H Paul Garland

There's no point in living if you can't feel alive. - James Bond

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Spain…On The Road Again

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The 4-DVD set of Spain…On The Road Again is incredible. It has Gwenth Paltrow, celebrity chef Mario Batali, food critic Mark Bittman of the ...

Juarez Violence

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I read in The El Paso Times that the death toll in Juarez, Mexico from the drug violence has already passed 1,000 for the year as of July 12...
Saturday, July 11, 2009

The Rock

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If you are a fan of Sean Connery I highly recommend that you rent the 1996 movie called The Rock. I give it a solid rating of 10. LINK: http...

The Final Chapter

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I am really enjoying the latter phase of my life. Life has been good to me. Really. For more than six years I have not drank any alcohol ...

Health Care In America

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Last night the Bill Moyers journal on PBS presented a great summary of what is going on in Washington D.C. regarding health care reform. Bil...
Friday, July 10, 2009

David Letterman

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Now that Jay Leno is no longer on TV, sometimes I genuinely enjoy watching Letterman. His interview of Emma Watson reminded me of just how ...

Salt Flats Geocache

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One of my hobbies is geocaching. One uses your GPS to sort of play a game of hide and seek. Through this activity you end up seeing lots...
Thursday, July 09, 2009

Life Will Get You In The End

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This year is the 40th anniversary of Monty Python. - The amazing comedian Eric Idle of Monty Python fame was on Craig Ferguson earlier this ...
Wednesday, July 08, 2009

The National Debt

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On the news almost every night you see some Republican elected official claiming that the Democrats like to tax-and-spend, and that these pr...

Stars

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The husband of my niece (is he my nephew?) is a great guy. From him I just learned about a great musical group called Stars . - -

Political Definitions

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Progressive, Liberal, Left Wing = Intelligent, well educated, open minded, caring Conservative, Republican, Right Wing = High school educati...
Tuesday, July 07, 2009

RIP Michael Jackson

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Michael Jackson was an excellent performer. A dancer and singer of world acclaim. He died at age 50. He had also been accused of various hei...

Carrying A Handgun

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Soon after I moved back to America, after having lived in Western Europe almost 20 years, I took the classes and got a State of Texas permit...
Monday, July 06, 2009

Butch Cassidy

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The 1969 movie called Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was based loosely on historical fact. The lead actors were Paul Newman, Robert Red...

Adopting A Dog

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Many people have gone through the pain of having a puppy enter their life. House training, destructive chewing of everything, incessant bark...
Sunday, July 05, 2009

Plastic Fantastic Airbus

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I have never been involved in an airplane crash although I have come mighty close more than a few times. Several times with other people dri...
Saturday, July 04, 2009

The 4th of July

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On the 4th of July in America many people have a picnic, drink too much alcohol, and watch fireworks. A very few people actually do take the...
Friday, July 03, 2009

CLL

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These are the experiences and the journey of one person who has CLL. I have no medical training of any kind. I am simply an informed patient...
Thursday, July 02, 2009

California IOUs

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I am now 60 years old, so it has been many years since I was enrolled in courses of formal education. Something keeps nagging at me however....
Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Honest Photography

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In general snapshot pictures do not lie. Basically photography is an honest medium. This person really did graduate, that couple did indee...
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Like the Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor, I went to Austin High in El Paso, Texas. I moved to California right after high school. Graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1971 with honors. Worked on a master's degree, then to avoid going to Vietnam I joined the U.S. Army to be at 3rd Armored Div HQ in Frankfurt, Germany. I was there for almost 3 years. Bicycled and backpacked a lot in the Swiss Alps. Had some good times, saw some of the world, and grew up a little. I went to law school at U.T. Austin for a while, raised a family, got elected to a minor political position in El Paso, had 3 great wives, owned a Corvette then later a Prius, became a scuba diver, got my private pilot's license including multi-engine and instrument ratings, and lived in the Cajun country of Louisiana for a few years. For 15 years I was the general manager for a food procesing company in Europe. I really enjoyed living in Europe. I'm now retired, and to quote from Martin Luther King, I'm finally "free at last, free at last." I've moved out to the wonderful high desert in the Southwestern city of El Paso, Texas USA.
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