St Charles Building Department In Action

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Within 100 yards of my house are 2 drainage ponds. They are full of scum, trash, weeds and clogged drains. Soon they will morph into a breeding ground for millions of mosquitoes and the diseases they transmit. You would think those fools in the building department would be involved, as I am sure the owners … Read more

JayJay from the beginning

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This is my favorite picture of JayJay without a doubt. Obviously if you like dogs, puppy pictures just don’t get cuter than this. I think what has made this so very special to me, though, is I always felt that this was the dog that lived inside my Little Buddy. You can see it in … Read more

Four Long Weeks

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Oh what I would give to see That Look just one more time! This was the look I would see when he was tired of waiting for me. Most of the time I would see it when he was ready to go home and I was still working. Somehow he managed to look a little … Read more

My best friend is gone

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I woke up yesterday morning with a sense of dread which I don’t recall ever experiencing. For about a year and a half we have been battling renal failure with JayJay. He had been doing quite well, sometimes to the point we felt like maybe we were going to defeat this insidious disease. Kidney failure, … Read more

Nothing but irrelevant white guys!!

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Obama shuffles cabinet but with no female nominees – CBS News http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57563186/obama-shuffles-cabinet-but-with-no-female-nominees/ 5 days ago … As he begins to assemble his second-term administration, the president catches flak for choosing white men for top roles.  

Not Winnable

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I said I just got a new Solitaire game for my iPad which has something really neat. There is a light that flashes not winnable when you reach the point in the game that it’s uh…. not winnable. I got to thinking wouldn’t it have been great to have that kind of button during my … Read more

Beyond Endurance

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Yesterday, I turned off Colin Cowherd and started listening to music. I can’t recall ever turning off ESPN because I was totally disgusted. However, as Cowherd droned on and on and on about Martha Burk and the two new members of Augusta National Golf Club, it was more than I could endure. Here’s the way … Read more