tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144367622011-04-21T12:27:16.598-07:00The Random Gay Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13882975400362547952noreply@blogger.comBlogger701100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14436762.post-1134075729570963172005-12-08T12:57:00.000-08:002005-12-08T13:02:09.646-08:00

Where did November go? It seems like I completely skipped the month and somehow have ended up in December. Scary how quickly time can pass when you are busy. Of course, I am starting to freak out just a bit over the fact that it is December 7 and I have done very little Christmas shopping and no Christmas cards or other activities (other than going to holiday parties) yet. However, I am sure

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Still crazy busy at work - all good stuff though. However, had two quick and funny posts......Crisis Averted!My VCR died the other night. Not that I use it that much, but my cable somehow was running through it, so, when it died, I had to take everything apart and rewire it so I could actually watch TV. No easy task for me as hooking up this type of stuff is not an area of expertise. Whatever

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I woke up in Brazil this morning - how strange to think. Yes, after two weeks of being crazy busy at work (hence, the lack of any blog activity for that period), I am finally on vacation. Of course, I carry with me a guilt load as it was not the best time to leave the office, but you have to use it sometime....Anyway, this will be a short post as we are trying to pack things up and head up the

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Long time, no posts..... As you know, my company was acquired last week and things have been nuts. The pre-close lull came to an abrupt end and everyone is running around like a chicken with its head cut off (growing up on a farm in the Midwest, I actually know what that looks like). Anyway, wanted to at least get one quick post out today as it is election day and all. I went to the polls

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Bad weeks for posts. As I have noted before, my company is in the process of acquired. The big deal closes Monday night, so, this week was incredibly busy with the all the preparations that come along with the close of the deal. Unfortunately, next week will be just as - if not more - busy.Whatever the case, I do get a nice break in the action by stealing away to San Francisco for a few days -

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2,000 deaths and significantly more wounded so far in Iraq - it is hard to believe. Seriously, when you think of how many people 2,000 really is, it is hard to imagine. I think about my whole high school getting wiped out as that is about how many we were. Of course, what gets me the most is reading the individual stories and seeing the pictures of these young men and women. They were just

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The escapist fantasy. How I love it. When things are not going 100%, it is so easy to think about leaving it all behind....Of course, I actually did do this once - back in 2000 when the opportunity to move to California literally landed in my lap. I guess that is what is so amazing about the escapist fantasy - it can actually happen.As I had noted in my prior post, the new owners of my

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I once read somewhere that coming out is a process you will repeat over and over again in your life. Obviously, this is true as each new person you meet ideally will stumble across this component of your life. I was just faced with it today.My company is being acquired - the deal closes in just a few days. As we prepare to be absorbed by the behemoth (and it is one of the biggest), the

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I think there is an old 70's song that says something about it never raining in Southern California - well, the song is wrong - it is raining today. I love it.While the eternal sunshine of this place is sometimes welcome. I always appreciate a nice gloomy day here and there. It reminds me of home (the Midwest) and always cleans the place up. Think about it - Southern California gets virtually

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Remember the show Thirty Something from the late 80's? I loved the show - never missed an episode. I find it kind of funny to think that, as a 17 year old, I was obsessed with a show about people in their 30's.For whatever reason, the show popped into my head today and I did a Google search. Of course, I came across the official Thirty Something website and explored for a while. What shocked

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A few friends of mine have recently alerted me to a disturbing new addition to Friendster. Apparently, a feature called "who's viewed me" or something like that has been added. This feature allows you to see exactly who has viewed you.My one friend was a little freaked about it as he did not discover it until AFTER he had clicked on the page of a guy he used to date. How horrifying - this guy

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75% of the time I do not agree with the Wall Street Journal's opinion pieces. While fiscally conservative, I often have a hard time digesting their unwavering support for Bush (as it is probably apparent, I am liberal in regard to social issues). However, I actually agreed with today's piece on the Mier's appointment (see my other post of the day). I hope that the business minded Republicans

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Not sure if anyone caught the article on CNN.com about Ms. Harriet Mier's gushing admiration for George W. Bush. It makes me think she may be in love with him....The comments almost made me lose my breakfast this AM (these were all dug out of past correspondence that she had with W):In a birthday card to him, she noted that he was "the best governor ever!"In another document she hoped that the

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This past Saturday I rolled out of bed at 6 AM, put on my running clothes, applied the always important sun screen, ate a bowl of cereal, kissed the boyfriend good bye and headed out to meet my marathon training group. Our goal that day - 20 miles. Just saying it hurts.It had been over three years since I had run that far. My distance running career started in 1999. I started with a 5 mile

