Travel, Tech, Thoughts…
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something other than a book review 😉
Debi’s brother-in-law, Brent, is a pilot for SkyWest Airlines. He called me up Monday to tell me about an incident he had on one of his flights. He had just finished his pre-flight check on a flight to Butte, Montana and was waiting for the passengers to board when he noticed an elderly man being…
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greetings from North Carolina
Our friends in Winston-Salem, NC recently had a baby (about 6 weeks ago). Debi desperately wanted to see the baby and it had been a while since we had gotten together to visit, so we decided to head down for a quick weekend getaway. We left Friday afternoon and are heading back Sunday afternoon. We’re…
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That was fast – I was on TV!
I didn’t get an email warning me that it was going to air, but I had set my Tivo to record the Channel 9 News just in case. Turns out that was a smart move… As I scanned through the 5:30 broadcast last night I didn’t see any mention of my interview. But at the…
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a new scam – American Direct, Inc.
We are slowly realizing all of the perks that come with living in a working-class neighborhood. While I don’t think the whole Universal Promotions/Travel Universal thing was tied to our zip code (I think I did actually fill something out online), we were contacted a few months back about a new promotion a company was…
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Ionithermie
(Note: I wrote this post originally as a response to a pamphlet I was handed while visiting the spa on a cruise ship [I was there on a tour of the ship, not because I was paying for a service.]. I was so appalled by the claims that I decided I had to write up…
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Laurence Britt’s 14 points of fascism
(Note: I originally posted this on my blog in October 2004. Over 27 people commented on it, including Laurence Britt. It is one of the more popular blog posts I’ve made over the years. In the interest of keeping my site cleaned up, I’m converting this post, along with all of the comments, into a…
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FL-Britton Hill
Summit Date December 21st, 2003; around 9:30 am Party Ryan & Debi Cragun Trip Report We had driven over 700 miles the day before, visited Alabama’s highpoint, and spent the night in Elba, AL at Olde South Inn bed & breakfast. The owner was great and the accommodations were very nice. We were on our…
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AL-Cheaha Mountain
Summit Date December 20th, 2003; around 12:00 pm Party Ryan & Debi Cragun Trip Report We left Cincinnati at 4:00 am and were on our way to Orlando for a week vacation. We re-directed our route in order to stop by the last two state highpoints I had not visited in the South – Alabama…
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CO-Mount Elbert
Summit Date July 22, 2003, around 9:30 am Party Ryan Cragun, Tom Triplett, Mark Woolley Trip Report This is the fourth hike that Tom, Mark, and I did together; but only the third state highpoint. We decided on hiking Mt. Elbert because I was driving in from Ohio and this would prevent me from having to…
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OK-Black Mesa
Summit Date July 19th 2003, around 3:15 pm Party Ryan Cragun Trip Report I drove in from Oklahoma City, arriving at the trailhead at around 1:00 pm mountain time. I hadn’t originally known whether or not I was going to do this hike on the 19th or the 20th, knowing that it was supposed to…