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Here’s Devon’s latest commercial, for Lipton Peach ice tea.

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I bought $3.90 cents worth of electricity this month from the local utility, SRP. With the $15 service charge and taxes, my total bill will be about $20. Last year I paid $113 in April. I was actually building up a credit, but then two things happened: 1) We had a few cloudy and partly […]

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I posted a few days ago about mixed marriages. Interestingly, the Pew Research Group just published a survey on mixed marriages in the US. A few results: — About 15% of all new marriages in the US in 2010 were interracial, compared with less than 7% in 1980. — About 9% of white, 17% of […]

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I woke up this morning before 7:00 to the sound of boots on the roof. They got an early start. The job for today was to install the mounts into the roof that the panels will attach to. They also mounted the inverter to the wall. As usual, right-click and select “View Image” to see […]

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We made it to Taiwan, but not without some excitement. As we were getting ready to go, at 4 in the morning, Derek slipped while running down the stairs. His foot hurt, but he was able to walk on it. We barely made the plane to San Francisco, but finally seemed like we were safely […]

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We made it to Taiwan, but not without some excitement. As we were getting ready to go, at 4 in the morning, Derek slipped while running down the stairs. His foot hurt, but he was able to walk on it. We barely made the plane to San Francisco, but finally seemed like we were safely […]

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The doctor today said I can lose the sling. He is very pleased with my “excellent” progress, but warned me to not get cocky and try to do too much. Another 6 weeks of slow strengthening, and then I can start to ramp it up once the repair is strong enough. But I can: – […]

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Mom/Grandma got some new hearing aids yesterday, and it looks like they are going to be a big improvement. She got the Bernafon Verite 6 from Costco. After putting them in, she thought they weren’t working at first because sounds weren’t distorted or tinny sounding like they were with her previous hearing aids. Yet she […]

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What? Wait a minute — I thought the ACLU was against religion… Students wanted to post the Ten Commandments on their school lockers, but the school wouldn’t let them. The ACLU defended the students right to do so. Sounds backwards, doesn’t it? But this is exactly the point. The ACLU defends civil liberties, period. One […]

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A grip helps out on a movie set. The Key Grip is the main guy who helps organize the other grips. I mentioned about a year ago that my friend Benjamin won first prize in a Screenwriters contest in New York City. I spent the day yesterday at a cemetery in Miami, Arizona, helping Benjamin […]

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