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My mind is all over the place today. What was supposed to be a meeting filled fast paced day at work has actually been a slow, creeping, mind fog kind of day. I did have a few meetings this AM, and some work resulted from such, but nothing that I needed to do right away. So, I have done a whole lot of nothing - lots of internet surfing, which, unfortunately resulted in my anxiety level

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So I never did get around to making that second post on Monday.... I will still try to get around to it, but wanted to discuss another topic today. Of course, it is one of my favorite topics: the housing bubble.My former roommate called me yesterday. He has always amazed me in regard to the amount of debt he is willing to take on and is currently in the process of closing on a $800k plus

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Wow - for some reason I have so many things that I want to blog about today. Actually, I think I will break the blog into two separate entries - one just going through some interesting events of the weekend and the other focusing on a really great talk I had with the boyfriend on Friday and the preliminary results of such.First, the little things.....The New Kid on the BlockSo, we have another

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Strange. That is the only word that can describe some of the trends I have been hearing about and witnessing in the service sector of late. First, my boyfriend's practice has seen a noticeable slow down in recent weeks. One would think that a medical practice is relatively inelastic and would not respond that negatively to bad economic news. However, my boyfriend's practice is a niche

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I keep visualizing what the current economic news "looks" like - I think the visual that most often pops in my head is the breaking away of a huge iceberg off the polar ice shelf. It has been cracking for some time now and it is now giving way. God help us all. The other visual is a roller coaster at the peak and now begins the downward plunge.Why all the doom and gloom on my part? The recent

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This weekend my anxiety level over moving in with my boyfriend increased after a long period where it was relativately low. Just to recap for everyone - I live and work in Orange County and my boyfriend lives and works in LA. With no traffic at all, we are roughly 45 minutes door to door. However, the only time there is no traffic is at 5 AM on Monday when I drive back home after a weekend at

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I seem to be in a Monday funk today. Not much going on at work and a little tired from another active weekend. It is almost better when work is busy on Mondays as it requires you to immediately jump in an get motivated - versus thinking about the past weekend and how far away the next one is.A few exciting things from the weekend:We booked tickets to Brazil for Thanksgiving. This will be our

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I just got in from an hour clean-up exercise in my boyfriend's small garden. It was a mess - much to my dismay. As I was trimming back unruly hedges and digging ancient dead leaves out of flower beds, I thought about my desire for order in my immediate universe. Yes, I am a bit of a neat freak.Similar to other items in my life, this is both a blessing and a curse. A blessing as I always know

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Personally, life has been good as of late. Work is starting to pick back up (after a period where I was totally not engaged), things are humming along with the boyfriend, and most friendships are doing just fine. So, given this background, it comes as no surprise that a few days ago a disruption happened.I have the new Outlook at work where new messages "float" up in the lower right hand corner

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I watched a good part of the Jet Blue drama play out while at the gym yesterday. As I am sure you all know, the front landing gear of a Jet Blue flight from Burbank to JFK got stuck in an odd position after take off. Obviously, this was an issue, so they prepared for an emergency landing at LAX. However, the plane had to lose the bulk of all the fuel it had on board. So, it circled for almost

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Marshall Field's is going to be rebranded to Macy's. This Chicago institution is undergoing a rebranding after 150 years in business (due to the acquisition of the May Company by Federated). While I can understand and appreciate some of the business decisions behind this, I think Federated may be underestimating the brand loyalty of the Mid-western base behind Marshall Field's.Marshall Field's

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I woke up this Saturday (a rare Saturday in the OC) and upon opening my garage door to go drive and buy a LA Times (as I am rarely in the OC on Saturdays, I have no need for weekend delivery), found the very first Saturday issue of the Wall Street Journal waiting for me. Needless to say, this resulted in me forgoing the trip to purchase a LA Times and I went back inside to drink my coffee and

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I had to chuckle when I saw this article in the New York Times:Vatican to Check U.S. Seminaries on Gay PresenceI even forwarded the link to some friends with the comment, "the church is going to lose half of its priests." Ok, a little heavy on the sarcasm, but my personal philosophy is the Catholic church is a natural attraction for closet cases. If you are gay and cannot come to terms with it,

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Why do I like this guy? For some reason, I find him kind of attractive even. He just looks like a nice guy - hopefully, looks are not deceiving.... Here is one reason to like this guy (from today's WSJ):"In addition to his comments on privacy, Judge Roberts may have stirred some unease on the right when he talked about helping gay-rights advocates preparing for arguments before the Supreme

