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  • My Cell Phone’s Vacation – Day Two

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    For the first installment of my cell phone pictorial of my vacation go here. I woke up quite groggy in a hotel room that I never remembered entering. Whatever that little white pill my doctor gave me to survive the flight knocked me on my butt. I missed out on entire [...]
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    Posted: August 14, 2009, 3:13pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • My Cell Phone’s Vacation – Day One

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    The wife and I have recently returned from our trip to the great northwest (Washington, Oregon and northern California). For the most part I was without internet access but was able to use Twitpic from my phone which would update my Twitter page and then ultimately update my Facebook status. [...]
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    Posted: August 12, 2009, 2:46pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • One After 994

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    I see that I have not posted in a bit. I have had some thoughts recently of temporarily abandoning this blog. I haven’t had the urge to post nearly as much as I previously had. It’s not that I have been suffering from writer’s block or anything this time but [...]
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    Posted: July 21, 2009, 1:51pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Melancholy Monday: Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’

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    So to milk just one more post on the somber side of life I have decided to go back to what was a regular feature to start my work weeks. For the next three days our team at work will be short three pretty major cogs in the machine and [...]
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    Posted: July 13, 2009, 1:21am EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • How I Will Remember Steve McNair

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    Seven days ago our fair city of Nashville, TN was hit with monstrous and sad news. The beloved former star quarterback of the Tennessee Titans was found murdered. Amongst all of the hullabaloo of the circumstances of his death were the different emotions and opinions about how to remember Steve [...]
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    Posted: July 11, 2009, 7:34pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • I Think Mr. Bean Lives Here

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    The School Girl came into the den while I was on the computer and said: ”Don’t freak out when you go into the dining room. One of the chairs stuck to the wall and some of the paint came off.” Some of the paint? Holy crap! How much would a lot have [...]
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    Posted: July 11, 2009, 5:47pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Loss

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    It has been a little over a week since our loss. It seems odd that losing him, someone that had spent so little time as a part of our family, could be so distressing. Yes, he was truly a part of our family. He was sweet and loving and he [...]
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    Posted: July 11, 2009, 5:18pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Stars Above**

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    Man, is it July 10th already? Okay, okay, for those of you who actually read my blog and have waited with baited breath upon the arrival of a new post, your dreams have come true. Yes, I know I have neglected this forum but sometimes life gets in the way; [...]
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    Posted: July 10, 2009, 9:20pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Anthony Van Dyck (June 01, 2009 – July 02, 2009)

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    I think that I may have promised to no longer blog about kittens. Unfortunately, today I will break that promise. As you may or may not know, our second batch of kittens consisted of three males that were abandoned by their mother, Piper. From day one my wonderful and amazing wife [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2009, 11:48am EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Introducing The Newest Member Of Our Family

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    The other day I became an uncle again to this beautiful baby girl. I love getting to update the ol’ family tree. Congrats to the new parents. We are all so proud and cannot wait until our trip up to Washington to meet her for the first time. [...][...]
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    Posted: June 27, 2009, 11:15pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Smooth Criminal

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    Michael Jackson died yesterday. He was 50 years old. I wondered how I would feel when this day came. I honestly didn’t think it would happen quite so soon. The relationship that I have had with Michael has been a very strange one indeed. As a child of the 80s [...]
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    Posted: June 26, 2009, 12:38pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Feel Good Friday?

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    Is it really a Feel Good Friday if I do not provide any musical stylings? Well, it will have to be as I am currently at my place of employment without access to YouTube. They are a bunch of fascists over here, I apologize. Anyway, as I was perusing my feed [...]
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    Posted: June 19, 2009, 11:43am EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Melancholy Monday: Childhood’s End

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    I haven’t done one of these Monday posts in a bit and felt the need to share a little song that has been stuck in my brain since I forced The School Girl to listen to it the other day. It is a track I absolutely adore from one of [...]
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    Posted: June 15, 2009, 1:47am EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Wal-Mart Graffiti

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    While we tried to peddle our kitties yesterday at Wal-Mart, I noticed some markings on the ground. Someone had spray painted in the parking lot near our spot: I don’t think it was very nice to be cursed at in that way but what can you do? [...]
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    Posted: June 14, 2009, 2:08pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Lewisburg Pimp

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    I am considering renaming this blog Presto Chang-O! Version 2.0. Cats and kittens have pretty much taken over my life lately so I must share it all with you…again. To recap: one of our cats, Paige, got pregnant and had a litter of six kittens: (l. to r. : Clint Eastwood, [...]
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    Posted: June 14, 2009, 10:23am EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • 100,000 Views

    I just happen to be looking at my blog statistics this morning when something caught my eye. I know that on some blogs this isn’t much, but for my little lowly corner of the inter-web I find it absolutely astounding that since I moved to WordPress in January of 2007 [...]
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    Posted: June 12, 2009, 8:46am EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Are You Gonna Blog Or What?

