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Amazing Race 22 – Episode 5

Have notes, will a post get written!  It’s obviously way late, which of course is silly to say because “late” implies that someone out there is reading this.  I almost gave up on doing these recaps, but you know what, I like writing these things up as well as drawing the maps and updating my […]

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Tale of an Upper Endoscopy (tl;dr – Take the Drugs)

“Dr. Cole said that I wasn’t going to need any sedation, just a gargle of something.”  The nurse gave me the briefest of a confused glance but continued the steps of getting me ready for my upcoming procedure.  I was at the Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center and in a few short minutes, I was […]

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The Amazing Race 22: Episode 4

Can we never see this face again?  I still can’t believe, even a few days after watching the episode, how idiotic and frustrating John (and unfortunately, by extension, Jessica) was during this leg.  Not only was it totally foreshadowed that he’d be eliminated due to all of his comments about how good he was going […]

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Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Nothing dramatic, mind you.  But Larry & I have been slowly but surely replacing and adding things to our home.  Last fall, we got rid of the brown couch I had bought when first moving into NYC; we also replace the bed frame I’d had since picking it up in an outlet furniture warehouse in […]

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The Amazing Race 22: Episode 3

I wonder if the show’s producers have decided that in order to keep ratings from sinking, they need to show only beautiful places in the world.  This recent leg took the racers to New Zealand, and holy moly, it was gorgeous.  Of course it would be so, as there is a reason why Peter Jackson […]