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The Discovery

May 31st, 2008 · 20 Comments

She might be dead but I see her everywhere …
Last fall I bought my first home. The structure itself isn’t very old but the lady who owned it before me was quite elderly. Her name was Dot and she is dead.
I hate to be so blunt but I never met her. I [...]

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Tags: Evil · Humor · Life · Nature · People · Photography · Scary · animals

Happy Memorial Day 2008

May 26th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Happy Memorial Day! Please remember our American hero’s of the past, present and future! If you love and are grateful for freedom … and haven’t thanked a military person or their family … I challenge you to do so.
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Tags: Holiday · People · Photography · War On Terror · family

Turning 40 is Odd

May 14th, 2008 · 24 Comments

Don’t send a lame eCard.
Try JibJab Sendables!

The video is from my friend Nancy Brown … I love it and who better to tango with on my birthday! You rock!

I have been kidding around for about six months now about how if I have to have a mid-life crisis I should just take the bull [...]

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Tags: Asides · Holiday · Humor

Body Art

March 12th, 2008 · 44 Comments

Exciting news, I had an article published on Boundless today!  I had a lot of fun writing it.  The artwork for their article is based on my own drawings too.  I hope you like both the article and drawings.
It’s a long one but here is a snippet …
… Artists will be stunted if they are [...]

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Tags: Bible · Christianity · Church · Current Affairs · Drawing · Gifts · Life · Music · War Against Whining · Writing · art · blogging

Change is Possible - PC to Mac

March 7th, 2008 · 11 Comments

It all started when I was a teenager.  In High School we had a special six weeks where we got to choose a “career” oriented class.  Personal computers were getting a little bit of buzz so I decided to take the computing class which was based on Apple computers.
I was drawn immediately.  The yearning was [...]

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Tags: Asides · Education · Friends · Humor · blogging

Happy Valentines Day

February 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Happy Valentines Day everybody. I saw the above picture of a candle holder (vase?) at Hallmark.com and it was really cool so… there you go.
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Tags: Holiday · art

Fitness Friday #1

February 9th, 2008 · 6 Comments

I rejoined a gym a few weeks ago but this is the first full week of exercise so I just took down my weight and figured out a work out to start with. So this week I don’t have a status update.
I have broken my weight loss goal into three actual goals and I will [...]

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Tags: Exercise · Fitness Friday · Friends · Health · Life · People

I’m So Happy …

June 7th, 2007 · No Comments

… I have friends!  Thanks!
I am also very happy to be in Atlanta waiting on my flight home!  I get in late but at least I get to go home.
So much to blog about …
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Tags: People · Travel