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As you know, vacation days in the US are scarce. It’s the middle of July and I have not taken one single day off this year. Granted, I mostly have three-day-weekends and that is really nice, but a) I’ve still been working 40+ hours per week and b) I have...
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  I don’t know why, but sometimes, when a famous person dies, it just freakin’ bothers me. George Carlin, my favorite American comedian, died on Sunday. He died way too young. He was only 71 years old. You might be laughing right now. But seriously. It just bugs me when people, who make...
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But I say, there can be. Just look at that: I know. Sacramento lies in the Central Valley and it gets hot in the summer. Real hot. I am aware of that. But this week is crazy. It’s not even summer yet! Everything up to 85°F is manageable. I can...
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Since I worked last Friday, the weekend was fairly short. [In case you want to yell at me for complaining about NOT having a three-day-weekend this time, I’d like to remind you that I work 10+ hours the other days of the week, thank you very much]. J and I...
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Seriously. The cleaning ladies in my office have quite some balls. I think I can quite surely assume that they’ve been the origin of chocolate disappearing from my office. My co-worker gave me a belated Christmas present when I returned to the office after New Year’s: a picture frame and...
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I assume most of you read or heard the news yesterday. Heath Ledger is dead. That somehow moved me deeply. I am not even a big fan of his, but I really ADORED his last movie “Brokeback Mountain” and when I, totally unexpectedly, learned of his death yesterday, I couln’t help but...
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This is what the consequences of a “monster storm” look like in CA. © sacbee.com Do you think that would have happened to a brick house? Fortunately, that wasn’t our house … but that was just a few houses down the street. Our weekend has been rough, to say the...
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