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serenity
“Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.” G. K. Chesterton
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Empty Birdhouse
This is the emptiest time of year. The incredible autumn colors have faded to shades of brown, and the world seems to be in waiting...
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Wa-a-a-y too early for this
Yeah. It's soooooo pretty, isn't it?
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The *real* reason
Investigators looking into the reasons for the engine failure and subsequent splash-landing of US Airways Flight 1549 last week in New York are increasingly leaning towards a bird strike as the cause. Al-Geeshadi had no comment. (h/t Chris)
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Before
By this time tomorrow, things will look a little different....
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Moon Branches
I've not done much in the way of nighttime photography before, mostly because I never had a tripod up until recently. There's a gorgeous full moon tonight, so I thought I'd give it a shot, before it's too cold to be outside without mittens. What a lovely...
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Old Trucks
I'm having more derned fun with this camera than anybody should be allowed to have.....
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3500 words. Two weeks. Brainlock.
2. A case study/evaluation of how NATO responded to the Berlin Crisis, including a study of the the factors that shaped NATO's response.
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parade
Nothing like a little ride with three or four thousand of your best friends.....
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FORTY degrees today!!
....And so the spring tasks begin.... since we will probably be back in the deep freeze again tomorrow.
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experiments
Okay, so my first try at the requested cherry turnovers ("we don't need no steenkin' recipes!") didn't turn out too hot. In fact, there was a somewhat.... explosive.... aspect to them and we were forced to eat them with a spoon. With ice cream. "Cherry...
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still here
I *promise* I will return to regularly scheduled rants sooner or later. I'm just happily bogged down in the Treaty of Versailles and the Policy of Containment. And of course, partying like it's 1999. Ain't life grand?
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On losing my best friend
Rudy tells me exactly what he thinks of me for having certain of his body parts removed, fore and aft: I'm hoping he'll talk to me again when his paws and his.... ahem.... are all healed up. Right now, he's ignoring me mightily, refusing to even play...
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No, I really haven't...
fallen off the face of the earth. It's been just... interesting... around here. And International Law has been the least of it. :-) Do things ever truly "return to normal"?
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And they gave this a$$* a Pulitzer???????
Ted Rall online Discuss. I'm headed off for the first in a long week of overtime shifts. At least I'm headed out in a great mood after seeing this. [/sarcasm]
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Okay, someone call 911. These candles are out of control.
Just remember MAD, this is a race that I will always lose to you. LOL Thanks for the birthday wish.
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sometimes, holidays are like this
Is my inner Scrooge peeking out? Or is it just that I am already very tired of Christmas Sale ads?
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Even though I didn't.....
.....I am thankful for those who do. Honoring those who Serve
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two hours ago, the sun was shining
[UPDATE 11:00am] Those pics were taken 6" ago. Up to about 9", and still coming down. I just spent an hour and a half SHOVELING. I think bike season might be over.]
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weather.com
weather.com Heavy snow warning much of Wisconsin 12:33 p.m. ET Wed.,Dec.14,2005 Heavy snow warnings remain in effect for much of Wisconsin today with as much as eight inches expected to pile up in some locations.
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Good Philosophy
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Oh lord, I am *starved*
In Virginia Beach, Restaurants Where the Food Goes Sideways - New York Times
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Reading List 2
Beth Brown-Reinsel My rating: 4 out of 5
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i know the feeling
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Always somebody who has it worse.....
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