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    Some of you (okay so maybe just that guy over there) have noticed my extreme lack of blogging lately. There are many factors that have led to this new hiatus. First of all, and I guess most importantly, I haven’t felt like doing it. I have things that I have [...]
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    Posted: June 10, 2009, 10:59am EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Sometimes God Gives Gifts You Never Thought To Ask For

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    I am sitting here at work researching old check copies for our legal department. This can be a boring, tedious task. It does free me up to write or surf the web from time to time. I like to scan through Google Maps and the street view to look at [...]
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    Posted: June 10, 2009, 10:24am EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • New Momma Kitty

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    As lots of you know one of our kitties, Paige, gave birth to six little kittens several weeks back. They are the cutest things ever and Paige has been a very loving mommy. Our other cat, Piper, had gotten pregnant maybe a month later as well. (Before everyone starts in, [...]
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    Posted: June 01, 2009, 9:08pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes

    Holy crap it’s June! This year is flying by and I for one am not happy about it. This is definitely a sign that I am rapidly getting older. Anyway, since May has bitten the dust for ’09 it is time to travel back through my blog feed reader of [...]
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    Posted: June 01, 2009, 12:25pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Shopping List

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    This afternoon we ran to the local Walgreen’s to get our passport photos done. While waiting for them to develop I snuck away to the discount book bin. The aisle that the bin is in contains several summery type wares. In this aisle with me was one other person. It was [...]
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    Posted: May 28, 2009, 10:04pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Hang In There

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    From time to time this blog just needs a major cuteness kick in the pants. This is one of those times. As we were heading out the door towards the drudgery of work this morning, something of interest caught my eye. Yikes, one of the kittens has decided that he would test [...]
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    Posted: May 26, 2009, 10:52am EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Before And After

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    Today I left work a little early. I had to run down to the DMV to renew my driver’s license. The last time I renewed I just walked in, kept the old photograph just like I always have and was out in seconds flat. This year, however, I received notice [...]
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    Posted: May 22, 2009, 8:45pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Wives Say The Darndest Things

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    Sometimes I just never know what things my wife will say. Usually she is harmless but every now and again she really can be scathing. Here are a couple of quick examples: - Yesterday we were at home and Paige, our momma cat, just would not stop jumping onto the kitchen [...]
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    Posted: May 19, 2009, 10:08pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • It’s Just Manny Being Manny

    For those of you that thought trading Manny was stupid, I almost pissed myself laughing at this story: Manny suspended 50 games for positive PED test Being a life-long Red Sox fan this further justifies the management/ownership decision to rid the team of the cancer that was Manny Ramirez. With the season [...]
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    Posted: May 07, 2009, 12:13pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • A Day In The Life

    Is it Friday yet? Of course it isn’t. Work this week has dragged and dragged. I have run out of things to do at times and other times have just not felt like doing anything at all. During these lulls in productivity I have been tooling around E-Bay. There was [...]
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    Posted: May 07, 2009, 11:42am EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Melancholy Monday: Love On The Rocks

    Yeah so apparently I am on this Sara Bareilles kick. What can I say? The chick has a great voice and is one heck of a song writer, not to mention that she is “Tina-Fey-hot”. Don’t judge me. The rain is just making everything blah. I really love this track. Check [...]
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    Posted: May 04, 2009, 1:53am EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • I’m Too Old To Raise Babies

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    The kittens are a little over a week old now. They are still ultra adorable but the “new kitty smell” is starting to wear off. Having never been around newborn kittens before, I was educated in an aspect of the animal kingdom that just never occurred to me: they are [...]
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    Posted: May 03, 2009, 11:06pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • If It Keeps On Raining…

    The rain over the last few days has been sort of relaxing. Every once in awhile it is nice for the Heavens to open up and clean everything up. At this point, however, I have had enough. Unfortunately I understand that we will have several more days of rain. My [...]
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    Posted: May 02, 2009, 10:30pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Feel Good Friday: Milk And Money

