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Our Life

AND AWAAAY WE GO!

After two winters in ”el norte,” we’re moving 800 miles south. I believe we overshot our stay by about six months. It might have been better if we had left before the second winter, before we had another six months to accumulate more stuff and most importantly, before I had another six months to become […]

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Corporations

AN INTERESTING WEEK FOR KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN

You can’t make this stuff up! Last Wednesday, KFC issued a press release about asking the pope to bless their fish sandwich: KFC APPEALS TO HIGHER AUTHORITY BY ASKING FOR PAPAL BLESSING FOR NEW KFC® FISH SNACKER SANDWICH New Fish Snacker Offers Modern Take on ‘Loaves and Fishes’ for Today’s Lenten Observers LOUISVILLE, KY – […]

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Biodiesel

ONCE IN A BLUE STAR

Once in awhile we are fortunate enough to stumble upon a bit of magic. Tuesday night was one of those times. Bob and I were in San Antonio for the Sustainable Biodiesel Summit on Saturday and the National Biodiesel Conference Sunday, Monday and Tuesday and decided to take a break and have dinner with Charlie […]

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Environment

THE DAY AFTER GROUNDHOG DAY

How much louder can we get? Those of us who do believe in Global Warming are at wits end to turn the tide of a train wreck which could render planet Earth uninhabitable. One of today’s top stories, aptly titled “We face disaster without drastic action” warns: Without action, global warming will deliver catastrophic change […]

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Family

OF HEAVEN AND HELL

The last conversation I had with my mother before her car accident was about heaven and hell. My position was that we lived our heaven and/or hell right here on earth. Mom said heaven was a whole lot nicer than anything we could imagine down here because in heaven we would come to truly know […]