Some Words on Some Good TV

07 December 2011, 08.02 - JBMoney

I've been recommending some TV/Netflix watching to the Wilsons lately and they've indicated that I have a perfect record so far. I don't watch a lot of episodic TV. For example, I have never seen a single episode of anything with "CSI"...Read More

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Some Words on Some Good Books

01 December 2011, 06.24 - JBMoney

Back when the Forum was active, members used to report on what we had read, make recommendations, etc. For lack of that outlet, thought I'd catch up here on some recent favorites... just for posterity's sake. These are not the only good books I've read,...Read More

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Books I Haven't Read Yet... Because of the Kindle

07 October 2011, 14.38 - JBMoney

Lately, I've been boxing up some books for a few reasons: to keep Fianna from destroying the nice hardbacks, to make room for other "stuff", and the expectation that we'll move soon and have to do so anyway. In an indicator of how pampered...Read More

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2011 August: Tuscany, Italy (Week Two)

01 September 2011, 12.16 - JBMoney

After leaving the Val d’Orcia, we made a short 1.5 hour drive to Siena. Siena is an impressive city. At one time, Siena was in a class along with Florence, Venice, and Genoa, competing for political superiority. Siena’s grand hopes were wiped...Read More

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2011 August: Tuscany, Italy (Week One)

30 August 2011, 08.45 - JBMoney

In August, the Bresslers went on our first two week vacation since Fianna was born (Feb. 2009). We used to take 3-4 weeks of vacation a year, so it was nice to get ‘back in the saddle’. Our destination... Tuscany, Italy. We’d been to...Read More

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From the Sea to the Source

28 July 2011, 12.17 - JBMoney

In April, my Dad (Rick Maybe-Bressler) and Uncle (Allen Maybe) did something that nobody one else has done. They navigated personal water craft (perhaps better known as "Jet Skis") from the Pacific Ocean to the source of the Sacramento...Read More

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14 years and nary a scratch on 'er

13 July 2011, 00.00 - JBMoney

Fourteen years ago today we picked up a scared little terrier from the Sacramento SPCA. She was about seven months old. I remember suffering the horrified glares of a little girl and her family as I stole Phoebe out of the cage, while they debated getting...Read More

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A Sticky Wicket

31 January 2011, 13.17 - Pistol Pete

You know what really chaps my butt, besides everything else that chaps my butt? Not only have we been giving Egypt billion$ since 1979, but we also built them an M-1 tank factory so they can have the same great tanks we have! They even have 300 F-16s! We...Read More

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