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Tue May, 25th 2010

My beautiful niece, Baby Caroline, celebrated her first birthday with a party last weekend.  There was cake.  There were presents.  And there were many family members and friends in attendance to celebrate.

Below are pictures of Caroline and her friends.

Caroline First Birthday Cake
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Thu Apr, 22nd 2010

My favorite blog in the whole world is The Pioneer Woman.  It's written by an Oklahoma ranch wife.  She cooks, she cares for cows, she takes much better pictures than I do.  And, last fall, she published a cookbook.  At that time, The Pioneer Woman embarked on a national book tour.  But she didn't come to the Northwest.

But several weeks ago, The Pioneer Woman announced a visit to Seattle...

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Fri Mar, 26th 2010

Loose Lucy was my first dog, a boxer.  She was the best dog in the world.  Everybody loved Lucy.  She traveled all over the country with me.  By the time she died, at almost 11 years old, Lucy had visited 36 states, swam in three oceans, and made friends from coast to coast.

Loose Lucy the Boxer Dog
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Tue Mar, 9th 2010

When I was college, I majored in Math and minored in English.  Math was always my worst subject, and English was always my best subject.  I figured I could make 'C's in my math classes, 'A's in my English classes, and graduate with a 'B' average.  As it turns out, that's exactly what happened.

Following are excerpts from a paper I wrote for my English 312 class on November 11, 1996.  If I remember correctly, the...

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Fri Mar, 5th 2010

Dear Good People of Internet Land:

Allow me to introduce the apostrophe.  It's like a comma, only taller.

The Apostrophe

Let's just take a moment to admire the word:  apostrophe.  A postrophe.  The first 'p' has a hard pa sound like posse, posterity,...

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Mon Mar, 1st 2010

I went to Seattle last week to celebrate my birthday with my mom, sister, brother-in-law, and baby niece, Sweet Caroline.  We decided to eat dinner at The Spaghetti Factory because spaghetti is about my favorite food in the whole wide world.  And I never EVER pass up an excuse to drag all my friends and family to The Spaghetti Factory.  I know they serve spaghetti at other restaurants.  But they don't have...

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