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From the Sydney Morning Herald…
Blondes festival hopes to have more fun

More fun? An army of blondes will invade Latvia’s capital Riga this weekend. Photo: Michele Ferguson
An army of 500 blondes will try to put a smile back on the face of recession-weary Latvians by staging a festival this weekend designed to show that they [...]

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One loses games continuously (plus there’s that 101 year record…) and has a pitcher who uses a baseball bat to bash Gatorade machines and mocks umpires – surprise surprise, a 6 game suspension. Another actually wins playoff rounds and gets within three games of the league finals.
Hmmm, who has more class?!

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It’s called vacation because when you come home, you’re not there anymore. All of your problems are here to greet you!

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Go Hawks!

Finally, a Chicago team that can actually win playoff rounds! Go Hawks!

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Boring day

Not many ideas or thoughts lately. Just doing mundane tasks like cutting the grass again, cleaning out the sent messages and the inbox (two hours there), catching up on my Fortunes and reading Costco Connection. Nothing too earth shattering here.
And of course, it’s mother’s day, a nonevent for me for 17 years. Only thing I [...]

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The blog is tipsy on champagne today (it decided to drink the keg early.) It’s very happy that it’s been on WordPress for one whole year today. The first official blog entry, on May 8, 2008, was that that the blog was under construction. The fascinating commentary unofficially began the next day.
As I mentioned [...]

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Today is my favorite day of the year for listening to classical music. Plenty of fireworks are played. Today is Johannes Brahms’ (176) and Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s (169) birthdays.
These two are definately in my top five list of favorite composers. 1812 Overture? 4 fantastic symphonies from Mr. Brahms? (they need to be played more!) [...]

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The keg has been ordered and the catering is set. The blog is throwing a party (and it’s a big spender, I hear) on Friday and anyone who’s bored enough to come across this thing’s invited. Otis Day and the Knights will be rocking. Guitars will be smashed and the police will be called. It [...]

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