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Pumping

As I ride in the morning I often see this visually interesting shot. I want a crane to get the movement without the camera shadow. I think, movie? music video? documentary? hmmm. By the time I get to the park I pretty much have forgotten about the shot. After all by then I have moved …

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Defiantly Sane

Someone told me that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. So for 2010 let’s change it up some. What do you say! Unless you like those insane moments that measure your life! This week our household will be diminishing by almost half. After we get back from …

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Social Stuperiors

In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards. Bertrand Russell What is it with class …

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Something Else to Offer

This morning after my walk I was working on some chairs I am refinishing in my backyard. I stopped and sat down on my porch swing and relished in the beautiful morning. It was stunning. Have you noticed that the autumn sky is a different shade of blue? There were no clouds this morning, just …

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Told You So

ARGHH, One of the things I tell my clients, my friends, my family is back it up! That means investing in an external hard drive or paying an online back up program. I say go for both! I believe that everyone will be utilizing the online back up programs in the near future. These companies …

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Who Am I?

One of my many nicknames is Dory and this is why…. I think. “Dory: I suffer from short term memory loss. It runs in my family… At least I think it does… Where are they?” I best be careful. I might be sued for quoting a movie.

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Welcome Home America

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. Soren Kierkegaard Several years ago after I called the President an idiot and a liar, I received many stern reprimands from my fellow Americans. They strongly requested that I refrain from calling our President such things. “He is …

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Divided We Will Fall

The history books of the United States document the issues that have divided our country. It also documents the moments that have united us. I am bombarded daily with emails from friends, colleagues, family members and strangers about our most current division. Dare I say the toxic words? Health care. This deadly issue has infiltrated …

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Coyote, The Trickster

Last year we finished a screenplay called COYOTE. It isn’t about coyotes, but there is some symbolism in the choice of names. Anyhow. The story takes place on the Paiute Indian reservation. So this weekend, when we were up north, Chris took me to see the dinosaur tracks located on the Navajo reservation. He had …

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