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A bony Seabiscuit, pedal-powered pink poodle and dolphin boy … | East Coasting
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More like TGFO …. Done, hon … →. May 1, 2010 · 8:29 pm. A bony Seabiscuit, pedal-powered pink poodle and dolphin boy …. What can I say? Been very busy. But there was no way I would’ve gotten any work done today, when Baltimore’s American Visionary Art Museum. Put on its annual Kinetic Sculpture Race. Yep: around the harbor, into the drink, up to Patterson Park, then . 8230; let me cut to the chase: Look left of the big green block. That represents Patterson Park … Lombard Street? Kick in the extra bone!
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My March Madness | East Coasting
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Making the news …. More like TGFO … →. March 21, 2010 · 12:48 pm. It’s going to subsidize abortions (untrue, according to this Christian ethics professor, on the. It’s going to gut Medicare and Medicaid (yeah, of inefficient spending). Health-care insurance will cost more and mean fewer choices for those who currently have it (more political lies). And besides, what will be the cost if we don’t overhaul our health-care system now? Politics is more important that averting that demise? Enter your email add...
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Done, hon … | East Coasting
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A bony Seabiscuit, pedal-powered pink poodle and dolphin boy …. June 13, 2010 · 6:38 pm. Done, hon …. It doesn’t get any more Balwmer than this. So it ends here, at. Workin' girls need a drink . Is a B’more tradition that takes its name from the local term of endearment, “Hon,” celebrating the classic working woman from the 1950s — hence the beehives and horn-rimmed glasses everywhere:. A gaggle of Hons hamming it up . Notice the tasteful head shot of Pee Wee? But this - beefalo? Of select stories in the...
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TGIF? More like TGFO … | East Coasting
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A bony Seabiscuit, pedal-powered pink poodle and dolphin boy … →. March 27, 2010 · 1:04 am. More like TGFO …. That would stand for T. Ver — more than 80 e-mails, not including phone calls made to London first thing in the morning, all the way out to Berkeley, Calif., in the afternoon. Fired off about five e-mails over breakfast, and followed up on two or three stragglers over dinner … at 10 pm. It’s now just after 2 am in Baltimore. But I can look back and say one of my press releases. Tomorrow: critique...
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Just melts my heart … | adventures in unemployment
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The thoughts, pix and experiences of someone freed from work …. Just melts my heart …. East Coasters say the reward for their harsh winters and summers are the beautiful falls and springs. Out in California, the change of seasons isn’t indicated so much by colorful explosions in the trees, as it is by the shift in what we do outdoors. How our all-day hike south of Big Sur ended last month . 8230; to the frosty slopes of Tahoe! View from the lift at Kirkwood Ski Resort on Thursday . Adios, Tahoe . Looks l...
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Sleepless in West Marin … | adventures in unemployment
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The thoughts, pix and experiences of someone freed from work …. Sleepless in West Marin …. Well, yesterday’s hike along the west side of Mt. Tam was indeed called off on account of rain. Nonetheless, I found myself driving up to the North Bay … at night, heeding a haunting call: I decided to confront. My “ghost”. Years ago, I think it was a friend who told me that “ FEAR. 8221; stands for one of two things: F. Ace ‘ E. Ecover, or F. K ‘ E. We awoke to this tranquil and eerie sight . But seriously, what i...
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Seasons greetings from Baltimore! | adventures in unemployment
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The thoughts, pix and experiences of someone freed from work …. Seasons greetings from Baltimore! In any case, my fingers are still cold as I thaw out in my hotel room. So I’ll just have to tell you about my latest trip out in pictures:. On 34th Street, in the neighborhood of Hampden . Where the residents take Christmas decorations to the extreme. The locals call it Miracle on 34th Street. Thats Natty Boh: the mascot of Baltimores local brew, National Bohemian Beer. Comes up to me at the bar! Just melts ...
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Haunted by ghosts, wherever I go … | adventures in unemployment
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The thoughts, pix and experiences of someone freed from work …. Haunted by ghosts, wherever I go …. Over the past few months, I’ve been haunted by this one ghost. But I’ve been able to live with it … that is, until last weekend, when her lingering presence turned into an undeniable force. I was in Santa Cruz, going through volunteer orientation at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center. Can you see her? Without whispering another word, they would nod sympathetically, in silence …. More crab cakes and grog!
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