The Random Gay Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13882975400362547952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14436762.post-1126727474340057802005-09-14T12:37:00.000-07:002005-09-14T12:51:14.353-07:00

Yep, that was the headline in the business section of today's Orange County Register. The median home price for a home in Orange County has risen to $617,000. Is this madness ever going to stop?A quote from the article: "Prices for the typical O.C. house or condo are up on average $74,000 in the past year - $132,000 in the past 15 months." $132k in 15 months - that is an incredible amount of

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Only one post last week - bad me.... I did have an excuse though - I only worked 3 days last week. Obviously, Monday was Labor Day and I was in Chicago. On Friday, my best friend from college came out from Chicago to spend the weekend and participate in the LA Triathlon. So, I managed to squeak out one post mid-week and then headed into the long weekend.What a weekend it was - one of those

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It has been a while since my last post, however, I do have an excuse.... I made a long weekend trip to Chicago - the home of my brother, sister, and many friends. What an odd holiday weekend it was. The news continued to be filled with the horrifying images of New Orleans and other devastated areas of the Gulf and then, suddenly, on Saturday, Chief Justice Rehnquist ups and dies. Ok, so maybe

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How can the situation in New Orleans keep getting worse day after day? I just finished looking at some pictures on the internet and was so shaken by them. Unfortunately, based on the pictures, the refugees fit one of two categories: 1) black and poor or 2) elderly and sick. It breaks my heart to see people in patient gowns stretched out on the blazing asphalt surrounded by garbage.How did

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Similar to the Southeast Asian tsunami of last year, I find myself reading all of the coverage of the hurricane and its aftermath in the deep south. The images are horrifying. It is so hard to believe that a major American city has been evacuated and virtually abandoned until the situation stabilizes.My heart goes out to all of the folks in these areas. I remember what it was like living

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I never realized just how much I am on the phone until I became responsible for paying my own cell phone bill. A few months ago, my company switched the billing method for our company provided cell phones. Previously, I never saw the bill and just chatted happily away without any thought as to how many minutes of peak air time I was racking up. However, all things must come to an end (seems to

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I am only working a whopping three hours today as I have to hit the 405 north before it turns into a parking lot. Tonight is the third anniversary party for my boyfriend's practice. Just to brag a bit - I am very proud of him as he started a practice from scratch three years ago and now it is at capacity. Of course, after three years, he has decided he hates his job and wants to do something

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So, I figured I should probably address the recent spikes in the price of oil and, accordingly, gas. I must admit I went into a bit of sticker shock yesterday when I filled up my tank - total bill was $45.68. Fortunately, I am one of the lucky ones. My daily commute is maybe 10 miles round trip and I have the once a week "big" trip up to LA and back. So, I generally fill my tank up every

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My Grandma turns 95 today - wow - that is old. She is my last surviving grandparent and is sitting out her remaining days on this earth in a nursing home in Central Illinois. Unfortunately, in the last five years of so, she has seen serious dementia set in and is really no longer "with us" in the traditional sense. That being said, her dementia is a happy one and when you go to visit she talks

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My blog of July 30 threw some partial praise on Bill Frist for taking a contrary stance to the White House on the expansion of stem cell lines. As I noted in that blog, this was a very welcome development as I was beginning to doubt his scientific background when he "diagnosed" Terri Shiavo via video tape.Alas, Dr. Frist has done a complete turnaround again.... This is from today's Wall Street

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My apologies for skipping a weekday post.... I had a short weekend trip up to San Francisco and, in my rush, to get everything in order, the daily post for Friday fell to the wayside. I am sure my one or two readers (if that) were upset - so, my apologies again.Anyway, as mentioned, I did a quick weekend trip to San Francisco. My boyfriend has a board meeting up there today and tomorrow and we

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So, I have completed 30 posts. Congratulations to me - cannot believe I have been able to keep it up. I must admit that this past week and a half has contained some of my weaker "stuff." However, I am hoping my creative side picks back up soon and I can continue writing witty and insightful blogs (or so I like to think).An update on the reason the whole blog started (if you are not aware of

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I thought the worst was over. After seeing housing bubble articles everywhere a month or so ago - on the front page of national news magazines, article after article in the newpapers, and discussions on all major tv news shows, I thought we had gotten it out of our system. I thought the wave had crested or the bubble had reached maximum size, and we were now on the way down.I was wrong.

