On the evening of November 18th last year I arrived in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, a Spanish island off the coast of West Africa. I had traveled from California to Boston, where I met a friend I have known since grade school, Ron, and the two of us boarded a flight to Las Palmas with a layover in Madrid. The purpose of our trip was...
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miyo:
Hi, yes I am
kyoko:
That is true, I'm glad you enjoy them 
I will be away from November 17th until early or mid December. The sailing yacht Mustang awaits in Gran Canaria off the West Coast of Africa and I have been called to man her as she races to St. Lucia in the Caribbean.
I will miss you all and look forward to catching up when I return. Best wishes to you all. Enjoy Thanksgiving and...
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I will miss you all and look forward to catching up when I return. Best wishes to you all. Enjoy Thanksgiving and...
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kcdiaz:
Are you back yet? Cool picture.
ferkixlll:
Pulling these hours since Aug '10. One adapts
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The surpriseing thing is how long it took to get the gig.
Hopeing that it is 'working smarter'.
So how went your leg of the race?
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The surpriseing thing is how long it took to get the gig.
Hopeing that it is 'working smarter'.
So how went your leg of the race?
I don't remember the date, but it was winter of 95-96 I think. It was a Sunday night and I had been hanging out at the Grog in Newburyport with one of the waitresses and the rest of the floor staff. They had a so called blues show every Sunday night down in the basement where the stage is and as usual we would sit...
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heathen:
It was very sweet of you to leave such kind words on my set 
subrosa:
I edited out your edit about being mentally challenged. I'm sorry. I hear you and feel your pain, but I have to uphold the rules. If this is a major issue, I'll let you re-post your post, but I'll have to take action afterwards and would greatly prefer not to.
I think you'll understand.
I think you'll understand.
I'm thinking of heading down to LA to visit some friends and family sometime in the next month. Anyone around?
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dochamo:
Well we'e getting weekly snowstorms here this year. If you want to take some time to come play in the snow we have plenty!
dochamo:
An idea?
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jekyllandhyde:
Heh, appreciated.
With apologies to all of my SG friends for simply going for a very long walk (thats a metaphor), I would like to say that I am back.
I went through a long period of unemployment and am now nearly six weeks back to work. During the year + of vritually no work I had nothing positive or even constructive to add to this community...
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I went through a long period of unemployment and am now nearly six weeks back to work. During the year + of vritually no work I had nothing positive or even constructive to add to this community...
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camshaft:
Thank you, sir. I enjoy doing those threads in the Geezer group- I try to come up with non-obvious choices whenever possible.
ckdexterhaven:
It's been fun. My brain says that the fun stops when they play Pittsburgh in a few weeks. I just hope that game is competitive.
Wow.
From the afternoon of Tuesday the 2nd until the morning of Monday the 9th I was completely wiped out. I cannot recall ever feeling so poorly for so long. I'm far from 100% but am feeling on the mend and am able to go to work, thank goodness.
Best to all,
M.
From the afternoon of Tuesday the 2nd until the morning of Monday the 9th I was completely wiped out. I cannot recall ever feeling so poorly for so long. I'm far from 100% but am feeling on the mend and am able to go to work, thank goodness.
Best to all,
M.
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fatality:
Hope you're good!
lizaeth:
where are you?
where are you?
Lovers
When I hear men boast about how passoinate
they are, I think of the two cleaning ladies
at a second-story window watching a man
coming back from a party where there was
lots of free beer. He runs in and out
of buildings looking for a toilet. "My Lord,"
the tall woman says, "that fellow down there
surely does love architecture".
Jack Gilbert, "The...
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When I hear men boast about how passoinate
they are, I think of the two cleaning ladies
at a second-story window watching a man
coming back from a party where there was
lots of free beer. He runs in and out
of buildings looking for a toilet. "My Lord,"
the tall woman says, "that fellow down there
surely does love architecture".
Jack Gilbert, "The...
