Present

I am alive after our big event on Wednesday. We had an all-day class downtown today so it was like going to work, but not. Especially when the class was let out early and I did get to enjoy a raspberry mojito at the bar at the O Hotel. Oh, the manager comped me these “crack tots”, tater tots with truffle oil and horseradish dipping sauce. It was a good day to be away from the office, not working (but learning something new) after much madness. I have tons to write but I’m still buzzed after the bus ride so...
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It takes a village

Upon arriving back at the house, Brandon mentioned that James needed to take a break for a while since he’s been with Dresden all day. So the boys plus Bob went to get donuts and coffee. Since neither of the girls had dinner yet, we packed Dresden in a car and headed out to pick up greasy goodness at John’s. Dresden was happy most of the time until he realized a) the car stopped moving, and later, b) he was finally really, really hungry. Otherwise, that kid was the happiest kid on the planet the entire time. See? Pretty much...
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Semper Fi

This is what I wrote to OCTA in support of my bus driver, Gunny. Hi there, I ride the last 701 bus out of Downtown LA daily. I only know my driver as “Gunny”, but I’m sure you can find out who that is. Gunny is a safe driver, something I can’t really say about some of the past drivers we’ve had. He is also always courteous to us regulars as well as others. Once we picked up a couple of foreign tourists. Gunny was extremely helpful in clarifying where our bus was heading and if this was the right...
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Not the Bunnies!

BBC News reports: Rabbit ripper shocks Germany …Rocco and Felina are among the 30 pet rabbits killed in the towns of Witten and Dortmund since last summer. Many of the rabbits have been decapitated and the blood drained from their bodies… …It is also unclear how the killer has been locating his victims. Most of the beheaded pets were hidden from public view, locked away in back yards or back gardens. It has raised the possibility that the killer has been using satellite images on the internet to find houses with rabbit hutches… …Fear is driving German rabbit-owners to hide...
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Book Weevil

Okay. I am no bookworm. And definitely I ain’t well read. But this post by Kuri a while ago sparked my interest. Let us see who’s read what around here. 🙂 The intro: From CV Rick, the 106 (why 106? nobody knows) books most often tagged “unread” at LibraryThing. The idea is to mark the ones you’ve read in bold, the ones you’ve started but not finished in italics, and the ones you read for school in bold and underlined italic. À la CV Rick, I put asterisks next to the ones I plan to read. And I shall do...
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