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My brother and his partner are moving back to Chicago after a nine year stint in Orlando, Florida. Apparently, 5 or so hurricanes in a row made them realize that Florida is not the ideal spot they once thought it was. What made them move there in the first place?Disney. My brother and his partner share a mutual fascination for all things Disney. It all started innocently enough. They both

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Kind of a busy day today, so, I am going to have to cut the post short. However, I absolutely loved the below piece from Friday's Wall Street Journal - echos my thoughts in my "What's up with Kansas" piece exactly.SCIENCE JOURNAL By SHARON BEGLEY U.S. Science ResearchIs in Danger of LosingPlace on Cutting EdgeAugust 12, 2005; Page B1News last week that scientists in South Korea had cloned a

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I had some great email exchanges with a good friend yesterday regarding on-line dating. I adopted this form of dating fairly early on - utilized Planetout way back in 2000 (does Planetout even still exist?). Whatever the case, the internet has transformed dating - you can have a date every weekend as a result. I know - I often had two dates on the same day! What can I say.... Dating is a

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From the NY Times - "The State Board of education has approved the latest draft of science standards that include greater criticism of evolution." While I would like to say this shocks me, it does not. The religious right continues to be more and more aggressive since their president was reelected last November. Scary.However, I wonder if the good conservative folk of Kansas ever think about

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So, last night I had a three hour flurry of getting organized. Periodically, I will hit these patches where I just feel the need to get my life in perfect order. Last night's activities started with the foot high pile of papers on top of my filing cabinet - just waiting to be filed.It actually turned out to be a good experience. I talked to my boyfriend (on the phone) pretty much the whole

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My boyfriend and I were watching numerous episodes of Sex and the City this weekend (yes, he is now hooked to my pirated DVDs as well). He made more than a few comments regarding "what women" the gals of SATC were. Well, of course, they act like women, that is what the show is about. However, he dug deeper and remarked how their lives revolved around men. Obviously, it is a tv show and

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Is the great housing panic finally coming to an end? Sunday's LA Times had a front page article on the slowdown in real estate sales in San Diego (one of the hottest markets of the past few years). Today's New York Times had an opinion piece by Paul Krugman indicating the bubble was hissing. I liked this analogy. Obviously, things will not crash overnight - it will take some time as homes are

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Ok, I admit it - I am a rice queen. For those of you who are not familiar with this term, it means a gay white guy who is attracted primarily to asian guys. Of course, the image in your head is always of some 50-something white guy with a fresh of the boat 20-something asian guy. Fortunately, this image does not apply to me and my boyfriend as I am 35 and he is 33 (as you can probably guess

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So, I had a small fight with my boyfriend last night and it is still really bothering me. We do not fight often, but when we do, I always feels as if the whole relationship is falling apart.This fight, like most fights, was over something stupid. However, one can probably analyze it and attribute it to deeper issues (what those are, I am not sure). Whatever the case, my boyfriend had a

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Congratulations, American consumers, you have dipped to a savings rate of 0%! Of course, when you dig into the calculation of this savings rate, it is even worse than it sounds. I read that 401(k) withholdings are considered part of take home pay, so, if a consumer stashes away 10% in this 401(k) - obviously a good thing - but the calculations show this person has a 0% savings rate, then the

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I just finished reading the Newsweek series on the rampant rise of crystal meth addiction in the US. Absolutely frightening. I have attached the link below.I find these stories of people hitting absolute rock bottom very intriguing. One of the people noted in the attached story was a 30-something suburban Chicago housewife, who was married, earning 6 figures, and had a few kids prior to the

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My boyfriend joined a gym. In fact, he joined Equinox, a very trendy gym that is opening a new location just up the street from him in West LA. I am still in shock.Don't get me wrong - my boyfriend is not some type of sloth. He goes to Pilates once a week, walks almost every night, and plays sand volleyball whenever he gets the chance. However, he has always made it clear that he hates

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I am so happy that Dr. Frist finally is acting and, more importantly, thinking like a doctor. His stance on the expansion of stem cell lines is a step in the right direction (and absolutely contra to what the White House says).My boyfriend, who is a doctor, was in shock when Dr. Frist "diagnosed" Terry Shiavo via videotape. It was almost comical seeing how upset my boyfriend got when he

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A good friend of mine recently gave me pirated versions of the first four seasons of Sex in the City (he picked them up in China for $1 each - shhhh don't tell anyone). Anyway, I have been gorging myself on episodes of this very witty comedy. As we all know, the show revolves around the lives of four single women in Manhattan. However, it is really a guise for the lives of four single gay men

