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Entries from September 2007

Yesterday and Today

September 19th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Traveling Along, We're Adventurers

We got our coffee and toast thang going and then got out all the snorkel gear and went off to Wailea/Makena for some snorkeling. Ahihi Cove was almost deserted when we got there, and as a pair of women were getting out, I asked about conditions. “Murkey and disappointing,” they said. David was all for [...]

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Travel On A Shoestring

September 19th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Clan: McTiVo

Around The World For Free
Amazing Race 2’s co-winner Alex Boylan is going around the world again - for free. He started today from CBS’ office and will attempt to get around the world for free within 6 months. He’ll be relying on nearly real-time interactive social networking to get tips and info about where and [...]

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links for 2007-09-19

September 18th, 2007 · No Comments · del.icio.us

An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: We all need the Anglicans right now
Sr. Joan Chittester comments “We All Need The Anglicans” in a post excerpted on Susan Russell’s blog - The struggle going on inside the Anglican Communion about the episcopal ordination of homosexual priests and the recognition of the homosexual lifestyle
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Not Quite The Andromeda Strain

September 18th, 2007 · No Comments · Hot Off The Presses

But intriguing and a little disturbing, although it could be just a little hysteria mixed with superstition. However, it seems to be a fact that seven policemen sent to the crash site had to be given oxygen and hospitalized.
Mystery illness strikes after meteorite hits Peruvian village - Yahoo! News
LIMA (AFP) - Villagers in southern [...]

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Reasons For Young People To Vote

September 18th, 2007 · No Comments · Hot Off The Presses, Only in Utah...

The below is a real letter to the editor of the Salt Lake Tribune. The writer urges her fellow young people to get off their butts and vote, because  “Yes, the people who take arthritis meds and think that gardening is a snazzy hobby are the ones who make your decisions.”
As it happens, I’m probably [...]

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