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pip:
David Ortiz agrees with you.
wsoxfan:
I saw "The Wrestler" last night. The film was a tour de force for Mickey Rourke. As far as I'm concerned, he should win the Best Actor Oscar.
The last movie I saw him in was The Rainmaker. I thought he stood out in a relatively minor role. That was a long time ago. It's obvious that he's far from washed up as an actor. Marisa Tomei was quite a revelation in The Wrestler as well, in more ways than one. I totally recommend this movie.
The last movie I saw him in was The Rainmaker. I thought he stood out in a relatively minor role. That was a long time ago. It's obvious that he's far from washed up as an actor. Marisa Tomei was quite a revelation in The Wrestler as well, in more ways than one. I totally recommend this movie.
Wow! America is cool
We are being admired by Swedes! We don't have to pretend we're Canadians. We elected Barack Obama!
By Garrison Keillor
Nov. 12, 2008. Be happy, dear hearts, and allow yourselves a few more weeks of quiet exultation. It isn't gloating, it's satisfaction at a job well done. He was a superb candidate, serious, professorial but with a flashing grin and a...
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We are being admired by Swedes! We don't have to pretend we're Canadians. We elected Barack Obama!
By Garrison Keillor
Nov. 12, 2008. Be happy, dear hearts, and allow yourselves a few more weeks of quiet exultation. It isn't gloating, it's satisfaction at a job well done. He was a superb candidate, serious, professorial but with a flashing grin and a...
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luky:
Happy New Year!
niobe:
Thanks.
I grew up in a very mixed (non practicing) religion white family in the Boston area and was raised color blind. The shock of my upbringings collision with forced school desegregation was violent and disturbing but it never loosed my or my families grip on knowing what was right and doing it, no matter what. I was raised right.
In my wildest dreams I never...
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wsoxfan:
I never thought of myself as someone who would be able to pour my soul out there for all to see. Of course, before joining SG, I was never in a situation where I could blog. While I'm on the subject of SG, I want to elaborate on my last paragraph of my blog. I may have mentioned in the past that I joined SG at the urging of a friend of mine who joined as an SG Hopeful last February. Her screen name is Lyrical. She's the one with me on my profile pic. She's chosen to distance herself from me over the past month or so. I owe her a lot, as she helped me turn the corner away from the depression that I was going through after my wife's passing. I neither could nor would badmouth her to anyone at any time. I have no animosity toward her for seemingly ending our friendship, whatever her reasons might be. I just wish she would have been willing or able to tell me what those reasons are. That would have made closure much easier.
I'm glad the Sox got rid of Swisher. I had high expectations for him when he came over. From what I saw of him, he continuously kept taking pitches, many very hittable ones, and before you knew it, he had two strikes on him. It seemed that he was always looking for the walk instead of wanting to swing the bat.
I wish you success dealing with whatever is troubling you. You've made a difference with the support you've given me on a regular basis. Thank you.
I'm glad the Sox got rid of Swisher. I had high expectations for him when he came over. From what I saw of him, he continuously kept taking pitches, many very hittable ones, and before you knew it, he had two strikes on him. It seemed that he was always looking for the walk instead of wanting to swing the bat.
I wish you success dealing with whatever is troubling you. You've made a difference with the support you've given me on a regular basis. Thank you.
wsoxfan:
I just left the following query with electric_eel also. I'm asking you in case he doesn't know.
How can the score revert to 11-10 in the Chargers-Steelers game when the extra point had been kicked? It was kicked, wasn't it? Or was it a figment of my imagination? Isn't it a fact that the previous play can no longer be reviewed after the next play (the extra point in this case) has been run?
I was watching the game while involved in something else and I had the sound off. Did I miss something?
How can the score revert to 11-10 in the Chargers-Steelers game when the extra point had been kicked? It was kicked, wasn't it? Or was it a figment of my imagination? Isn't it a fact that the previous play can no longer be reviewed after the next play (the extra point in this case) has been run?
I was watching the game while involved in something else and I had the sound off. Did I miss something?