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    So it has been about eight weeks since I participated in Feel Good Friday so it is about time. Today should be an awesome day as…well…it is Friday and also the boss lady is not going to be at work today. I am feeling pretty darned good and all that. [...]
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    Posted: May 01, 2009, 1:03am EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Star Wars: April Posts

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    I’m running out of ideas to title my monthly feature of posts I would like to recognize. Someone really needs to help me come up with a clever name and a badge or whatever. Anyway, April is about in the rearview mirror and my birthday month is only hours away. [...]
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    Posted: April 30, 2009, 8:26pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • More Boredom At Work

    This installment of workplace frivolities is not mine. My wife is in her last week at her current position at her company. Beginning Monday she changes departments and runs kicking and screaming far away from the position that she has loathed for a couple of years now. Being in a [...]
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    Posted: April 29, 2009, 11:15am EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Melancholy Monday: Oh! Darling

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    It has been a long time since I did one of these Monday posts but today just feels like a good time to start them back up. I think everyone should get all beautiful days off from work. It should be a law or something. Today to help with the heartache [...]
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    Posted: April 27, 2009, 1:03am EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • So She Married An Axe Murderer?

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    The wife and I watched a movie this afternoon as the heat really started to build up and make it a lazy day. Once the movie had ended I had a hmmm moment. It was kind of like one of those times that you just say to yourself “Self? That [...]
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    Posted: April 26, 2009, 7:50pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • It Was A Beautiful Day

    Today was such a nice day. I am so glad that we got to be home for it. Fandango thought it was a good day to take a long nap. I should have followed his lead. I just realized that I have to go to work already tomorrow! Aarrrggghhhhh!!!! [...][...]
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    Posted: April 26, 2009, 7:19pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Show Me Your Kitties

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    Some of you that are my friends on Facebook and Twitter already know but some of you do not. Thursday evening the wife and I arrived home as usual from work. As we walked in the door she made her way through the living room straight for the kitchen. I, [...]
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    Posted: April 26, 2009, 7:13pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • A Stranger In My House

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    Several years back we rewired the entire house. This house has been standing in this location here in our town since the mid-40s. There must be hundreds of interesting stories stuck in these walls. One of the many days spent crawling throughout the attic found me rummaging in the eaves. [...]
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    Posted: April 18, 2009, 3:50pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Irony?

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    I just finished reading this heartfelt post by one of the good ones in the blogging community, Chez Beziat. I completely understood where he was coming from; especially the second half where he talks about how he feels as a father, a husband, a man in general in these tough [...]
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    Posted: April 16, 2009, 11:54am EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Whole Lotta Predictions Going On

    I tend to talk a lot about inane subjects around here such as music and stupid things I do as well as sports. Since I haven’t talked about sports lately (or anything for that matter) I will bombard you with basketball, hockey and baseball. As far as hockey goes, I love [...]
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    Posted: April 15, 2009, 1:01pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Combating Boredom 2

    Remember this attempt at keeping ourselves awake in the workplace? Well, it has since gotten old and new games and activities have replaced that one. A week or so ago our wonderful fine just okay company sent us each some mail that included magnets of random words and/or phrases. I assume [...]
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    Posted: April 14, 2009, 10:50am EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Emptying The Lent Trap

    Back in February I posted about my participation in giving up something for Lent. Knowing that I have a tendency to curse too much, I decided an attempt to cease using swear words. Over the last several weeks I made a conscious effort to refrain from using the more colorful [...]
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    Posted: April 14, 2009, 10:08am EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • I Was Chased OJ Style

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    A couple of weekends ago the wife and I were out and about running errands in our podunk town. Heading back to the house we had to drive around the town square and got caught at a red light behind a silver colored Pontiac Grand Am. The light turned green [...]
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    Posted: April 13, 2009, 11:47am EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Beware The Ides Stars of March

    Since I was shying away from my blog for the last few weeks I missed posting one of my regular features. I enjoy reading lots of other people’s blogs and will pick a few every month to share with all both of you. This is what I found starred in [...]
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    Posted: April 12, 2009, 9:41pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Literary Hero Fail

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    I was hanging out at the local Goodwill store last evening in front of the books with the G-Man when he grabbed excitedly for a book. He remembered an author that he read who chose an interesting name for his main character. Yep. His name is Dick Puller! Yeah, uhm, yeah [...]
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    Posted: April 12, 2009, 3:04pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • What I Did On My Blogging Hiatus

