Monthly Archives: October 2004

Wine Tasting

October 27, 2004
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Wow, we’ve done it again. Don and Anita had a couple of friends, Steve and Roxanne, in for the weekend and invited us to go wine tasting. With 6 people it looked like it was going to take two cars to haul us around. Not bad until you try to decide who are the designated drivers. Over a conference call, can you tell that we work?, we decided to hire a town car. Nadya...

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Sweet Caroline

October 11, 2004
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Over the weekend was my 40th birthday. A few friends joined me for a night out to see Super Diamond, a Neil Diamond tribute band. I know it sounds tacky and not a lot of fun, but it really is. If you ever get the chance to see them, do it. You will be surprised at the number of songs you know and might even sing along. We also went to the Evergreen Aviation Museum....

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Volcano!

October 4, 2004
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If you haven’t already heard, Mount Saint Helens is erupting. Last Friday steam and a little ash spewed forth and today even more steam. I haven’t been outside to see it but have been watching on the VolcanoCam

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Sky Captain Reads my Mind

October 3, 2004
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We saw Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow this weekend. The movie started out fun, with zeppelins, a spunky reporter and gigantic flying Mechanical Men. But when the Mechanical Men actually started shooting laser beams from their eyes, I knew this was a movie for me. When a scientist’s lab casually displayed a household elephant I started to wonder if the creators had been been reading my mind – or at least our...

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