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I read an article today on the "orgy of commercialism" surrounding Christmas and how Harriet Beecher Stowe had written a simialr pice 150 years ago. The fact that this madness we call the Christmas Season has been going on for, according to the article, 250 years, is not news to me....
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.............................................Well, if you haven't guessed by now, it's a freshly broken heart? How many of you have suffered one of these just before the holiday season? How many of you have had to take back a cornucopia of gifts because the one you bought them for...
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I'm starting the countdown to Bakersfield. In the next 100 days or so my family and I will be moving to the US of A.
Although there is an air of pleasant expectation, there are also uncomfortable feelings particularly the feeling of leaving behind a comfort zone.
However, with...
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This is a 1 minute short comedy called "Eggs" I made earlier this year. Hope you like it! :)
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I am taking a cue from a fellow poster. I am not going to post, read or comment on anything political until after Christmas. I am sick of it. I have noticed that the times I blog about anything outside the political stuff, I get few, if any, comments. I guess it just goes to show how bad...
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I started dating my wife, Beverly, in late 1997 and immediately became attatched to her daughter, Tricia, and her grandson, Ryan, who was ten at the time. He loved dirtbikes and I rode and raced them, and he and I were off and running from then on! I was injured racing in 2000, the day after...
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While some landlords only raise rent between tenants, some property managment groups keep tabs on rent trends and reserve the right to hike rent mid-lease. How much is too much? It's a matter of weighing the increased cost against the hassle of finding and moving to a new address....
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Does anyone know the old addage "Bad news travels like wildfire, good news travels slow"? How true that is. I wrote sometime back about the negativity of the media and it still bugs me. It's just not in the best interests of politicians or the media for things to be going well. If...
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Traveling off the beaten path is important. It broadens your horizons in many ways and it is fun too! I hear too many people say they just don't have time for it and that is too bad. I have always liked the back roads and the wealth of sites, history and life that they provide. True, there are...
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I am a Bakersfield College student I am doing a short Survey to help the Smart Growth Coalition of Kern County figure out what young people would like to do for fun and I need anyone under 30's opinion on what would make Bakersfield or the community you live in...
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I have been online since late 1997, and in that time I have met hundreds, if not thousands, of people on the internet. Some I still talk with once in awhile, but most have come and gone. There are a couple that I have known since the beginning and still converse with them on occasion, but they...
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Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy effects over a million people, yet little is known about it. My daughter Ashley age 15 is trying to get help to hold a Benefit Concert to help others that suffer from this terrible disease.
She has already raised over $1,000 in donations and auction items but needs...
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Our society must be hurtling towards oblivion in a car on the freeway. How many incidents could we recount driving to work this morning of incoherent individuals barely keeping their vehicle moving in a consistent direction and staying between the lines?
Here's one incident that I experienced...
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In remeberance 9-11-01:
I am living a life on a path of least resistance.
I have no real committments outside of the home.
Sure, I go to work, help with the kid's activities, go to church, carve out family time and even work on my home from time to time.
But, I...
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A year and a half ago I weighed 240 pounds(i am 6' 1"). I didn't really think much about it and never saw myself as a fat ass. My knees and hips hurt all the time, but so did my shoulders and neck. Nothing surprising as I have lived a very action packed life and have worked and played hard...
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I want Bakersfield to know about a tragedy that occurred about 2 weeks ago. This great person is a single mom that loves her 4 kids so much. She is in her mid 30's! I can't imagine her thoughts right now. She took her 3 boys on a trip to the Grand Canyon and during a storm...
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This photo epitomizes my life prior to October 22nd, 1990. I was a trainwreck! This particular wreck was at Bealeville in 2004. It was cleaned up in two days. My wreck happened in 1977 and 29 years later, I am still doing clean-up on the mess. Yes. I used to be a drug addict. My drug of...
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