Archive for December, 2010
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
My coastal friends often needle me about my fly-over state sensitivities, and rightly so. The issue sometimes becomes more of a cause than an observation for me, and that's always a dangerous slipperly slope.
However, in my defense, I offer this tweet by Lance Ulanoff, Editor in Chief of PC Magazine.
Interesting Idea: ...
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Monday, December 27th, 2010
The views were impressive looking out of the mansion, across the expansive lawns and down to Santa Barbara and the Pacific Ocean spanning the western horizon.
I don’t think I ever knew how many rooms were in the place. More rooms than Steph has shoes, of that I’d wager confidently. But, ...
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Friday, December 24th, 2010
Back in 2004 I wrote a holiday message about our Christmas tree titled The Seekers.
It turned out to be one of the most popular essays of that era.
Since then, it's turned into a bit of a holiday tradition, with old friends asking early in the holiday season if I'm going to post it again.
As I ...
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Sunday, December 19th, 2010
There's a lot of heated political rhetoric about taxes these days, particularly U.S. federal taxes.
Some people want to abolish federal taxes. Just about everybody would like to pay less federal taxes. I think it's safe to say that everyone would like to see federal tax dollars used more efficiently.
I don't ...
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