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• Panama

  
  
  
  We spent the day at sea on Saturday and arose at 6am to watch our ship enter the Gatun Locks in Panama Canal. It really is a marvel and now we have been here. This [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 2:22pm EST
  

• Curacao

  Bobbi and I crossed to the main shopping area on a pontoon bridge.
  
  
  Curacao is interesting because as you get off the ship you are in an area of markets and local stores intermingled with a [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 11:28am EST
  

• Gang of Six

  
  Here is the Gang of Six, Rodger and Connie Beimer, Ed and Jolene Mahr, Bobbi and me after we demolished Thanksgiving Day Dinner onboard Zuiderdam. We toured Aruba all day and came back for dinner on the ship. Tomorrow we go to Willemstad for a [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 7:14pm EST
  

• Half Moon Cay

  
  
  

  We had a great beach stay at Half Moon Cay. It might be the nicest beach we have ever been on….anywhere.

  Rodger and Connie thought about pedaling back to the Zuiderdam but they might have been identified as pirates [...]

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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 10:21am EST
  

• Cruisin

  
  
  
  They say pictures are worth a thousand words. Rodger and Connie Beimer are at the Crow's Nest Bar along with Ed and Jolene Mahr. We plan on having fun but will all go our own [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 4:19pm EST
  

• Delta Frown

  Delta is my airline. They had a bad day yesterday with broken planes and misplaced luggage. That stuff happens occasionally and is just unavoidable.
  However, the strain of reduced salaries and increased work loads is showing on Delta employees. We spent a good ten hours dealing with Delta on [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:47am EST
  

• Outta Here

  We will all be at the airport Sunday morning for our flight to Fort Lauderdale to board our ship. Here is hoping Delta Airlines and the FAA can manage to get us there. Then overnight before embarking on the Zuiderdam. We have been on four of Holland America's Dam ships [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 4:38pm EST
  

• Bobbi and Me Crusing

  Bobbi has laid out all of her clothes for our upcoming cruise to the Caribbean next week. We will be joined by friends this time and it will be a more relaxing cruise than we usually embark on. Lots of beaches and lazy days. Panama and Costa Rica are included [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:59am EST
  

• Misc.

  
  Bobbi and I went to see that disaster movie last night. 2012 seemed to be a satire on the republican party. Yuk.
  The Associated Press has laid off many veteran reporters including Deborah Baker in Santa Fe. They now have one staffer left in Santa Fe. This is really [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:42am EST
  

• The Bureau of Land Management

  I need to understand something. Why is it that after 10 months in office that the Obama administration has allowed all of the bush appointed Bureau of Land Management state directors to remain in their jobs? Some of them should be transferred out for their complicity [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:44am EST
  

• Payment in Advance?

  I see where Mayor Marty Chavez is getting a workman's compensation settlement for injuring his back jumping a fence. One might consider this compensation for the pending storm of criticism he will have to endure on the budget he is leaving the Mayor elect. I heard yesterday from a pretty' [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 7:43am EST
  

• Never a Finer Man

  
  
  I heard of Bruce King's passing on the way from Phoenix to Albuquerque this morning. I had a nice long drive to think about him. This is a picture of Bruce King and me in 1975. I was working as his news secretary during' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 2:19pm EST
  

• On the Road

  I will be traveling for the next couple of days to a board meeting in Tucson. As I write this on Tuesday evening I haven't decided whether to fly or drive. I will decide in the morning when I leave the house.' [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:52pm EST
  

• Pariahs

  I often bemoan the art of scapegoating. So in the spirit of the art I will now scapegoat bankers. Yesterday I received a notice from CITI Bank that my credit card interest rate would be more than doubling to almost 20%. The letter just might as well have said, "Bend" [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 9:04am EST
  

• Bloggers

  I got a note from a friend the other day wondering why news organizations like CNN and others are now relying on bloggers and so called eyewitnesses to send in news stories. The nation's news organizations are literally on the skids financially so they might think that citizen journalists can' [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:15am EST
  

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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 7:49am EST
  

• Tar and Feathers

  Lt. Governor Diane Denish has succumbed to mob rule and is now on the bandwagon of scapegoating so called 'double dippers' in state government. I have been one of those since I was called back from retirement about two years ago to serve as State Natural Resource Trustee. I had [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 9:59am EST
  

• Misc.

  Albuquerque Mayor elect Berry's transition is a big yawner so far and it may well be indicating his style as a leader. He is not issuing hourly news releases nor is he getting his face on the evening news. One can't even be sure that there is any concerted message [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 9:16am EST
  

• Message?

  As suspected the media is trying to say there is a great message in the defeat of two democrats in their races for Governor back east. (These were extremely low turnout elections.) They say all dems nationwide should heed the message. I still have trouble figuring out what the message [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:13am EST
  

• The Legislative Branch

  It doesn't matter whether it is a city council or a state legislature. These bodies will always blame the executive branch for all budget problems when in fact they are just as complicit in disregarding discipline.(They vote for these budgets.)
  
  Let me give you some examples. Every city councilor' [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 10:19am EST