My first view of the city was covered in clouds. I concentrated more on driving safely over the long, huge Bay Bridge than on the view.
But San Francisco, as is Oakland, is built into the hills. It’s an impressive sight, all the houses packed into the hills, sloping down to the bay.
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You never know, moving to a new job, what the gift exchange policy is. And I’m usually unpleasantly surprised. No matter what you guess, you’re wrong. If I’d bought little trinkets for everyone, nobody would have brought in anything. In this case, we’ve had about five zillion holiday parties, complete with goody day. Thought that [...]
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My dreams are only half with me at this point, but I remember a couple of things.
I was at a big gathering of people. It seemed like it was partly a training camp with a lot of athletic games. Maybe they were for discipline. Maybe they were for fun. But not being very good, I [...]
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My Christmas spirit is beginning to revive, just a little bit, as the date nears. I will ignore the blood-curdling incident at Best Buy yesterday, and say that I almost can tolerate Christmas right now.
My dad and family sent a package full of wrapped presents. I could accidentally let one of the cats open them [...]
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I can see where Christmas is a stressful time of year, why it causes a lot of depression.
In me, it just causes anger. I start with the stress, made worse this year by an earlier deadline. I knew if I didn’t get my presents sent out NOW, they wouldn’t make it in time.
After watching piranhas [...]
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…when you catch your breath at the thought of buying gas at $2.07. Sounds very cheap. Across the street, another station was selling gas for $2.15. I knew I could do better than that, and the $2.07 gas station was too hard to get to.
I held off, got to the gas station near my house, [...]
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