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Entries from June 2007

Jury Duty

June 26th, 2007 · 7 Comments

I’ve been summoned to jury duty tomorrow, Wednesday. I called in this evening, and was told that I should appear. This will be the first time I have appeared for jury duty. I have been summoned 2 or 3 times before, but in the phone call the night before was always told that I wasn’t […]

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Devon’s New Job

June 15th, 2007 · 6 Comments

Devon has accepted a position with SubSurface Exploration Company, in Pasadena. SECo “provides high quality seismic data acquisition and data processing services to clients in the oil and gas industry.” Devon will be a Geophysicist, utilizing his expertise at signal processing and mathematical physics to help interpret reflected and transmitted sound waves and analyze the […]

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Behind the Veil

June 8th, 2007 · 2 Comments

This is a fascinating article on a woman’s experiences in Saudi Arabia.

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Tags: Opinion

Doggie Emergency Room

June 6th, 2007 · 7 Comments

This morning I got up and saw lying in the back yard the bottle of insecticide that had been up out of Apollo’s reach — or so I had thought. The bottle was almost empty, and there was a hole chewed in the bottom. There was a new puddle on the porch of unknown composition, […]

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6 Months and 61 Pounds

June 4th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Apollo is still growing. I don’t have a picture — I’ll try to get one up, but he isn’t visibly much different from the one a month ago. Still a very good natured dog — I’ve never seen him angry or upset, though he does get very excited when it’s time for a walk. Everywhere […]

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