May 13, 2007 News Items »

By John on May 14, 2007 in Books, Crime, Culture, Fun Stuff, Gadgets, General, Places, Religion, Society, Tampa, Technology, Travel, Weather | 0 Comments

A bit of news from the week ending May 13, 2007. Crack selling ministers and long car trips.

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Wrapping up Thanksgiving 2006 »

By John on Nov 27, 2006 in Culture, Family, Friends, General, Holidays, Kings Mountain, Mobile, Movies, Places, Southern, St. Petersburg, Technology, Weather | 0 Comments

We had a pretty typical Thanksgiving. As I’ve already reported, I drove to North Carolina last Monday, and then met friends up in Boone/Blowing Rock on Tuesday. Wednesday I stuck close to home and spent the day with Mom, and had dinner with her and some of her friends. It was overcast and rainy most of the day Wednesday.

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Stuck At The Airport »

By John on Apr 19, 2006 in Business, General | 0 Comments

I am due to fly into Atlanta this evening. About 3pm a friend advised me to turn on the news where I learned that a suspicious package left at a security check point had resulted in Atlanta airport being evacuated.
Before leaving the house, I did the correct thing, and called their reservation number. I got [...]

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