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Making the Winter Olympics more exciting… part 1…

Anybody can jump off a big ramp on skis going a hundred miles an hour… But what if they had to slalom around pits filled with burning gasoline afterwards? I would watch that.

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An early-morning adventure…

Why do Mollie, my daughter, and I look so happy? Because we got up super early and drove down to the bay here in San Diego. We watched the sun come up. And we brought my boat. Yes, Mollie dyed … Continue reading

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… and don’t follow the herd…

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Maybe you shouldn’t let me babysit your kid…

Olivia… get down from there… this instant!

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Standing up for not standing up for the National Anthem… (Warning! This post contains ‘words’, that you might have to read… and ‘opinions’, which you might have to actually think about)…

It’s been a while since I did one of my crack squirrel-fueled rants, where I just start typing without knowing what the squirrels will make me say. It has also been a while since I risked angering a large segment … Continue reading

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So, my daughter and I took my new birthday kayak out…

Now that I own a boat, that means I am not only a Scottish Lord, a blacksmith, and a minister, but I am now a captain too… among other things! The dismount is always the tricky part… and we all know … Continue reading

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Uh… that is a lot of jellyfish…

So, my daughter, Mollie, and I took my birthday kayak out on Mission Bay in San Diego. It is the first time I have had time to use it. There is even a vacant apartment at the complex that I … Continue reading

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I like big boats, and I cannot lie…

I mean, I really do love boats, but the title is just a little joke, a play on words about that rap song; ‘I like big butts’… we went camping this weekend down by Mission Bay in San Diego. We … Continue reading

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Fishies!… part 5…

There I am, swimming around in the waters off Maui, trying to match up fish with the pictures on my dive card… and I must say that I am not thrilled by the way my neck looks all wrinkly… I … Continue reading

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Fishies!… part 3…

Turns out that identifying reef fish on Maui with only a couple of dive cards is like picking a perpetrator out of a police lineup when they are all wearing clown makeup. Even sitting here at my computer, zooming in on each … Continue reading

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