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Ornaments 2010

Every year, we acquire new Christmas ornaments. Not a whole lot of them, but we pick up four or five each year. We do an “eclectic” Christmas tree, with ornaments of all types and sizes and shapes. We have traditional … Continue reading

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The Season

Christmas has come and gone for another year, as it always does. As always, it was full of a lot of beauty and a little stuff that wasn’t so beautiful, but we’ll concentrate on the good, OK? Because I’m sure … Continue reading

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Hmmmm….

The Daughter has outgrown a lot of stuff. She’d rather read in bed by herself than be read to; she doesn’t remember ever liking Dora the Explorer. But one thing she has not outgrown is that wonderful sense of torture … Continue reading

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My year in statuses

Every year around this time, the “Status Collage” gets popular on Facebook. It’s just a collage of the things one posts in their Status box. Here’s my collage: Wow, I babble a lot over there.

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An antidote to annoyance

As you all might expect, I am seriously irritated by my lack of Internet connection at home and the Keystone Kops manner in which EarthLink is going about fixing it. The latest? Out of curiosity I decided today just to … Continue reading

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Status unchanged

Well, folks, I’m still offline at home. I may have opportunities to get online here and there over the next few days, but it’s starting to look like “New ISP shopping” time at Casa Jaquandor. EarthLink told me day before … Continue reading

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Holding Pattern Epsilon

Sorry for the lack of posting, folks, but again, the DSL here at Casa Jaquandor has been in and out, all weekend long. It’s been enormously frustrating. I was willing to grant that the weather we had several days ago … Continue reading

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A shout-out to the fine young man who helped shovel out my car

Hey all! Now I’m blogging from a public terminal at the Orchard Park Public Library. I hope the home DSL comes back on soon. Yeesh! I was able to leave work today with relatively little fuss, which was nice owing … Continue reading

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Holding Pattern Delta!

Wow, are we ever getting hit with snow in the regions surrounding Casa Jaquandor. Lots and lots of snow, that wonderful lake-effect stuff that beats the hell out of a region about five to ten miles wide and leaves folks … Continue reading

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Kind words, freely given

I’d just like to thank everyone who has weighed in either here, or on Facebook, or in e-mail about today’s anniversary of Little Quinn’s passing. It really doesn’t feel like it’s been five years, sometimes; other times, it seems like … Continue reading

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