Archive for the ‘life’ Category
Monday, March 5th, 2007
We had our friends Rob and Jessi over for dinner recently and we were captivated by Rob's story about the February 16th fire in Waldo, MO.
One of the buildings that was destroyed was built in the 1920s, and I guess was once home to vaudeville shows. Waldo is an eclectic ...
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Friday, March 2nd, 2007
Starbucks Seekers Can Use Text Messaging to Find Stores [via]
Send your zipcode to MYSBUX and get a list of the closest locations. Brilliantly simple.
And although some of this functionality is also available through Google's mobile services (amongst other providers), it is nice to see a brand recognize the importance.
The store ...
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
If you happen to be in Houston and happen to stumble upon a seemingly lonely, unclaimed, shiny, ladies platinum wedding ring waiting to be picked up and taken home, please give me a call to claim your reward.
As it turns out, my wife lost her ring somewhere in Houston yesterday ...
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
As a gift from my wife, we got tickets to visit the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit at Union Station, here in Kansas City.
Check out Wikipedia for more info on the Dead Sea Scrolls themselves, but I'll give you the brief summary.
The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1946, and ...
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Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Today's bquote from bguides(tm) got me inspired.
Inspired to pursue creative outlets.
Inspired to keep blogging, when I only have a handful of people reading.
Inspired to not give in to the budgets, schedules and numerous demands we all live by.
And most importantly, inspired to have the courage and patience to keep pushing ...
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Monday, January 29th, 2007
I was having some Smuckers Strawberry Jam on my toast the other day at FirstWatch, and I noticed "Grade A Fancy" imprinted in the upper right corner.
"Grade A Fancy" Jam? What is the grading scale for Jam? Not to be outdone, there is "Grade A Fancy" syrup as ...
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Thursday, January 25th, 2007
I was reading my daily bquotes newsletter from bguides.com, and the trend mentioned today was the continued success of American Idol.
I'm not going to get in to any jabs at the stars or the hosts, because there is an endless supply of that on and offline, but I saw an ...
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Thursday, January 11th, 2007
Great Wall Street Journal article about Blackberrys and the impact the have had in regards to "always available" that we have all found to be wayyyyyy too common.
Unfortunately, I have to admit that I am just as guilty as everyone else that has one, although after continuous reminders that its ...
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Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
My race results are below. My goal was to beat 2:15, which I did, and although I was hoping to stay on the 10 min pace for the full race, I started to slow down about the 11 mile mark to a jog across the finish.
A full marathon in the ...
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Monday, January 8th, 2007
When did we become so pressed for time that someone had to modify the standard escalator to work in airports? Kind of like speed walking. And if you are on one, you better get moving or you are likely to get run over.
There are even 157 royalty free images ...
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