Creating the good old days, one day at a time.
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Our Final (Great) Day in San Diego
The twins are sleeping and we are packing our gear in preparation for tomorrow, a day of air travel. Our journey to San Diego has been a resounding success. We can do it! We can travel with our twin princesses. While her in San Diego we have visited Sea World and the world famous San…
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Some of my thoughts on the death of my friend, Michelle Lang
The war in Afghanistan has really hit home for me; my friend, Michelle Lang, a journalist for the Canwest-owned Calgary Herald, was killed while riding in a military vehicle with four military personnel. The vehicle they were travelling in struck an improvised explosive device (IED) which killed all four of the military personnel and my…
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Canadian Journalist Michelle Lang Killed in Kandahar
It is tough to post anything about the fun I am having down here in San Diego because a journalist friend, Michelle Lang, from my university days was killed in Kandahar, Afghanistan when the military vehicle she was riding in struck a roadside bomb near the base. It was a fun day with Caragh and the twins…I will…
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A Visit to the San Diego Zoo and More
Yesterday we took the twins and visited the world famous San Diego. And the verdict is…meh. For a world famous zoo we were somewhat underwhelmed. Yes, it was full of animals from Africa and Asia and even some from North and South America, but it just did not excite my imagination the way that I…
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One more thing from San Diego
Just like the old rumpled looking Columbo, one more thing, when we were renting our car, the lady at the San Diego Budget car rental place gave us a free up-grade from a Chrsyler or Dodge Avenger to a Hyundai. It struck me as funny that the Hyundai is an up-grade over a Chrysler. And as…
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Observations from San Diego
Here are a few more observations from the first couple of days of our trip to San Diego. First, and perhaps most importantly, in spite of being “challenging” at times, Caragh and I have tried to work together for the most part. It does not always work so well but we do try. Funny, one of…
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A Day of Line-ups at YVR and so on…
The over-riding theme of the first day of our family vacation was line-ups. We left our house at 0445hr…the “0” standing for the omigawd it is early. However, with the forces of good on our side we were packed and on the road. Seeing as it was so early on a Sunday morning, there was virtually…
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Travel Advisory for People Flying to the USA
Nifty…the day before we are to fly to San Diego some asshat is alleged to have tried to blow up an airplane. Nice work asshat. So now all people flying into the USA from destinations like Canada are being restricted to one piece of carry-on luggage and are being subjected to a search of their…
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A Merry Christmas to All…
Well it certainly has started out as a very merry Christmas here at our house. As per usual, Annalie woke me up at 2:30am demanding a couple bottles of milk and a diaper change. I obliged her, as I usually do. This was after Story had woken up at 11pm and decided that the night…
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The Best Christmas Yet
Really now, what could I really ask for, desire or be given that could be better than this? What more could I ask for? Born on April 17th, the first day of week 33 of the pregnancy, weighing 3 lbs 4 oz, and 3 lbs 12 ounces, the girls have thrived and grown. Story laughs…
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