I don’t really have that much to say about Memorial Day that stems from personal experience. I can talk a little about the VA from personal experience. Basically, I had a small income that Mom put away for college and things because Pop was a veteran, and he died of a service related heart ailment. I remember getting checks from the VA, and having to register in a special line in college because of my benefits. I wasn’t a very good student and I regret that, now. I got a couple of hundred dollars a month that basically got signed directly…
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So. Off into the blue tomorrow on a fact-finding trip. It’s just a short weekend trip on my own – my husband David and my cat Riley will be batching it while I’m gadding around the urban wilderness of Salt Lake. Books and Stuff To Read Another Country Sudoku Easy by Will Shortz Large type copies of several Sudoku puzzles Moleskine notebook (or knockoff of same)((nearly full) Moleskine notebook (the real thing)((empty)) Pens, pencils, highlighter Deciding whether to bring more books Techery Laptop Case Logic case Wireless mouse (I know, but it’s so damn handy) AC/DC adapter phone cable for occasional dialup access…
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London Underground Tube Diary – Going Underground’s Blog Yesterday when coming home, I noticed there was something weird about the people coming up the escalators at Leicester Square (they weren’t dressed as Santas – that’s the best escalator picture I could find for this chilly time of year in London – I was freezing at work yesterday!). No-one on the up escalator was actually moving. It was as though someone had pressed a pause button on a video. After a few seconds of surprise and looking around at each other, they realised the escalator had just stopped and as there…
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Riley was so frickin’ cute just now. His favorite bag is starting to get pretty battered – I’ve been sort of helping that tear in the bottom corner, hoping that he’d start playing with it. Tonight, my wish was granted. Sometimes he likes to just sit on the flattened bag, but tonight when I opened it up a little, he went in and out a few times. David and I went about our normal evening routines… but then the bag started rustling and cracking a lot more than normal. I moved to where I could see him, and caught a…
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It seems my husband David has fallen into a life of crime; he sent an email to his mom just now telling her that she had left her red umbrella in our car, and he was holding it hostage for some mushroom barley soup. Red Brolly Hostage Crisis, Day One David’s parents had heard good things of an exhibition at the Milwaukee Public Museum called “St Peter and the Vatican: The Legacy of the Popes.” They bought tickets and we arranged to meet at the Hyatt on Lake-Cook Road, where we’ve found it convenient to rendezvous with other friends in…
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Via: Flickr Title: 05-13-06_1047.jpg By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 13 May ’06, 10.47am CDT PST
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Via: Flickr Title: 05-13-06_1036.jpg By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 13 May ’06, 10.36am CDT PST
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Via: Flickr Title: Spring By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 1 May ’06, 6.54pm CDT PST
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Here’s irony for you – yesterday, I was doing a laundry run for the local PADS homeless shelter yesterday. It was absolutely the last day to do it, because the shelter we at Holy Moly volunteer for is a Friday night, and they needed to have the soiled laundry picked up, dropped off at the local hospital that donates the bedding sets, and clean sets returned to the site. Normally, I do this (about once a month or less) on Sunday after church the week I’m scheduled, but it can actually be done any time between Saturday and Thursday. But…