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    Wow!

    I just took 33 pictures of nothing in particular in an extremely short period of time. Got a fantastic shot of Jake&apos;s face, and a somewhat interesting picture of treebark. Yep. Just graduated from my point-and-shoot digital camera to a dSLR with all sorts of buttons. I&apos;m the somewhat baffled owner of a Nikon D50 – w/ a 28-80mm lens. Now I gotta learn what most of those fancy buttons do! <GIR>What&apos;s that do!? What&apos;s that do!?</GIR> I&apos;ve gotta save up for 70-300mm lens. I have no idea what, exactly, that means, except it means ZOOM and MACRO and neato-keen…

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    First meme of the year…

    Your Political Profile Overall: 65% Conservative, 35% Liberal Social Issues: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal Personal Responsibility: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal Fiscal Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal Ethics: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal Defense and Crime: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal How Liberal / Conservative Are You? Hmm. Interesting, really. There were a couple of questions that I answered not with my gut reaction – for instance, the death penalty. Hell yes, I believe it should be used for some crimes. The only problem with it is I do not trust my government – federal, state or local – to apply it fairly,…

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    Jen's 2006 Reading – a work in progress (updated 12/31/2006)

    Polonius:     What do you read, my lord?Hamlet:       Words. Words. Words.Hamlet, Act II, Scene ii Happiness is an unlimited supply of good books.I cannot live without books. – Thomas JeffersonThe man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. – Mark TwainWhenever books are burned, men also are burned. – Robert A. HeinleinUpset the politically correct – read banned books. This entry kept in memories; updated as necessary. 2004   –   2005   –   2006 001. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain 002. Red Hot Santa by Cherry Adair 003. Company by Max Barry 004.…

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    That time again

    Here&apos;s the last of 2005&apos;s reading. I&apos;m going to try to stretch my horizons a bit more this coming year. 063. Chosen Prey – Sandford, John 064. Mortal Prey – Sandford, John 065. Naked Prey – Sandford, John 066. Hidden Prey – Sandford, John 067. Broken Prey – Sandford, John I finally picked up the rest of the “Prey” books that I was missing, so I read them straight through. Good fun, well drawn characters. 068. Rachel & Leah – Card, Orson Scott Say what you will about the man, but Card writes really good novels. His religious fiction is…

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    Oh yeah

    Which reminds me. Six years and one hour ago, asked me to be his wife. I said yes. That very well could be the best decision of my life. Love you babe. <smooch>

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    Two Thousand Six…

    Happy New Years to all of you guys! and I spent a quiet New Years at home, as usual. Futzed around on the computer, played video games, napped, and smooched when the ball dropped on Dick Clark&apos;s Rockin&apos; Eve. Same ol&apos; same ol&apos; – just the way we like it. Hope all of you had a peaceful, wonderful evening.