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Napa Valley Memories

August 18th, 2004 · 2 Comments · Photos and Shutterblogs

Travel is such a broadening experience.
Especially when you eat as much good food and drink as much good wine (well, not that much, really) as we did. Plus, the mud helped sweat some of the toxins out of our bodies, or so we like to tell ourselves.
And it certainly helps [...]

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Buttons! Need Buttons!

August 18th, 2004 · Comments Off · The Never-Ending Bloga

Yo, my husband David, here’s that link for getting the rich text editor buttons to work in Mozilla on the bookmarklet popup

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Suddenly Reminded of My College Years

August 18th, 2004 · Comments Off · Uncategorical Weirdness

SEATTLE, Aug 18 (Reuters) - A black bear was found passed out at a campground in Washington state recently after guzzling down three dozen cans of a local beer, a campground worker said on Wednesday.
Why, do you ask? This story will probably explain why the news of the bear on a beer binge rain [...]

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It’s All Wooorth It

August 18th, 2004 · Comments Off · Childfreedom

BBC NEWS | Americas | US children ‘abandoned in Africa’
An adoptive mother of 7 abandons her kids in Nigeria and heads to Iraq to work as a private contractor.
Even I don’t hate kids that much.

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“The Best Food Teacher Who Ever Lived”

August 18th, 2004 · Comments Off · Food, Glorious Food

Alton Brown on the passing of Julia Child:
She gave birth to the modern American cook, to TV cooks, and one might argue, American food in general. She was and always will be our Queen Mother and our den mother, a perfect blend of fun, passion, style and knowledge all wrapped up in a willing [...]

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