Setting goals is great. It gives you a guide post to where you want to be, and they make you think about how to get there. One problem with goals is that you do not always want to start on them though. I still have not lost that weight that I promised to do last new year's eve. However, I did se
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02/16/2008
I attended a meeting of inspectors yesterday. A lawyer from the Texas Real Estate Commission had come to speak to us on how to avoid customer complaints, but we behaved badly towards her. It has been ruled that an amendment slipped in at the last moment by a representative who works for an insur
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02/16/2008
It was raining again. He had no appointments today, so he started to think about the chamber event next week. He was going to be honored for his volunteer service, which mean that he would be meeting many people. He considered it a wise idea that he goes over how that day would flow in his mind.
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02/15/2008
I did a post today on my Wordpress blog that is meant as a gift to new homeowners. I placed several links to free software and services online. I thought that most of us here would be familiar with them, but I decided to provide a link in case I came across something unfamiliar to you.http://anin
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02/14/2008
Disney is bringing back an attraction from the fifties to their theme park, the house of the future. Hewlett Packard and GE among others will be teaming up with the imagineers to project their vision. Live actors will be acting out how lives will be lived. I have an odd connection to the origina
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02/14/2008
This week my dog Fritz has a playmate coming over, my father's dog Senta. Fritz is a Golden Retriever who loves playing in the water, while Senta, the Doberman, does not. Fritz tried to show her the joys of splashing and rolling in puddles, but Senta felt it was beneath her diginity. When my dau
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02/12/2008
A few years back, I thought that I was going to have my name placed alongside of E.O. Wilson and Stephen Jay Gould. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I thought that I had made a significant study in naturalism in my own backyard. While puttering around in the garden, I had made the discovery of a red s
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02/12/2008
This is a story of how blogging could bring you fame and fortune. Well, maybe not exactly, but at least it brought me some recognition. Last Friday I received a call from a woman asking me about one of my blog posts. We talked about it, telling me that she represented the new US website Dothomes
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02/05/2008
As I am driving across town to a job, I slide the CD for “Forever Changes” by Love into the player. For those of us who fancied ourselves musicians at one point or another, Love is the band to enjoy and contemplate. “Forever Changes” is referred to as one of the greatest rock albums of all time.
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02/04/2008
I have a fondness for movie theaters. I used to work in one when I was younger. I particularly like the old Art Deco theaters, which really carry you away. I go to the Bookstop on West Alabama street, since you can still see a few elements of the old theater. I joke about the ghost with Whole Fo
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02/01/2008
