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Rutherford B. Hayes and Me

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

As our nation’s nineteenth President from 1877-81, Rutherford B. Hayes had the good fortune to serve is single term during a quiet part of American history. He effectively ended reconstruction of the South following the tumultuous Civil War…and the Spanish-American War was still seven years away following his term. This means that although he did a […]

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Michigan - CLOSED

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

It was all Bob’s fault that I spent over $100 at CD Connection in Huber Heights on Friday, July 25, 2008. Had his flight arrived on time, I would never have ended up there while waiting, and I never would have purchased the entire run of Scrubs on DVD. But that’s all water under the […]

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Gerald R. Ford and Me

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Although he’d never being accused of being our greatest Commander-in-Chief, our nation’s 38th President entered the arena at a time when it seemed like the government was falling apart. Appointed the 40th Vice-President by Richard Nixon after the resignation of Spiro Agnew, it was a mere nine months later that he ascended to the Presidency […]

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On Friday, June 28, 2008, I made the decision that I had better see a doctor. I wanted to be absolutely sure that I had a clean bill of health before heading into a busy week in which my boss would be on vacation and I would be preparing for my upcoming European vacation. And besides I […]

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After our scrumptious dinner at Lawry’s the evening of Friday, April 4, 2008,  we needed one last activity in which to partake so that Bob and I could round out this memorable vacation in Texas. That morning while ogling the condom that we found behind the TV at our Motel 6, we also watched a local morning program […]

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