My best wishes for a Happy Birthday to northernsnokat from an old friend!

Happy Birthday, britalone!
I truly hope it's the best ever!!!

I really must apologize that I have been so inconsiderate.  I have not even had a chance to visit LJ in the past few weeks.  It's not that I am not interested any more - but there are extenuating circumstances ( Read more... )

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Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling:

"I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election.

The 26th amendment (granting the right to ( Read more... )

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We had the greatest dinner.  We went to the new Texas de Brazil in downtown Detroit.  They put it in the Compuware building, right around the corner from Hard Rock Cafe.

I forgot how cool the downtown area is and how great it is to walk around.

We first ate at a Texas de Brazil in Chicago last summer when we visited my daughter for her birthday.

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Shooting directly to the south - the heart of the storm raged...

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Today would have been my 82nd birthday.

We had a strained relationship for many years - mainly due to my marriage.

And, when I ended that - we reunited as a family and we began to rebuild our relationship.

But, she fell to Alzheimers a very short year later - and eventually I lost her for good.

I know I've done this in the past - but I'd like to post ( Read more... )

Ahh yes!

Warm days, cool nights!

I could get used to this!