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    So it has been about 3 weeks since I last posted. I bet you are wondering what I have been up to? Without writing it down or posting it I honestly am having trouble remembering. I will pull a few highlights out and hopefully that will suffice. Mostly I have just [...]
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    Posted: April 12, 2009, 12:50am EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Incarcerated

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    I have decided to take a tiny minute away from my self-imposed blogging sabbatical to share a thought. Is it me or does everyone seem to feel jailed while at work during beautiful days? What makes it much worse is that the NCAA Tournament is going on. This is what it [...]
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    Posted: March 20, 2009, 1:38pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Hiatus

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    It has been almost a week since I last posted anything. I took a much needed break from the majority of the internet as well as most other media. The wife and I have made a conscious effort to stray from these little distractions and participate in other activities that [...]
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    Posted: March 15, 2009, 3:59pm EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Melancholy Monday: Still In Love With You

    Is anyone awake yet? I know that I am not. I hate, nay, I loathe the time change. It will take me at least a month for my body to adjust. This only makes Monday that much more fun! Blah! So I watched an old Thin Lizzy concert this weekend from [...]
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    Posted: March 09, 2009, 8:09am EDT
    by LeBlanc

  • Old New Shoes

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    I have been looking to buy a new pair of shoes lately. I wasn’t sure what I wanted but I knew it would be something not of the norm. After talking to G-Man I had made up my mind. He reminded me about how the Doctor wears them and now [...]
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    Posted: March 07, 2009, 6:07pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Feel Good Friday: The Power Of Love

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    Well, it is Friday again. I am feeling very relaxed and quite self-aware. For the first time in a long while I have clarity about lots of stuff. This is a good thing. Over the last few days I have had a song from one of my favorite ‘80s movies [...]
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    Posted: March 06, 2009, 7:38am EST
    by LeBlanc

  • A Coke And A Smile

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    Okay so maybe I’m being a bit whiney but something happened this morning that truly annoyed me. Generally I will drink a soda throughout the day and usually I bring it from home. This morning I didn’t have any so I decided to wait until I got to work to [...]
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    Posted: March 03, 2009, 10:08pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Recapping The Winter Storm Of Cero Nueve

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    It was a nice surprise to have all of this snow get dumped on us last night. It is slowly melting away but, of course, it will freeze over a bit tonight and be a bear to head off to work. I will take it into serious consideration to stay [...]
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    Posted: March 01, 2009, 3:08pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • A Snowman You Wouldn’t Take Home To Your Mother

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    When actual snow decides to reside at our house The School Girl reverts back to her childhood self. She must build a snowman. I am not a huge fan of snow. It’s cold ya know. I do humor her; however, and eventually follow her outside. Before she tramped outside she had [...]
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    Posted: March 01, 2009, 2:31pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Tempting Mother Nature

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    As I went to bed late last night/this morning the snow was still coming down quite heavily. Now history has shown that in this part of the country we rarely get “the big snow”. Yesterday I laughed, more of a guffaw really, about the thought of having the southern middle [...]
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    Posted: March 01, 2009, 10:52am EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Groundhogs Is Stoopid

    Today, at least for me, was a super lazy day. I spent it in my pajamas as most good Christian Americans should spend their Saturdays. I did a little laundry and wasted the day away doing a little page turning. The School Girl made a nice batch of her homemade chili. [...]
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    Posted: March 01, 2009, 11:27pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Stars In My Eyes

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    Is it the end of another month already? Oh my goodness! Before you know it the holiday season will be upon us again. Yikes! That is scary. Today I have perused the posts that other bloggers have written over the past months which I felt were worthy of a star. [...]
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    Posted: February 28, 2009, 4:51pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Storming The Cassell

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    Little Harry just called me and informed me of some slightly alarming news. While watching a race on ESPN he saw breaking news on the ticker that runs across the bottom. Apparently, last year’s starting quarterback and the New England insurance policy, Matt Cassell, has been traded to the Kansas [...]
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    Posted: February 28, 2009, 4:44pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Failing Up The Joint

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    I admit again, I look for this kind of stuff. I am addicted. Unfortunately I only ever find spelling errors and things like that. Oh well, I shouldn’t be too choosy. About half of a mile from the house is our town’s Rec Center. Not a bad little place. There is [...]
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    Posted: February 27, 2009, 10:54pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Feel Good Friday: Jeopardy

