local TV stations that an Indian Summer here is any three days where the...

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Are you the plane That shapes the board Part of a history Smoothed and worn Oh the windy weather Dry spells, brushfire -Toad the Wet Sprocket, “Rings” Isn’t it strange, how truth can change? I m...

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Women often receive warnings about protecting themselves at the mall and in dark parking lots, etc. This is the first warning I have seen for men. I wanted to pass it on in case you haven’t hear...

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Well, it’s been damn near a month since I felt like writing. I’ve popped in from time to time, but the more prolific writers are intimidating when it comes to keeping up reading and noting. I k...

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From 22 Years ago. My folks have access to photos I don’t remember.

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Alana knows exactly how she looks in this picture. One of the prettiest pictures I have ever seen. Alana Blanchard is my favorite surfer girl. Thunder-stormy in these parts. But cool. It i...

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