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2008/8/31

On the Turntable - Phil Keaggy

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@ 05:52 AM (14 months, 12 days ago)

The guy plays better with nine fingers than I do with ten.

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2008/8/30

OUCH!

@ 11:49 AM (14 months, 13 days ago)

Mark Steyn on experience:

First, Governor Palin is not merely, as Jay describes her, "all-American", but hyper-American. What other country in the developed world produces beauty queens who hunt caribou and serve up a terrific moose stew? As an immigrant, I'm not saying I came to the United States purely to meet chicks like that, but it was certainly high on my list of priorities. And for the gun-totin' Miss Wasilla then to go on to become Governor while having five kids makes it an even more uniquely American story. Next to her resume, a guy who's done nothing but serve in the phony-baloney job of "community organizer" and write multiple autobiographies looks like just another creepily self-absorbed lifelong member of the full-time political class that infests every advanced democracy....

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2008/8/29

Karma Chameleon

@ 06:55 AM (14 months, 14 days ago)

h/t FJ, Robert Louis Stevenson and um um Boy George

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2008/8/25

Sweet Home Chicago

@ 10:17 AM (14 months, 18 days ago)

AND now back to our regularly scheduled program........

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2008/8/18

Kicking the Horse's Ass

@ 03:53 PM (14 months, 25 days ago)

I've met some people who talk out of both sides of their mouth but this takes the cake. I joined in a discussion about homeschooling after Nikki made assertions like this:

I do understand a parent embracing the homeschooling philosophy for several reasons. Control of curriculum and topics, friends, diet, convenience and school shootings to name only a few.

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2008/8/16

23 years and You're still THE ONE Baby

@ 08:21 AM (14 months, 27 days ago)

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c358/elmersbrother1203/rayandaprilkissing.jpg

YOU'RE STILL THE ONE (Shania Twain)

When I first saw you, I saw love.
And the first time you touched me,
I felt love.
And after all this time, you're still the one I love.

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2008/8/11

Can you dig it?

@ 06:22 AM (15 months, 2 days ago)

2008/8/4

Shipmates

@ 11:18 AM (15 months, 9 days ago)

USS Proteus (aka the Old Pro) - I served aboard her from 1988 - 1990

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