    Yep, it’s Friday. It is more of a Blah Friday but hey we all have our moments. I used to love this track by the Greg Kihn Band and you will, too. Whatever happened to this guy? I hope to do some serious, and I mean serious, relaxing this weekend. [...][...]
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    Posted: February 27, 2009, 12:47am EST
    by LeBlanc

  • An Absorbing Trip To The Doctor

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    Last Tuesday after work I drove the wife across Franklin to pick up some films for a doctor appointment the following day. I pulled up just in front of the building, stepped out of my vehicle and began to stroll towards the front door. In my periphery I saw something [...]
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    Posted: February 26, 2009, 11:29am EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Password Protecting My Job

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    Yesterday I posted this in regards to a story I saw on the internet and that has been making the rounds at work. Out of fear, especially in these days and times, I made it password protected. I just did not want my company’s lawyers, etc to see it even [...]
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    Posted: February 26, 2009, 8:21am EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Protected: SuckTrust

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    There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. [...]
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    Posted: February 25, 2009, 5:16pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Lent Trap

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    As a boy growing up I remember spending parts of my Sundays in the local Catholic Church (which has since closed) both in my Catechism classes and in Mass. This pretty much was status quo until I turned 18. In the years since, I have educated myself about and participated [...]
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    Posted: February 25, 2009, 4:28pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Facebook Fail

    There was a point last summer when I was constantly looking out for FAILs. Eventually they all dried up until yesterday. I noticed that many people on Facebook were joining groups for not just their high schools but for junior high schools and sometimes even their elementary schools. I decided [...]
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    Posted: February 22, 2009, 8:07pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Jumping Further Into The 21st Century

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    For many months (or maybe even longer) I have noticed that many of my online peeps have been doing what is called Twittering. I had no worldly idea what in the heck this was even after asking Newscoma. (I may have been a little inebriated at the time in my [...]
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    Posted: February 22, 2009, 7:11pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • The Soundtrack To My Life

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    There have been a few different incarnations of a meme going around the internet that really piqued my interest. I noticed a few of my Facebook friends posting lists of the top 20 or top 25 albums that have changed their lives. There are also a handful of bloggers that [...]
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    Posted: February 20, 2009, 10:44pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Feel Good Friday: Wild Eyed Southern Boys

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    Oh heck yes it is Friday! I am so tired and ready to get some serious relaxing done. Can you believe that I posted for two consecutive days? Yeah, me either. I feel the need to have this somber chunk of the internet put its dancing shoes on so I [...]
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    Posted: February 20, 2009, 12:50am EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Nothing To See Here

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    I wonder if some of you lurkers readers have wondered what I have been up to as of late. The answer is: not much. My issue with blogging is not a deep one; I just can’t think of anything to write. One of my fellow bloggers once wrote (and I [...]
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    Posted: February 19, 2009, 9:34pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Melancholy Monday: When A Blind Man Cries

    Let’s be honest here. Cards on the table here. I am not that sad today as I do not have to go to work. One of the benefits of working for a bank is that you get President’s Day off. The unhappy part of it all for me is that [...]
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    Posted: February 16, 2009, 8:40am EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Refrigerator Art

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    I made the 80+ mile trip up to The Mount today to hang out at my parent’s place and watch the Daytona 500. Once I got into town I stopped at the G-Man household to say ‘hello’ and drop off a couple of movies that I borrowed (and finally watched) [...]
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    Posted: February 16, 2009, 11:47pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Valentine’s Day 2009

    Today is Valentine’s Day. This is a very odd V-Day for me as my wife is not in town this weekend. Her mother, not realizing that it was the holiday for lovers, called at the beginning of the week to see if she and her daughter might take advantage of [...]
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    Posted: February 14, 2009, 11:51am EST
    by LeBlanc

  • I’m On A Boat

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    I am not really a big fan of rap music or hip-hop in anyway but I heard this song on Saturday Night Live last week and I am ready to make a serious proclamation: This is the greatest rap song of all time! There is strong language here so don’t listen [...]
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    Posted: February 14, 2009, 11:58pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Turning In My Line Up Card

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    I had this idea the other day after watching or reading something, and now I cannot remember what it was but anyway, it was this idea about a post that was meme-like. Oh yeah, so I had TiVo’d the Ellen show the other afternoon because John Mayer was scheduled to [...]
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    Posted: February 13, 2009, 4:58pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Feel Good Friday: I’ll Be