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I just read a fantastic article in the WSJ regarding the use of Option ARMs and the risk that bank's are putting on their balance sheets. Unfortunately, you need to have a subscription to read the article on-line, so I have included the text of the article below.I hate the fact that the home purchase market has migrated to the same standards as the car purchase market. If you ever want to see

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I could not believe the story I was reading earlier this morning. Two gay Iranian teens had been publicly executed in Iran for having homosexual sex. Unbelievable.If nothing else, it makes me appreciate the rights and freedoms we have here in the United States (although they still leave room for improvement when it comes to gay rights). However, being executed simply because you are gay? The

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I hate it, but I cannot help it. The ghost of my old relationship keeps disturbing my current state. For some of the details on this brief but painful relationship, check out my very first post. I am hoping that by writing about it I can flush this ghost out of my system.While driving through LA with my boyfriend this weekend, I could not help but wonder where they (the ex and his new

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So, I was all prepared to write about a very serious topic today. I had been mulling it over most of the weekend (as something was lurking in the back of my mind and bothering me). However, work is busier than normal and I still want to think about this serious (in my mind) topic. So, I am going to write about something a little more simple and fun - my weekday mornings.At some point in my

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A hot Sunday afternoon in LA. I am at the boyfriend's place and it is literally too hot to do anything. The day started with such promise. We woke up early, read the paper and then headed to Santa Monica for breakfast. It is always great to get out and about in LA on a Sunday before the other 95% of the world gets out and about. After breakfast, we took a nice short walk along the ocean and

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I found myself humming the Cole Porter classic this morning as I got ready for work. It was 8 AM and my house was already stifling. Yes, Southern California is actually too hot right now.It happens every year (although usually a little later than this). For a week or two, we actually feel something called humidity and the temperature goes above 90 degrees. For those of without air

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I seem to be having a bit of writer's block today. It seems like there is so much going on: the new supreme court nominee, additional bombings in London, and China kind of sorta revaluing the Yuan, but I do not feel a great desire to write about anything specific. I do not even have anything from my personal life that I feel would be of interest.However, I ultimately decided I would do some

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I thought the attached article was excellent (regarding the housing market and a focus on the type of risky financing being employed by so many folks).http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8574006/page/2/Also, here is the link for the HBO documentary (see last post) - "Pretty Things." It is worth checking out. One other observation - why do all these women have horribly decorated homes in the desert?http

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Last night I watched a weird documentary on HBO about old burlesque queens from the 1940's and 1950's. From the first moments I was hooked. A young woman was going from place to place interviewing these former divas (who are now all in their 70's and 80's) while flashing back to pictures and movie clips from their days of glory. It was fascinating.It was also depressing. These women were

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This is a concept I have been working on for a few weeks now. In fact, I think my friends are sick of me spouting my theories on such. However, I cannot help but relate the ups and downs of my relationship to that of the stock market.In other words, there are times when the boyfriend index is high and there are times when the boyfriend index is low. Now I am not saying that these highs and

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I migrated to a new cell phone a few weeks ago. It was a major change for me as I am not an "early adopter" when it comes to new technology. I can count the number of cell phones I have had on one hand. This last version (work provided) ultimately started to fail me after three long years. The replacement phone (also work provided) is a Blackberry/phone combo. The jury is still out as to how

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So, this morning (Saturday), I got up at the ungodly hour of 6:15 to go train with my AIDS marathon training group. What drives me to leave a warm bed with an even warmer boyfriend in it? I debated for a few minutes - snuggled next to my boyfriend and was so reluctant to get up and go run with a group of people I hardly know. However, I did it.As always, to my never ending surprise, I had a

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My nephew turns 8 today. Hard to believe - they say time flies and it really seems like the past 8 years have done just that.I cannot help but reflect on the monumental amount of change that has transpired in the past 8 years (both from a personal and world view). In 1997, I was married (to a woman), living in the suburbs of St. Louis, and preparing for a 5 month work stint in Germany. Cameron

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Day two of the blog..... Hoping I can keep this up as it is pretty therapeutic to get my thoughts down on virtual paper. I must say I like the concept that someone could actually read this.So, yesterday's entry is a nice lead in for everyone's favorite topic of discussion - the housing market (or the real estate bubble as you see it labeled everywhere in the press). I must say that I enjoyed the

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A blog - new territory for me. I know I enjoy writing and I also like the concept of others actually seeing what I am writing (well - maybe - does anyone actually read some of these blogs that exist). So, what pushed me to this effort?Crazy. The guy I fell in love with almost four years ago. It sounds funny to say - it only lasted three months, but has had a lasting impact on me. The internet

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