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Christmas in Phoenix
We are in Phoenix for Christmas and enjoying the BEAUTIFUL weather! It has been a joy to sit and relax and do NOTHING... We are spending quality time with family and friends. We have six bags with us and we are going to have to bring them both down to 2 carry-ons. YIKES! In just a few short days we will be taking our comfortable Wifi, Starbucks, and hamburger loving lives to a foreign 18 million populated city. Deep breath...
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Texas is good for one's health
... from the staff. After tests including a chest x-ray, they determined that I had an upper bronchial infection. It took two sessions on the nebulizer there for my chest to quiet down enough for the doctor to let me go . . . with prescripts for Prednisone (that ubiquitous drug of my life), Levaquin antibiotic and an inhaler. Last night I got my first decent night’s rest in a month. Mary Jo is feeling much better now, too.
More on our Buda visit next time.
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1st Malay CR Station Signs On Air...Without Me!
... and with its assortment of
mother-tongue languages, community radio opens up a new channel
of communication for the State’s underserved communities.
Moreover, it provides opportunities for conducting public
debates on issues of local interest.
With the widespread use of hand phones these days, listeners
can participate in phone-ins from wherever they happen to be.
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"We're not exactly a modest state"
... really brag about Independence from Britain. With Texas, however, it turns out that they fought off the Spanish, then the French, then the Spanish again, then the Mexicans, then they joined the United States, then decided to be a Republic, then was actually ASKED to join the United States.
Anyway, going back to Capitol (which, as it turns out, is bigger than the one in Washington D.C.), you enter this circular room, with four stories. On all ...
Travelling alone with kids
... I was travelling on Continental, home of the NO leg room.
Everything seemed fine, other than the fact that my kids were the only kids on the plane. All business travellers otherwise, or close to it. Then it seemed to be taking a while, but given the weather that was to be expected a bit. Then a maintanence guy walked on the plane. Never a good sign. Then after half an hour, the Captain came on and said the water wasn't working on ...



