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Our Life

OFF TO MEXICO

Bob and I are headed to the airport for a short trip to the Baja Peninsula. Even though it is business-related, it feels like a vacation and we intend to take full advantage. No computer, no cell phone service, lots of sand and sea. Ahhhhhhh! We’ll be staying at Cabo Pulmo. If you don’t hear […]

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Corporations

NEVER ENOUGH BLING

It was while enjoying one of my many guilty pleasures that I first came across the word “bling.” “What do you suppose this means?” I asked Bob, pointing to the picture in the State Line Tack catalog. Bob rolled over onto his right shoulder and took a look. It was a pink tee shirt with […]

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Horses

MACK ATTACK or If I don’t sit down, I’m going to fall down

I rode Mackey, a six-year-old Appaloosa a few days ago and did pretty well considering how green he is. He is usually is very tense when I ride him away from the other horses by himself, but Chris came along on Mr. T and that helped a lot. Nevertheless, I was on pins and needles […]

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Health Care

SANITY CHECK

The other day I went to a real doctor. Being as it was my first visit, the receptionist handed me a clipboard with paperwork to fill out. I took my seat by a sunny window and stared at the form. It was a waiver for a procedure involving the prostate. I immediately began to doubt […]

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Politics

A HOSPITALITY STRIP SEARCH

I got up this morning, turned on my computer and saw this story: Venezuelan Official Detained at JFK NEW YORK (AP) – Venezuela’s foreign minister said he was illegally detained for 90 minutes by officials at a New York airport and accused them of treating him abusively by trying to frisk and handcuff him. >SNIP< […]