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Month: August 2014

Blue Dog – The Tail of a Boy’s Best Friend

Blue Dog – The Tail of a Boy’s Best Friend

At my baby shower for my firstborn son, Derek, I received a very cute stuffed blue dog as a gift. I cannot even recall at this point who it was that gave it to us, but ironically, I had given the same dog to a girlfriend of mine a few weeks earlier for her first baby shower. I began showing Derek the dog and laying it beside him as we played on the floor very early on, and it wasn’t…

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Nemo Has A New Home

Nemo Has A New Home

It’s been awhile since I actually wrote a puzzle related post for this “puzzle” blog, so I figured I’d better get back to the main reason why I started this in the first place – my Life puzzle!  In my Flickr Big Jigsaw Puzzle group, one of the members always takes photographs of his completed puzzles with a little rubber chicken named Evelene.  Now, I don’t know the story behind how Evelene came to be, but I have always thought…

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It Feels Like We’ve Lost a Good Friend

It Feels Like We’ve Lost a Good Friend

For most of my life I have not been too bothered by celebrity deaths.  With few exceptions, most of the people who passed were really old celebrities who were famous way before my time so there was no real emotional connection for me. The first celebrity death which I remember being very saddened by was John Candy.  He died in 1994, two years after I graduated high school, and I just remember feeling it was a big loss for Hollywood…

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Is It Just Me, or Do You Miss the 80’s Too?

Is It Just Me, or Do You Miss the 80’s Too?

It does not seem possible that 1980 was 34 years ago!  I don’t know if it’s because that would mean I’m getting old, or if it’s because the 80s are still such a fond memory for so many people that it doesn’t feel like so much time has passed, but either way, I truly believe it was one of the most influential decades in American history…a decade of indulgence – a decade of silliness – a decade I often long…

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