Well, Gretchen and I made a nice trip up to Maryland and back a few days ago and I thought I'd write a little bit about it. Last Thursday, after work we headed out on the road from Chattanooga up to Abingdon VA. It took about four hours. We stayed at the Alpine Motel, a …
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We're in Abingdon VA on our way to Maryland. We're going to celebrate Gretchen's 50th birthday with her family and friends. We're also going to run around Baltimore and catch an Orioles game. Last night, we stayed in a retro motel called the Alpine Motel. Sparse but comfy. I'm going to post a picture. Cheers!
I think I've been in a deep depression since Toby's death last month. And I think his death magnifies my father's death last year. I should be feeling good, living in a nice, new house in a nice, quiet, safe neighborhood, but all I can think about is how Toby isn't here and doesn't get …
I Will Fear No Evil by Robert A. Heinlein My rating: 1 of 5 stars Boy, what a loser of a book! Johann Sebastian Bach Smith is a mega-rich 90-something who decides he wants to live on by undergoing a brain transplant into the otherwise healthy body of a recently dead person. What he doesn't …
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Yesterday, we had to have out beloved cat, Toby, put to sleep. We're devastated. He was only six! It was kidney failure. He had been showing symptoms for a few months and we'd taken him to the vet before and changed his diet as a result, but a couple of weeks ago, he became really …
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