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Are Siri and My Wife the Same Person?

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Are Siri and My Wife the Same Person?

One day, I was on a ladder washing our second-floor windows. My wife, Wendy, came outside, looked up at me and said, “I think you’re too old to be climbing on ladders.” The irony is that I regularly get on ladders for firefighter training and just recently hauled a hose up a ladder to help […]

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I Got Alarmed

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I Got Alarmed

Recently, I was working a volunteer shift at the local fire station. About an hour before the shift ended, I got an alert on my phone indicating that the smoke detector in our home laundry room had been activated. The smoke detection system in our house used to be hardwired to the electrical system. But […]

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How Important is Congruity for Paula Deen…and For Us?

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In our house, we have a running joke that Paula Deen would add butter to butter just to make it more buttery.  As a southerner, I am intimately familiar with the recipes that she demonstrates on her show and will admit that I could definitely enjoy a diet of nothing but her meals, at least […]

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Rediscovering the Crock Pot

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The challenge for people who work, or people like me who, when I’m not on the road, sit at a desk and pretend to work, is balancing the other responsibilities in our lives that also need attention.  Forget all that goes with having children, just preparing a healthy meal in the evenings is enough to […]

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Do A Benihana

Our kids enjoy the food and live cooking at Benihana so we periodically stop in for a little Hibachi Chicken and fried rice.  The cooks are always entertaining and it makes for a nice change in the dining experience. However, our local Benihana is a bit different than most.  The majority of the chefs are […]

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