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I was watching Grand Torino tonight with my husband.  The movie where Clint Eastwood battles the Hmong gangstas and I had a flashback  to last week’s algebra class.  The county where I live has a heavy Asian population and after I heard this exchange I learned that even Asians can have a hard time differentiating [...]

We replaced our American flag tonight with a new one since the last one had grown shaggy from a late winter storm. We’d never had a flag before September 11, 2001. Due to the rush on flags and emotion and profound need to display patriotism in such a simple way following the attack on America, [...]

We were invited to a private showing of Let It Out, a short film about the Olympic spirit.  We were running late so I didn’t get a chance to survey the audience but I know a friend of Muhammad Ali was there (he was a featured interview) and I’m guessing Al Joyner was too by [...]

My husband and I were at the Apple store today to drop off my Macbook for repair.  I think they will be replacing my case because it is crooked.  Of course that is probably my fault (it totally is) but they repaired it and it’s off again so now it’s officially a Problem and is [...]

The first time I ever heard my husband say I love you was in the Jaguar limo on the way to our hotel following our wedding ceremony.  He took my face in his hands and he asked, “Have I told you I love you?”  Considering our parents had just spent several thousand dollars hoping this [...]