Monthly Archive: November 2012

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Laura’s Other Birthday

We make birthdays more than just a one day event around here. With Enric and Miranda away for her actual birthday, we saved the cake for one more day. Mom and I took a chance with that wall decal, but thankfully, Laura liked it! So after some discussion, Miranda agreed...

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The Man That We Call Dad

He never looks for praises He’s never one to boast He just goes on quietly working For those he loves the most His dreams are seldom spoken His wants are very few And most of the time his worries Will go unspoken too He’s there…. A firm foundation Through all...

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Big Gulps Bad Marijuana Good

We now live in a nation where big gulps are banned, and the move to legalize marijuana is gaining strength. The belief is that the drug is relatively harmless. But there are many tests that say different. This video says different, by a doctor, and lets a user unknowingly give...

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Asleep at the Wheel of Your Thoughts

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. ~Philippians 4:8 My son preached last night...

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Nineteen and Nails

My baby turned 19, and yesterday was the very day of her birthday. The celebrations however, started some days ago. Her English class gave her  pizza party, then Jenny and Miquel spoiled her by taking her out, of course we had a sweet celebration at my sister’s, and then it...

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Happy Thanksgiving 2012

Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. They say there is ALWAYS something to be thankful for. Enjoy your day. For something cute about Turkey attacks, watch this: 🙂

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A Different Kind of Baby Shower

Now, given that I am now married but also part time gypsy, and far from living in a traditional manner, I likely have no business to call this an unconventional baby shower. 🙂 But it WAS different. For one thing, the baby was already born, the party was mostly for...

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Extra Credit at Fort McHenry

Laura’s history teacher promised extra credit to anyone who visited Fort McHenry in Baltimore. So off she and I went on a little “field trip.” Fort McHenry, in Baltimore, Maryland, is a coastal star-shaped fort best known for its role in the War of 1812, when it successfully defended Baltimore...

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Salaries of the Bakers Union

Now, don’t hold it against me, but I’ve never eaten a Twinkie, and now I never will. It’s been all over the news that Hostess will have to shut its operations and lay off 18,5000 people. On the night of November 15, 2012, Hostess Brands recognized a sufficient amount of...

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Did Jesus Die for Klingons Too?

Not a serious question. But it’s question number one of many, while looking into wasteful spending  by the Pentagon. From the Washington Times From a workshop on whether Jesus’ salvation would apply to aliens to determining the color of the feathers on a 150-million-year-old creature deemed the Earth’s first bird,...

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That’s So Ravens

  From the Baltimore Sun: The Ravens scored 27 first-half points, tying the most ever in the John Harbaugh era, and kept pouring it on from there en route to a 55-20 blowout over the hapless Oakland Raiders on Sunday afternoon in front of an announced 71,339 at M&T Bank...

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If I Were the Devil

Did your parents listen to Paul Harvey? Mine always did… Paul Harvey Aurandt (1918 – 2009), better known as Paul Harvey, was America’s National Commentator. His listening audience was estimated, at its highest, to be around 24 million people a week. “Paul Harvey News was carried on 1,200 radio stations,...

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Bridge Wedding

This day I will marry my best friend, the one I laugh with, live for, dream with, love ~ Author Unknown ~ Over two weeks ago, Laura and I put on our Moonfall Studios hats and photographed Jon and Kimi’s Wedding. This is a couple who allowed us to photograph...

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Voted

“Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual–or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for...

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After the Voting

“No matter whom you vote for, the Government always gets in.” True story. “Politicians and diapers should be changed frequently and all for the same reason.” ~José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, translated from Portuguese Oh, I am not knocking voting, in fact, I have been very vocal this year...

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Iceland

I’ve been to Iceland now, twice. Each visit was brief, merely a stop, a quick stroll, and back on the plane. Once, I went in the dead of winter in January, and the runway fit its name, ICY. I couldn’t see how the plane would ever stop. But we did,...