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{ Monthly Archives } July 2008

And Then There Was One

I have one more day at the office tomorrow before I call it a week and leave for my excursion to St. Louis.  I am so looking forward to leaving the office behind for a few days.
Speaking of the office, it looks like some of the typical freneticism is underway as we enter our change [...]

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Not So Subtle Reminders

This evening, while grabbing a quick bite to eat from the local Safeway, I was reminded of why I never shop there.  As I stood waiting in the Express lane, I was the second person behind a woman who decided that she would break her purchase out among a couple of different credit cards.  This [...]

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Something in the Water

I am so thankful for the return of Shark Week on the Discovery Channel.  It reminds me of how much sharks fascinated me when I was a kid, and it reminds me of summers from college, watching the shows of Shark Week while home for the summer.

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Visitation

Yesterday was a day long in the making and one I had been dreading.  My maternal grandmother, maternal uncle, nephew, and I drove down just outside of Charlottesville, Virginia to visit my mother.  For those of you new to the ongoing saga of my family, my mother has been in jail in Virginia for about [...]

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Peace and Quiet

I am sitting here enjoying a quiet Saturday morning, drinking some coffee and catching up on things in advance of a day of enjoying a cookout with some good friends followed up with some beers with some friends.  Nonetheless, here are some things percolating in my mind over the last few days. 

I am so [...]

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