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A collection of stories... some are mine, some are not.

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  • Dave Wakeling Day on Jun 8, 2009 in Life-Altering Moments Music My Stories

    From here on out, June 5 will be known as Dave Wakeling Day. This is because I actually met and spent time with Dave Wakeling of The English Beat (and General Public), a man I've been a fan of for...

  • Love Thy Neighbor... Well, At Least Their Stuff on Apr 2, 2009 in

    So, my brother called last night with another good one. He's a cop, and there's never a shortage of people to crack him up. A guy was busted for having 86 lbs. of marijuana. Apparently, North Carolina taxes marijuana at...

  • No, He's Not On TV on Dec 22, 2008 in

    We have a family member who is a police officer in Las Vegas. Recently his mother told us that when she tells people what her son does many of them ask "Oh, is he on CSI?"...

  • Taking a Look Back on Nov 24, 2008 in My Stories

    I took this photo of my boyfriend's (the one on the right; he played bass) band, Step One, in 1987 for a photo class. I'll never forget that the assignment was "The Thing Itself." So, I shot a band. I...

  • Out of 91 Friends on Facebook, I Have... on Nov 13, 2008 in Musings

    Four Lisas Four Davids (two go by Dave) Three Judys Two Micheles (yes, spelled like my name) Two Tims Two Danas Two Steves Two Shannons A Michael and a Mike A Cris and a Chris An Elizabeth (goes by Liz)...

  • You Gotta Love Technology on Sep 24, 2008 in Laughing Out Loud

    We recently got new phones. We had to because our old phones (3 years old dinosaurs) were interrupting our wireless network. So, these new phones have a talking caller ID. John and Dana have the same phones and they crack...

  • Friends, Friends Everywhere, Even in the Wrong Area Code on Sep 23, 2008 in My Stories

    I have been in a reconnecting frenzy. It started with finding people via Linked In, then my friend Megan spoke that evil sentence: "Are you on Facebook yet?" After I'd been on FB for a few days, I called her...