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Celebrating the Uncles

24 August 2008 0 Comments

There were two reasons to celebrate this weekend, and there were two uncles present. Do the math (unless you already got your inference from the title). My mom’s older brother, Kevin, celebrated his 50th birthday, which is actually on Monday. Also, my mom’s younger brother, Stephen, was with us momentarily via Microsoft Live! webcam from [...]

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In-wall speakers in Sam’s Easter basket

24 March 2008 0 Comments

This weekend was a good one, especially for Sam. Each visit to my parents’ place yields some task being completed by me. This time, I installed a 5.1 arrangement of in-wall speakers for Sam’s home theater system.

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Christmas with family

27 December 2005 Comments Off

One of the best Xmas get-togethers I’ve ever shared was with family this weekend. It was just “us” — Mom, Sam, Jonathan, Jacyra and me. We were all particularly happy to have Jacyra join us — it was the first time we’ve all been together since, well, you know what.

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Financial stability

20 June 2005 Comments Off

While the better part of the past three years or so were spent running up credit card debt, then pretending to be serious about it, then actually doing something about it, I recently learned that there’s more to wealth than how many numerals appear next to your bank account balances.

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Busy weekends

7 January 2005 Comments Off

I got to see my parents two weekends in a row. I gave Sam a DVD player for X-mas — a little something to add to his home theater system. When I first arrived in Lubbock, he asked me if I’d be willing to take a look at the systems and figure out why the [...]

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One of the best weekends

30 November 2004 Comments Off

I have to say this past weekend was one of the best I’ve had in a long time, and well-deserved too! The weekend started with standing in Steve’s back yard, clutching a brew and watching the peanut oil heat up in preparation for the turkey fry. Man, Steve knows how to do everything. In fact, [...]

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