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Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 19:50 in Culture, lifestyle, adam-lambert, american-music-awards
The American Music Awards has always been pretty much about performance rather than actual awards that mean anything. Each of the musical stars on the schedule for the 2009 AMA performed large extravaganzas with big stage effects, backup dancers and ...
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Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 12:41 in Culture, fitness nutrition and health, smokeout
Twenty years ago I quit smoking. That was a great milestone. I also quit 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 30, 34 years ago. And 35, 36, 36 1/2, 37, 38, 40 and 42. In fact, the first time I quit smoking was 1963. Age 16. My Father put me up against the wall ...
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Posted on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 16:49 in jfk, john kennedy, kennedy assassination, boomer generation stuff, kennedy funeral
No event in my life as a member of the Baby Boomer Generation is so impregnated in my memory as the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Kennedy was my first real hero. More so than Eisenhower or MacArthur, who were my parents’ heroes. More so ...
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Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 16:57 in Navy, shellback, humor too, pollywogs, crossing the equator ceremony, shellback initiation, shillaly, shillely
A very long time ago, and far, far away, out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, we crossed the Equator, and engaged in the time-honored tradition of sailors everywhere, and became Shellbacks. Below is a photo from 1982. I am the guy with the sne...
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Posted on Friday October 2nd, 2009 at 11:02 in family, Cancer, breast cancer, mammogram, cancer awareness, fitness nutrition and health, losing friends to cancer, breast cancer self-examination
Breast cancer remains a significant health concern for women in the United States and throughout the world. In the U.S., it is the most common form of cancer in women. After lung cancer, breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in ...
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Posted on Wednesday September 16th, 2009 at 14:20 in Culture, patrick swayze, boomer generation stuff
Few stories have so moved the American public during the past year than Patrick Swayze's determined struggle for survival....
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Keep up the great work Doug....will be back to check and see what you are up to! :)
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