December 2008

I overslept, missed the ride to Sanibel Island and so instead of swimming in the gulf of Mexico, I’m catching up on episodes of CSI while I wait for the heat of the day pass on by. Man, Peterson leaving the show. Besides him being a Cubs fan, he can stoneface bad pre-show puns like [...]

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In the spirit of great Christmas traditions of yesteryear, the morning started out with a festive Christmas breakfast of omlets, crouissants, coffee cakes n fruit salads. I would have shared more if I had woken up and partken in the meal. After a quick snacking catchup, I put on the holiday essentials and trekked out [...]

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The Finns were sitting in the pews waiting for the Christmas Eve evening service to start when I noticed that the congregation kept requesting obscure pre-service hymns that were on pages that were prime numbers, “Page 41,” and “Page 67,” and 53, 43… It triggered my impish side. I was wondering playful nitpickity things like, [...]

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Jimmy Buffet’s slide guitar intro to “Tin Cup Chalice” started looping in my head as I slid out of the backseat of my grandfather’s classic Grand Marquis and beelined for the shore, hastily taking taking the snapshot of the establishment (I forgot to ask the owner for permission to publish it. I’ll have to ask [...]

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After an hour and a half of being cheated out of victories of Crazy 8′s by an opponent who would draw instead of playing her 8s – way to go, ma – we started seeing a beautiful Mecca: a fading sun sparkling off the gulf waters. Then I saw some islands…but my guard wasn’t down. [...]

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