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    Yes, I am late getting to the FGF party but heck I am on vacation. It is the Friday before Valentine’s Day and it will be the first one that the wife and I will be apart since we started dating. So since I will be lonely on V-Day I [...]
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    Posted: February 13, 2009, 12:48pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Of Graffiti And Rock & Roll

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    Last Friday night we headed out to Columbia to a club called The Atomic Rocket Lounge. We went out there to see our good friends Flat Rock Revival bust out there amazing versions of rock music. Now when I say that Atomic Rocket Lounge is a club I am using [...]
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    Posted: February 10, 2009, 10:49am EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Melancholy Monday: Songbird

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    Yep it is Monday again. Why is it that Saturdays and Sundays feel like there are only 5 hours in them but we have what feels like 40 hours in the other days? Just doesn’t seem fair to me. I spent the majority of the weekend away from the internet and [...]
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    Posted: February 09, 2009, 10:24am EST
    by LeBlanc

  • A Rose: Episode 3

    At work we have been collecting customer names that we find humorous. The list is getting quite long and it is time to dump out another installment. You can see the first two posts on these here and here. James Labia Phillip Beaver Turner Moore Richard Standard Anita Ho Harold Cox Richard Martini Michael Hunt Benjamin Dover Richard Steele Gang Wang Richard [...]
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    Posted: February 06, 2009, 11:57am EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Feel Good Friday: Another Shot

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    Man oh man I am so thrilled that it is finally Friday. This week has dragged on and kicked me in the backside. It is time, however, to leave all that aside and think about tonight. Some of the crew is heading down to my neck of the woods; Columbia [...]
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    Posted: February 06, 2009, 12:31am EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Happy Day For My Best Friend

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    It is my wife’s birthday today. I don’t really know what to say about that except that I love her and I am proud to say she is mine. She treats me like a king when I am acting like a lowly joker and she doesn’t even realize that she [...]
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    Posted: February 04, 2009, 12:30am EST
    by LeBlanc

  • At A Second Rate Grocery Store

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    I get a kick out of stopping at the local Save-A-Lot sometimes. It isn’t for the quick service, that’s for sure. It is for the interesting selections and for the ridiculously low prices. I saw a grocery cart full of these this evening: I didn’t even know that they still made [...]
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    Posted: February 03, 2009, 9:24pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Swimming In Bong Water

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    So I heard yesterday (as I am sure you all did) that everyone’s Olympic hero from this past summer, Michael Phelps, had a picture of himself released doing a bong hit. He has since come out and admitted to partaking of the marijuana at a party. When the wife asked [...]
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    Posted: February 03, 2009, 11:41am EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Melancholy Monday: Yesterday

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    I am in that mood today. Did ya ever just have one of those times when you want to scream and stomp your feet? I feel like that today. Man do weekends go by too quickly. I sat around thinking of sad-ish songs and this one seems like the granddaddy [...]
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    Posted: February 02, 2009, 12:47am EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Seeing Into The Future (A Super Bowl Story)

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    As most of you know I am not good at seeing the future. Heck, if I was I would have already won the Power Ball multiple times. However, I had a vision of tonight’s game and it is spectacular! Now I have already predicted that the Arizona Cardinals will win the [...]
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    Posted: February 01, 2009, 10:47am EST
    by LeBlanc

  • I’m Gonna Jump For Joy

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    I will be pretty darn happy if I can get this song outta my head. I have had Manfred Mann’s version of The Mighty Quinn in my noggin all effing day! Either I have just knocked it out of my head or placed it firmly in yours. Sorry if I did. [...]
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    Posted: January 31, 2009, 12:22am EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Star Struck

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    Ahem, what the heck happened to January? Weren’t we all just partying and popping champagne corks, etc? Well, I wasn’t. I stayed up just late enough to see 2009 come in then fell asleep but you know what I mean. Anyway, this month is over and it is time to [...]
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    Posted: January 31, 2009, 11:59pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Feel Good Friday: Rock N Roll Jesus

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    What a week this has been. I have gotten stuck in traffic from two separate tractor-trailer wrecks. I have dealt with not getting enough sleep. Little Harry has not been feeling well and has spent/will spend more time at the friendly neighborhood doctor office. I can’t think of much to [...]
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    Posted: January 30, 2009, 12:36am EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Cover Me

