As mentioned in my last post it came down to use-it-or-lose-it on my vacation time, so I am taking Fridays off for the month of October. This past extended weekend I spent gaming with conal_cearna, ro_dan and other friends at their house in ATL. It was a very good way to spend a weekend ( Read more... )

It has come down to use-it-or-lose-it on the vacation calendar so I have decided to make a trip to see my grandfather and parents in Nebraska. I will be leaving on the 3rd and returning on the 11th. I've been meaning to go and my cousin Rick's 25th Wedding Anniversary on the 4th gives me a good reason.(First and second weekend of October accounted) ( Read more... )

Instead of waiting until the end of CRF and not being able to go, I'm going to opening weekend of CRF this year and I'm doing it right! My nephew and I are driving up on Friday night. We are going to the fair both Saturday and Sunday. In addition, I'm taking Monday off ( Read more... )

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A long time ago there was this Chinese restaurant in my home town. My buddy Jack was friends with the owner, Robert. Maria was the one and only waitress--it was a small restaurant. One night a week, I don't recall which day of the week it was, Jack and I would go to the restaurant just before closing time. After all of the patrons had left Robert, ( Read more... )

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As I opened this journal to post an announcement about GARF starting this weekend, my oh-so-friendly Firefox browser asked if I would like to start from my previous draft which reads as follows:

There is one weekend left of the Georgia Renaissance Festival. So far I have seen maybe two dozen fellow con-goers. That's just the ones I recognized. ( Read more... )

Started out kind of early (up at 6am). Had to go to N.Ga. for work ( Read more... )

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okay... I acknowledge the typo's in the previous posts..

this post is taking mucho effort...

hope everyone had a good weekend...

>>>-----> MikeO (typo's corrected)

p.s. anyone I forgot to mention in previous post... Dave, Kevin, etc....

you are not forgotten... Beth, Deb, Fenix... this includes you too...

>>>-----> MikeO