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A Midwest roller coaster!

The Los Angeles area has at least five major amusement parks that boast about how great their roller coasters are.  Here in Kansas, we don’t need no stinkin’ amusement parks with no man mad roller coasters! We’ve got the real … Continue reading

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Talk about the weather

When I lived in Southern California, I must tell you that I thought that people who talked about the weather were really lame. I mean, come on… Don’t you have ANYTHING more interesting to talk about? Now that I live … Continue reading

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I’ve never seen that…

I must have said that 15 times today My daughter and I drove up the Pacific Coast Highway from my wife’s parents house. In my 31 years here, I have never driven through the famous beaches of California (Huntington, Seal, Manhattan, … Continue reading

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Not as great as I imagined

We attended our oldest daughter’s graduation today. To be honest, I was a little disappointed. I thought that since she graduated Summa Cum Laude and won the Dean’s Award for the Most Outstanding Senior of her college that she would … Continue reading

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Her kind of day

When my wife came out to help me pack up our belongings, I arranged for a surprise packing party with several of her closest friends who she had not seen in several months. We gave the women as much money as … Continue reading

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This is pretty nice

My daughter and I picked my wife up at LAX. A friend returned my call and we spent the entire afternoon on a his sailboat in the Redondo Beach Harbor. Now, if this is what life in LA was like … Continue reading

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A Great Plan

Cathy and I are flying to LA this weekend for our oldest daughter’s graduation. She will fly out on Saturday and return on Tuesday because she has to get back to work. Since I am currently unemployed, I plan to … Continue reading

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