We’re home from our Myrtle Beach vacation. It was SO nice – the weather was beautiful and I got a decent tan. We played a lot in the surf and took moonlit walks on the beach every night, just because we could. There wasn’t a whole lot of vacation activity – we just took the entire week slow and enjoyed the time away. We didn’t get any diving in last week at all – – …
Archive for August, 2007
Myrtle Beach or Bust
Leaving on a jet plane….. at exactly 7:05 AM tomorrow morning, Chris and I are hopping a plane and scooting our collective asses outta Wisconsin for 5 days. To be very honest, this isn’t the best time for a vacation. I have gobs of client work to complete and I’m still in the final throes of book editing – but an opportunity came up that we just couldn’t turn down. A friend of ours had …
Click It or Ticket
In my fine state of Wisconsin (here in the U.S.A., for you foreign folks), we have a program called Click It or Ticket designed to enforce seat belt laws in this state. Because seat belts save lives. Virtually every day in Wisconsin, people of all ages are killed or seriously injured in traffic crashes. On rural farms, small towns, and big cities throughout the state, families are devastated as children lose parents and parents lose …
Pedantical
My word for the day: Pedantic. pe·dan·tic [puh-dan-tik] –adjective 1. ostentatious in one’s learning. 2. overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, esp. in teaching. How is YOUR Monday?
Stevie Ray
Just working..listening to some favored blues over here and thought I’d share some Stevie Ray Vaughn. I love his music. I was there the night he died in East Troy, WI at the Alpine Valley Amphitheatre. It was an awesome concert with a tragic ending. Stevie Ray Vaughn Tribute – Life by the Drop On August 25, 1990, Vaughan and Double Trouble finished up the summer leg of the tour with shows at Alpine Valley …
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