We came home on Sunday night from a visit at my Mom’s house. She left for a trip yesterday and wanted us to board her three cats while she’s away. Our home is now housing five cats.
I woke up for work on Monday morning to find that my beloved opaline gourami, Tony Soprano [...]

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We started business early for a Monday. We met for a breakfast meeting at Rudy’s at 10 a.m. It is normally a requirement that the work week begins at 12 p.m. on Mondays. No exceptions. Except for today because it’s a busy week as we’re going to try to launch the [...]

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113 resumes sent directly and 8 interviews since late August.
Today I accepted a job with a startup dot com. The site goes live in a couple weeks. I will be working for peanuts while hoping that I can help turn this company into something huge. I will be working in a garage [...]

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Dear Maly,

You turned six-months-old today. I can’t believe half a year has gone by since the day we met. Each month you become more amazing and brilliant and I fear the day when you outwit me. I have a gut feeling I’ll be writing about that experience in next month’s letter to [...]

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A day hasn’t gone by in two weeks that I haven’t cried. Two weeks ago today I had to say goodbye to my Dad. I had to tell him one last time that I loved him.
Aliance Hospital, Odessa, TX. We left my Dad’s bedside somewhere after 11 p.m. on the 26th. [...]

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It was 3 a.m. when the doctors and nurses convinced my Mom to call her family.
Elise and I were watching my Mom and Dad’s house while they were out of town on a road trip to Pahrump, Nevada to visit my Grandpa. I convinced my Mom a month ago that she needed to go [...]

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