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4
Jan
Blast From the Past
So I finally got some old pics off my memory card. These are from my trip back home. I try to fly Southwest when I can these days, so I flew in to Jackson. Vicksburg is right on the way home, and what, I hear you ask, is in Vicksburg? Why, the Civil War Memorial [...]
3
Jan
Foods
So yeah, Christmas was good. Lotsa good food, prepared by the mother figure. Very good food. And I was able to add to my collection of kitchen gadgets! (pictures there later)
I’ve been spending quite a bit more time in the kitchen lately. It started with the Kitchenaid stand mixer a couple of months ago [...]
5
Nov
Change
I stayed up last night until the speech in Grant Park. Waking up this morning I almost still couldn’t believe it. But it’s a landslide. And not a lesson we can afford to forget over the next four years.
Anyway, the speech. It was classic Obama. And something that I feel should be posted everywhere. [...]
3
Oct
LA Confidential
After San Diego we were animaled out so we headed to LA. We pretty much just took it easy here. Did the Disneyland thing, went to Little Tokyo, Hollywood, places like that. The only celebrity I saw was George Takei, but, sadly, I wasn’t able to get a pic.
2
Oct
Wild Animal Park: Lions and… Well, Lions!
Are we seeing a pattern here yet?
The park, much like the zoo, was pleasantly deserted. We ended up taking one of the optional longer tours and we were the only ones on it. Talk about service! Not sure what it is with places like this, but here, too, there was an abundance of giraffes. It [...]
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20
Sep
San Diego Zoo: I Love Meerkats
The zoo was very, very nice. And very, very large. They had a ton of animals there that I had never actually seen in person, which was rather nice. I now need a colony of meerkats.
Afterwards we headed to the Museum of Man, but, sadly, it was already closed. Very impressive building, though.
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