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Our haiku challenge

on the amstel canal
northern lights uncluttered my mind
peaceful tidbits linger
by: susan
 
 
 
stray dog barks for me
disregard, i’ll sleep it off
then a human knocks
by: chris
 

The summer of fun just got ‘funner’

With Susan off for the summer, I ‘bid’ to have some weeks off with her. I was awarded 6 weeks from the end of June through early August. Being anxious to kick the summer off - I asked (and was awarded) a drop of a trip at the end of June that slides up to [...]

I saw your parents on the internet

Kevin on Google Street View
My brother told me to look at the Google Street View of our parents house in Tampa. I guess when Google’s Street View Team indexed our street - they caught something remarkable.

Quite a precise message.

Quite a precise message.

Originally uploaded by ian boyd

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vader-1.jpg

Originally uploaded by stork123

xmas07

xmas07

Originally uploaded by stork123

drew brees


Simpsons - opening night

Susan and I went to opening night of the Simpsons movie. THE opening night. The midnight showing at select theaters opening night. First of all - movie = Awesome. But it was the crowd that made it funny. Laugh Out Loud Funny. One of the treats of the episodes is that there is no laugh [...]

Looking back on a day at the office

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Originally uploaded by stork123.

I just learned about this site flightaware.com. You can watch in real-time or look back on flights and see the routes flown.
Today this was my flight from msp to phl.
We took a little turn to the left over michagan because some clown was diverting around some cells and figured we should do the [...]

The accidental peacemaker

I often watch in amazement as gate agents in airports can so blatantly blow off our passengers in the their time of need. I know there are plenty of times there is nothing they can do to rectify the situation but I’m sure a little compassion would make the hard news easier to swallow. And [...]

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