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15 Years – Unbelievable
On May 8th, 2009 I turn 15 years sober! Which doesn’t even seem real. When I was new in the program and heard people talk about having double digit sobriety I rarely believed them, how could it be possible to go that long without a drink, they must cheat or something. I was determined to find out how they were drinking and still maintaining a normal life style… and so I stuck around. My first…
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Family Obligations
Last night my brother Ryan called to let me know he plans to get married next year, in August, he wanted my mailing address to send an invitation. To be honest, I was shocked he had my phone number at all. My biological mother died in 2004 and that’s the last real contact I’ve had with any members of my “family”. I flew home for the funeral and spent time with my sisters and brother.…
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April 2009 Trip to Wisconsin
Relief. That’s what I feel that this time i wasn’t going to fly US Airways with their fees, surcharges, surly crew and bad seats. Instead I had booked a flight on Northwest, which has always been a pleasant experience. My flights were on time, my seat was comfortable, it was relaxing! The flight from MSP to EAU on the little plane was a little bumpy, but that was more entertaining than frightening. I landed a…
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What I heard you say…
Back in treatment or therapy or somewhere in time that I can’t recall exactly, I remember that I’m supposed to use the phrase: “When You , I feel “. But usually what happens is that I have a reaction instead. When my friend Mark says “Missed you at the meeting on Wednesday.” I don’t usually respond, but inside I feel shame, anger, and less than. I think its a result of when I was in…
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An Idea for the Auto Industry
I know several of the car companies in America are in trouble, they know it too. We also know that oil is not in never ending supply and we need to find other fuel sources. So first the Auto companies that want to change need to make official announcements like: “Starting on June 1, 2009 we will begin to produce the final gasoline combustion engine automobiles in all our factories, the final cars will roll…
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The Florida Roundup – Contempt after investigation?
I usually do this kind of thing in time line synopsis like paragraphs, and I see no point in changing now so here we go. (This would have been a very long post, I’ve changed it) This past summer Chris G. said something about the Florida Roundup that made me realize I had been poking fun at it and dismissing it as less than a worthwhile event without ever having gone myself: Contempt prior to…
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I Watched The Watchmen
I watched the Watchmen and I must say, it was almost word for word from the book. The casting was great, the actors looked like they jumped from the pages of this epic story. My friend Steve asked if I thought it was too long, and I didn’t, I was very careful about how much soda I drank and at 2 Hours and 45 Minutes even the amount I had was dangerous, but I made…
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Shadow Government – a reality?
I should point out right away that I tend to be a conspiracy theorist and this is one of those rants. Still there? wow, well thanks… here we go then In December (I think) of 2008 the brother to our then President, Jeb Bush, said that it might be a good idea to avoid becoming “the old white-guy party,” and for the republicans to form a shadow government. (Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/01/jeb-bush-gop-setting-up-a_n_147495.html ). Now lots of folks…
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ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP_RSTUVWXYZ
On this day, Q, my baby boy, my pretty kitty – has been put to sleep. On July 13th, 1999 my friend Krista and I had lunch to celebrate her 10 year sobriety birthday in Rockville somewhere and afterward we stopped at the PetSmart, which is where I first saw Q. Q and his brother, another black cat, were in a cage together at the PetSmart. As soon as I approached, Q stood up and…
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Pegasus II and Cygnus
Back when Ted and I first met we had one basic thing in common: love of comic books. Ted was much more serious about it than I was and he introduced me to several stories and books that I then grew to love and treasure, he also taught me about preserving the comics (bags and boards). I was pretty clueless and most of my comic books were just kind of lying around my room crumpled…
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