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A story in few words:
My grandmother waves to dogs. Honest to God. My grandmother talks to the garden hose,waves to dogs on front porches, and speaks to her dead friend …

May 13, 2008 |Read More

Car Loan Information

The first thing to remember is not to “loan” your car to anyone. That was a fast rule in our house when I was growing up. Believe me, getting the …

May 13, 2008 |Read More

Hotel or resort near San Jose, Costa Rica

One thing we’ve learned over the last couple of months — Playa Samara, Costa Rica? You have to REALLY WANT to get there. To catch a flight on a puddle …

May 12, 2008 |Read More

Theater of the Unheard, Darrell Scott

To clean means to get a prize. Since the living room is once again habitable, couch cushions cleaned of dog fume, floor swept, windowsills rid of debris… my prize this …

May 12, 2008 |Read More

Cabinet Cards! Mom Day Bliss for an Ephemera Junkie.

Man, do I love those little old blasts from the past. Cabinet cards are the original photographer’s proofs. My

May 11, 2008 |Read More

IBM AS/400, a blast from the past.

A while back, in another life, I worked as an employment recruiter, seeking computer programmers. Oracle programming folks were new and hot, in big demand because the program just came …

May 10, 2008 |Read More

Estudiantes make it to San Jose, Costa Rica

Today is the Letter Carrier food drive day, btw. Put out a bag o’non-perishables. Now back to our regularly scheduled post:

An uneventful trip to Costa Rica from Pittsburgh, PA accentuated …

May 10, 2008 |Read More

Costa Rican Adventure - Car Rental

Once we get into Liberia, we’re going to need to rent a car. It’s a tricky situation, renting an automobile in another country than your own. So we’re probably …

May 9, 2008 |Read More

Opportunistic Senility - RuthCare 101

My mother, at age 91, suffers from boredom. It’s an onerous malady. Being 91, she’s physically limited, so she spends most of her free time having what I have termed …

May 9, 2008 |Read More

Infinite Shoe Selection!

Free shipping for orders over $59.98. Well, that sure gets my attention. And when it’s a shoe site, with
tsubo shoes offered on it, my heart jumps and the shoe-shopping …

May 9, 2008 |Read More

Phoebe Kate Foster’s “Under the Banner of Heaven” review

My dear sister writes most eloquently on religion and cults. This post is just a mere sample of her insightful and learned commentary. Click on …

May 9, 2008 |Read More

International Calling Cards

Costa Rica has a new ICE telephone number system, which means my Sprint cell phone won’t work down there. Rather than rent a cellphone at around $5.00 [US] a day, …

May 9, 2008 |Read More

The Deer Camp. El Dorado, Arkansas 1985

Great Uncle Pete is the first one to reach the pinnacle of complete inebriation. As one side of his lawn chair sinks slowly into the mud, his body …

May 9, 2008 |Read More

know your pharmacist?

Had to skip writing an ad. Online drugs. Not only is the location of the “pharmacy” not revealed, it’s a .md website. It gets even more odd, you can play …

May 7, 2008 |Read More

Captcha questions.

I am such a dork. If I’d stop missing the answers to the captcha questions, there would be more pimping of products on this site. Damn. I’m going to kick …

May 7, 2008 |Read More

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