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December 30, 2009 04:27 PM EST --
I went to a Catholic grade school. In fact, I went to a Catholic high school and College, also. It was a good education and give me a unigue insight into the world. Something that I believe the public . . .
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December 21, 2009 04:10 PM EST --
This week is Christmas week and it will be a busy time for me this year. I finished the last of the food shopping today as I had to get a few things for our traditional Christmas Eve meal. It's a meatless . . .
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December 12, 2009 03:04 PM EST --
I was going to do some work on decorating the house for Christmas, but decided to wait for tomoorrow. I needed the rest. I was sick this week with an upset stomach or stomach flu of some sort and only . . .
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December 01, 2009 03:47 PM EST --
December is now here and the mad season starts. Time for Christmas, parties, gifts receiving and giving and taking stock of the year past.
I got my Christmas shopping almost done. I worked on it yesterday . . .
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November 14, 2009 03:15 PM EST --
This past year has been a busy one for me. On top of my mother being ill and in a nursing home and now out, I had to get a lot of things fixed around the house that had been ignored with my mother . . .
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November 05, 2009 10:42 AM EST --
The Yankees won another World Series yesterday. Now, this blog is not about the Yankees winning their 27th World Series or about the Cubbies (my favorite baseball team losing out again). It about the . . .
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October 30, 2009 11:14 AM EDT --
I've been among other things, gwrring ready for Halloween. We usually get around 100 kids on Halloween, beinf that our house is in the middle of the block. Like the six years, I'll be handing out the . . .
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October 21, 2009 10:50 AM EDT --
A couple of friends of mine, Jim and Nancy, are in Guatemala for two weeks working as part of a mission that I understand is part of their church. Nancy, a Physical Therapist, work with children who are . . .
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October 05, 2009 12:32 PM EDT --
With my mother home, I’ve been more busy than I have ever been. I’m taking care of her, washing, cleaning, food shipping, paying the bills, taking care of the yard and outside of the house. . . .
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September 28, 2009 10:16 AM EDT --
Yesterday, September 27, was my birthday. What a difference a year makes. Last year, I was sweeping up the basement from the floods in Northwest Indiana that occurred last year. I also was getting my . . .
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September 23, 2009 05:41 PM EDT --
I had to do some errands this week and finally had the time to do so. With my Mom now home from the Nursing Home, my time is somewhat limited. I'm busy most of the time, with taking care of her, working . . .
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September 05, 2009 11:17 AM EDT --
One of the problems I have had in taking care of the house is a tree the somehow grew between the two fences that divided the back yards of our place and our neighbor. I have tried to prune it back and . . .
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September 03, 2009 08:34 AM EDT --
I haven't been writing on the blogs lately as I've been busy. My mother who has been in either a hospital or a nursing home for nearly a year, finally came home. So, of course I've been busy taking care . . .
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August 16, 2009 08:54 PM EDT --
This weekend we celebrated the 40th Anniversary of the Music festival at Woodstock. For us baby boomers, it was a time to remember and groove on the music that shaped our lives and moved us all these . . .
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August 06, 2009 11:46 AM EDT --
I'm sure you have seen them on television or listened to them on radio. You know, the talking heads, the commentators or whatever else they call themselves. They tell you what they want you to know, to . . .
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July 28, 2009 03:57 PM EDT --
I haven’t said much about the Chicago Cubs since late last year. This is especially true since their swift departure from the play-offs for the second year in a row.
Yep, I’ve been lying . . .
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July 24, 2009 11:16 AM EDT --
I've been spending time reading other blogs and see that they have 10,000 or 20,000 hits on this site or that site. Me? The most I ever had is over 6,0000 over a few years of blogging. Still, I'm not . . .
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July 08, 2009 11:36 AM EDT --
These days, people are always tweeting on the Internet. I guess it just about having a short attention span. No one can seem to write thoughts more than 140 characters. They are tweeting this . . .
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July 04, 2009 11:03 AM EDT --
Last week, two people of the area where I live passed away. Karl Malden and Michael Jackson were both from the Calumet Region, Gary, Indiana to be exact. Both achieved much in their lives and are honered . . .
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June 20, 2009 12:16 PM EDT --
It was reported in the New York Times recently that slugger Sammy Sosa had tested positive for a performance enhancing drug during the 2003 season. If this is true than the three biggest sluggers of the . . .
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Joe K.
Hammond, Indiana
Wating for another bus to arrive
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