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Holy fucking mother of god!

Things may be moving faster than I could have thought imaginable on the photogaphy front. It seems that a local and really excellent portrait photographer (senior pictures, weddings, etc.) has decided after 20 years that it's just not fun any more and he's looking to get out of the business. He's got a 4,000 sq. ft. studio (2 big shooting...
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Things are continuing to move forward for the photography business. It's slower than I'd like, but at least it's still moving forward. I'm busy folding brochures at this point -- I'll be sending out 1,000 of these suckers, and each one needs four VERY precise folds, so it's taking a lot longer than I'd like (all told, it'll probably be like 20 hours of folding...
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Ok, fans, I need your help here. Freelz.

I'm gettin' REALLY close to deciding it's time to switch careers here, and start doing photography full time. (In my "real life" I'm a computer programer for a University). Assuming I can find enough market, I'm going to be doing primarily commercial photography (photography for ads, brochures, websites, reports, billboards, etc.). If I do it, I'l be...
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In two and a half weeks, we're going on vacation. Since we just celebrated our 25th anniversary, and in a couple months our son will be graduating from high school (with high honors), we decided we really needed to celebrate. So we're spending more money than we really should, but it'll be so nice. We're going to Antigua for a week!

I also had a...
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Wow, has it been a long time or what? I've hardly been to the site -- been busy busy busy! The Burns Supper (see previous post) went GREAT!! We had about 90 people all told, and everything just sort of fell into place. It was a killer day -- we started cooking at 8:00 AM and finally got home about 1:00 AM -- at which...
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Oy! I've hardly been on here. My entire life has become this Burns Night Supper. I'm not going to know what to do with myseof after the 27th! While it's been a ton of work, and I've had more than my fair share of recalcitrant ducks refusing to line up, things are finally falling neatly into place. This is gonna be a real whiz-banger of...
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Ok, boys and girls, I've been a busy busy busy boy! Hardly been on hear in the last couple weeks -- I've been busy putting together a Robert Burns Supper hiere in Columbia, MO. It's gonna happen now, I'm committed to that (to the tune of several hundred dollars! ). It should be a huge amount of fun, too. Any of you around here, you...
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Ok, this is really going to seem out there, but does anyone have a good source for sheep guts?
In particular I'd like to find the sheep's "pluck" (heart, liver and lungs) and stomach.

It goes like this. I'm trying to organize a Rabbie Burns Supper, and a crucial element of said supper is a haggis. For those who don't know, haggis is a traditional...
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Lots to be thankful for here. A wonderful family, great friends (here and elsewhere), many freedoms, privileges and undeserved benefits. Life is good.

I've been editing yoga pictures like mad for justicia. I'll include a composite at the bottom of this note. It's been a very relaxing day here. I slept late, watched (the end of) the Macy's Day Parade (as we...
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Well, this morning was certainly eventful. For the first time in over 30 years of driving I was responsible for an auto accident (I've been rear-ended twice, but that doesn't count!). I can't even begin to pretend it wasn't my fault. I was pulling onto the blacktop from my (gravel) county road. I'd come to a complete stop, looked both ways and then went --...
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So, I'm finally again amongst the ranks of the living. That... whatever it was... was nasty!

I'm at home now, awaiting delivery of a brand spanking new dishwasher! Our old one was here when we bought the house 16 years ago, and it's been slowly deteriorating in the job it does. No amount of cleaning and rehabilitation seems to improve it, so we decided the...
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