Just went and took our autographed envelopes to the post office: Bainbridge has a parks and rec levy. Seattle has a school levy. Lots of people across the country voting today. Today and tomorrow is the start of our state’s stint in the sun, at least until Saturday’s caucus, with the arrival of presidential candidates […]
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Voting days
February 3rd, 2004 · Comments Off on Voting days
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Super Bowl party at the pool
February 1st, 2004 · Comments Off on Super Bowl party at the pool
While I will say that I am very happy for Patriot fans – since I almost became one myself during the years I lived in RI – it still wasn’t incentive enough for me to pay attention to the game. Instead the girls and I went to the pool. Here’s a list I created today: […]
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Updates
January 30th, 2004 · Comments Off on Updates
Here’s a few updates on some posts I’ve previously written: The FAO Schwarz bear arrived on Bainbridge Sunday, after a much-publicized ferry ride. Bainbridge Review has a picture and the text now on-line of what I typed. Bobby Jindal, who ran for governor of Louisiana this fall, announced yesterday that he will now run for […]
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Medical Modesty
January 28th, 2004 · 1 Comment
Again from my college magazine…a curiousity and a good segue from the post I just wrote and into my next piece…. Medical Modesty by Charlotte Bruce Harvey ’78 In seventeenth-century China, no lady would have endured the indignity of a hospital johnny. It was improper for a physician to see her body, much less conduct […]
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Geld oder Leben?
January 27th, 2004 · 1 Comment
Geld oder Leben? Guys in middle school German class would goof around and pretend to rob each other, pointing index fingers to chests as mock guns, declaring “Geld oder Leben?” (Your) money or (your) life? That doesn’t happen any more at my alma mater. Years ago German class got cancelled, replaced by Chinese. I understand […]
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