Well, the pool’s gone. Yesterday afternoon Tom and I took down the horrid pile of metal and blue rubber that the previous residence called a pool. Brianne and Andreea dug the hole that will become an interlocking brick patio. Now it’s on to day two of construction. Or is that destruction?

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”     Now, I like to give eveything a chance, whirl, go at it, what have you. I even poked my head inside the strange, bizarre and ahem, patriotic (teehee) world of Amway. And, I’ll admit it, I’m man enough, I almost went for it. “What the hell I said, If I don’t like it, I can always quit!” Well, let me tell you a story, my friend. One of greed, corruption, scamming,...

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     More planes flying into buildings today. Terrorism is not suspected in the crash which sent the top floors of the Pirelli bulding in Milan, Italy aflame at 5:50pm (1450 GMT) today. The passenger plane reportedly radioed for help before it crashed into the 26th floor of this 30 floor sky-scraper. The building is one of the world’s tallest at 415 feet high, built in 1950, it is one of the symbols of...

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     What is up with the weather? Every day I check the weather and the long term forecast is always changing drastically. On Monday, Friday was supposed to be 4 degrees, Tuesday, Friday was supposed to be 12 degrees, now Friday is supposed to be 20 degrees with thundershowers. A wise person once said; “Being a weather-person is the only job where you can be completely wrong every day and still have a...

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     Holy hot Batman! Well if you’re not melted after the last two days of 30 degree weather, then you’re lucky. The first heat gives us a chance to test out our air conditioners, and make sure they don’t work, in the case of my office, they don’t. It also gives me a chance to try out sitting on the balcony while listening to horns honk, checking out the view and updating my news all at...

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