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Mimi rescue mission

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 10:54:02 +0000

My youngest is still mostly inseparable from his blanket, which he now calls “blanket” or sometimes “blankie.” It used to be “mimi.” When the two get separated, which happens from time to time, it’s a problem. Sometimes a much bigger

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Don’t expect this week’s gas-out to solve anything

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 12 May 2007 18:24:19 +0000

Last Saturday a woman standing in line with my wife and I told us not to buy gas on May 15.

She beamed at her Ford Super Duty pickup. She said she's tired of paying so much to fill it, and she's looking forward to sticking it to the gas companies.

The gas companies love people like her.

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Umm, no, as a matter of fact everything isn\’t OK…

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 06 Nov 2004 14:00:17 +0000

The site's been down again. As far as I can tell it didn't stay up for very long on Saturday, but by 8 PM last Saturday, my DSL connection was the least of my concerns.

I got the phone call nobody ever wants to get. My girlfriend's father was in the hospital and wasn't expected to live.

They patched him together long enough for his closest relatives to get there, but Jerry died at 12:45 Sunday morning.

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