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Thirty more years
After spending my entire adult life as a renter, I finally decided to take the plunge and buy a townhouse here in Phoenix.
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Beautiful spring weather
I hate to rub it in for my buddies on the East Coast, but we had some gorgeous weather here in the Valley yesterday, and it’s supposed to continue through the weekend. The high temperature in Phoenix yesterday was 80 … Continue reading
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Fire alarm red
I’ve been woken up twice tonight by my building’s fire alarm. Once about fifteen minutes ago, and once about an hour before that. The screech from the alarm is deafening. My heart is racing a couple hundred beats a minute, … Continue reading
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Airborne again
After a long hiatus, I took to the skies again Thursday morning. Since early December, every flight I had scheduled was canceled either because the weather was bad or because I wasn’t feeling well enough to fly. Thursday morning was … Continue reading
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Server migration
Some of you may have noticed I’ve been slow with the posts over the past couple weeks. I use shared server space for hosting this blog and many of my other web sites, and the company that rents me the … Continue reading
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Heart Attack Grill
My lunch today was the single-most exquisite meal I’ve ever eaten. Actually, that last sentence was total bullshit, but it was quite good.
Give me handles
If you read my blog regularly, no doubt you’ve noticed I don’t use people’s names, with the exception of public figures. I use my own first name and the first initial of my last name, but that’s it. I do … Continue reading
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A marathon weekend
This past weekend was unusually busy for me, but it was busy in a good way.
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Quiet new year
The new year is off to a rather quiet start. I spent New Year’s Eve at a party at a co-worker’s house. Believe it or not, I didn’t wind up blind drunk and puking in the backyard by the end … Continue reading
Emissions testing
With all the excitement of the holidays, I almost forgot that my car required an emissions test before I could renew the registration, which expires tomorrow. Since the testing stations aren’t open on Sundays, it meant I had to have … Continue reading
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Avant que l’ombre …
One of my Christmas gifts was a copy of Mylène Farmer’s Avant que l’ombre …, a two-volume CD album recorded live at Paris-Bercy earlier this year. I was really excited about having this in my hot little hands less than … Continue reading
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Released
After all the ado I made about being summoned to jury duty, I called the courthouse this afternoon and found out I was released. I was scheduled to serve tomorrow morning.
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Double oh yes
My sister and I went to see Casino Royale nine days ago. There’s really only one way to summarize the experience: Casino Royale is the best Bond film ever. I’m sure some die-hard Sean Connery fan out there is already … Continue reading
Chicken and waffles at Lo-Lo’s
So … a Catholic, a Jew, and an Indian walk into a soul food restaurant … No, it’s not the beginning of a bad joke. It was my lunch today.
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Fox traffic report
Just out of curiosity, am I the only one who watches Fox 10 News in the morning just to see traffic reporter Andrea Robinson? I tuned in for her traffic report Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week, several times each … Continue reading
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Exercise of civic duty
This Election Day morning, I decided to give new meaning to exercising my civic duty. I walked to the polls.
Sharp dressed man
A few weeks ago, I started a new job, and I quickly realized I had a serious wardrobe problem. The few articles of clothing I still owned that were office-worthy were in a sorry state of repair. My shirts were … Continue reading
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I got served
About ten days ago, I found a jury summons in my mailbox. Fortunately, it was not addressed to me, but to someone else who probably used to live at my address. I left it in the mailbox, and within a … Continue reading
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Pushing my buttons
Every once in a while, I have moments where I take an unhealthy delight in watching other people do something dumb. I know I should help them, but something inside me takes over and forces me to become an observer. … Continue reading
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