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    There is this thing going around Facebook with some of my friends. It is where you have to put together a list of your favorite cover songs. I am a huge fan of music in general but not necessarily a huge fan of remakes. I generally lean towards the original [...]
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    Posted: January 29, 2009, 9:45pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Day Of The Dead

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    For all of you horror movie fans out there beware of Austin, TX: Austin drivers making their morning commute were in for a surprise when two road signs on a busy stretch of road were taken over by hackers. The signs near the intersection of Lamar and Martin Luther King boulevards [...]
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    Posted: January 29, 2009, 10:31am EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Trading Heroes For Ghosts

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    As I get older I assume that this will occur with an elevated degree of frequency. Another genius from my musical genre has been called home. Legendary rock pianist/keyboardist from southern rock mainstay Lynyrd Skynyrd, Billy Powell, died last night/early this morning of an apparent heart attack at the young [...]
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    Posted: January 28, 2009, 7:06pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Treating Our Heroes With Respect

    Number of comments: 7
    I am sure that everyone has heard this story today. A Ninety-three year old man, a veteran of World War II, died in his home from hypothermia. Why? Well, because he could not afford to pay his sky-rocketing electric bill. How could anyone let this happen? A medical examiner who conducted [...]
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    Posted: January 27, 2009, 11:04am EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Melancholy Monday: I’ll Be There For You

    Number of comments: 4
    It is Monday again. I have not had a smoke in a long while and would be glad to kick myself in the groin to get one. Luckily that isn’t possible. Anyway, the last few days or so I have felt a bit blah but I think my malaise is [...]
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    Posted: January 26, 2009, 12:45am EST
    by LeBlanc

  • I Have Always Been A Perverted Child

    Number of comments: 5
    I have been going through boxes and boxes of crap today that has been sitting in my attic. I found old newspapers and magazines. I found all of my old baseball cards. I found all of these old pictures of people back from when we were in high school. You [...]
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    Posted: January 24, 2009, 4:49pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Happy 12th Birthday

    Number of comments: 2
    Today is the 12th birthday of a very special young lady. I hope it is the best day ever. You are loved more than you will ever know.        [...]
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    Posted: January 24, 2009, 3:16pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Feel Good Friday: Breakfast In America

    Yep, it is Friday. Honestly after missing a couple of days of work it doesn’t quite feel Friday-ish but I will take it. I think I am feeling better and am less gloomy so that is a plus. Also, let me run down my weekend plans for you: zilch. Ah, [...]
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    Posted: January 23, 2009, 5:32am EST
    by LeBlanc

  • What Did You Call Me?

    Number of comments: 6
    My son was talking to me the other day over the telephone. Apparently he has issue with the nickname that has been attributed to him for the purposes of this blog site. I can see that maybe he isn’t too keen on being called Little Harry as he isn’t so [...]
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    Posted: January 22, 2009, 12:48pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Super Bowl XLIII Predictions

    Number of comments: 5
    My NFL playoff predictions this season have sucked a big one. If my math is correct I picked three games correctly versus seven incorrect. This will not deter me from completing the playoffs and hitting big with the Super Bowl. Sunday, February 01, 2009 Arizona Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Steelers Finally this season will [...]
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    Posted: January 21, 2009, 7:59pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • What A Broken Heart Sounds Like

    Number of comments: 5
    Over the last several days I have not felt like writing; at least I haven’t felt like blogging. The surreal feelings that I took back with me from my trip to The Mount has stuck with me hard. The G-Man told me today that he too has been struggling with [...]
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    Posted: January 20, 2009, 9:45pm EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Melancholy Monday: Turn To Stone

    Number of comments: 1
    What is so melancholy about today? Honestly, not too much. I have the day off and got to sleep in a little bit. I get to see my grandparents which is something I get to do only once or twice a year. The parts that are blah for me, however, [...]
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    Posted: January 19, 2009, 9:25am EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Feel Good Friday: Only In Dreams

    Number of comments: 4
    It is finally Friday. It is the first Friday in a long time that I have not totally been looking forward to. Later this afternoon I am going to a funeral home and I just loathe these places. What makes it all super strange is that for the first time [...]
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    Posted: January 16, 2009, 12:37am EST
    by LeBlanc

  • Numb

    Number of comments: 8
    Death is foreign to me. Throughout my life I have been blessed in that only a handful of people that I knew or loved have passed on. Never have any of these people taken their own life, however. Today I found out that someone I knew back in high school [...]
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    Posted: January 14, 2009, 10:20pm EST
    by LeBlanc
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