travel

  • Generational Differences

    Generational Differences

    All generations have their good and bad points; mine just had better music Much has been said, and will undoubtedly continue to be said, about differences between generations. So far as I’ve been able to see, every generation thinks theirs is the best. They will admit that the one preceding theirs had it rougher and

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  • Getting ready for a trip is sometimes the most important thing you can do 

    Besides scheduling time off and making sure the dogs are settled with friends, among a thousand other things, there was the matter of making sure the car was up to the trip. Road trips can always be magical, wondrous times to really get close to the family.  Sometimes too close.  What parent hasn’t heard, “Are we there yet?”

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  • Shopping for a new tablet?  I’d rather kiss a rattlesnake on the mouth

    Lately I’ve been shopping for a new tablet. Do I go iPad, Dell, Samsung, Kindle Fire, or some other brand?  While this is not one of the most difficult things in life to do, it is one of the more miserable. And yes, I do understand that this is most definitely a first-world whine. Getting

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  • Once a year, from wherever we may be at the time, an old friend (from college roommate time) and I meet and take a short vacation together.  We never really go anywhere stunning, just somewhere to moan about life and relax. This has nothing to do with real “vacations with family” but rather just time

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