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Category: Soap Box

When we get fired up about something

Did Bank of America go bankrupt?

Posted on September 22, 2008September 2, 2018 by Sandra

I don\’t watch the news so I have no idea what is going on in the world. But I went online to pay my bills today and nothing on the Bank of America site is loading. I had two payments I decided to make

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Florida heat

Posted on September 18, 2008September 2, 2018 by Sandra

You don\’t realize how HOT it is in Orlando until your AC stops working.

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Turning the tables on a hacker

Posted on September 14, 2008September 2, 2018 by Chris

I was telling you not long ago about another site that I have that was hijacked, it received over 80,000 hits in about two hours for various prescription drug traffic that was then forwarded on to a site

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One lost week

Posted on September 7, 2008September 2, 2018 by Chris

It\’s amazing what can happen to kill your plans for a week, and this past week was a loss for me thanks to some bored hacker who took advantage of one of my other sites.

I now know much more about web

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Tropical Storm Fay

Posted on August 22, 2008September 2, 2018 by Sandra

This storm is really funny – the media is freaking everyone out.  Schools have been closed in Orange County nearly all week and all we had was a little rain and wind. They keep talking about how bad the

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Gymnastics and the Olympics

Posted on August 18, 2008September 2, 2018 by Sandra

I am getting so frustrated watching gymnastics in the Olympics. My main beef is the 14 year old Chinese gymnasts.  And then I can\’t see how Romania\’s Sandra Izbasa won the gold!  She did a great floor

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Sorry for the break in the action

Posted on August 18, 2008September 2, 2018 by Chris

We just switched web servers to make sure everything would continue to run smoothly. So everything had to be put on hold until the switch was complete. Thanks for your patience.

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The Caylee Anthony web

Posted on August 17, 2008September 2, 2018 by Sandra

We were on vacation out west and happened to turn the news on for the first time in a week. It was Fox news with a story about a missing girl. I didn\’t really pay attention, but my dad commented that

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The Olympics – Swimming and Gymnastics

Posted on August 13, 2008September 2, 2018 by Sandra

We\’ve been watching the Olympics every night since Friday and it is really amazing to see how great these athletes are. Tonight was the first night I was really frustrated with our Women\’s Gymnastics

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They say you should learn something new every day…

Posted on August 11, 2008September 2, 2018 by Chris

Today I learned how to post on the blog more effectively, and it\’s so simple that I\’m surprised I didn\’t figure this out on my own. It\’s easy to write a story about what you did today, it\’s even easier

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Orlando and the housing market

Posted on August 10, 2008September 2, 2018 by Sandra

I am loving watching this housing market in Orlando fall! I know it is sad for those folks that paid way too much and now they can\’t sell. But for the ones where we offered and they refused – I have

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I am scared of vaccinations

Posted on June 24, 2008September 2, 2018 by Sandra

And not the needle – the stuff they actually put in you! I know how it works and I agree that vaccines have saved many, many lives. But are so many of them necessary today? I just read an article about

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Penalties for DUI

Posted on June 17, 2008September 2, 2018 by Sandra

I\’ve been posting a lot of “soap box” topics lately and Chris and I had a discussion on DUIs today. We agreed that if the penalties were strict, people wouldn\’t continue to do it. Last week a car hit

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I lost a tire tonight

Posted on June 12, 2008September 2, 2018 by Sandra

Chris came and begged me to drive him to McDonald\’s tonight. At 2am. And I agreed. Bad idea! The McDonald\’s he loves (and the one that is open 24 hours) is right next to a construction site. We

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Mount Everest

Posted on May 29, 2008September 2, 2018 by Sandra

We are currently planning some hiking and camping trips for the summer – and it is a lot more work than it seems! Many of the National Park campgrounds book up months out and some open their reservations

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iPod Touch… my review, and a twist!

Posted on May 21, 2008September 2, 2018 by Chris

I didn\’t want any bells and whistles in my FJ Cruiser but the choice of radio stations in Orlando is not good, and the one killer feature of my FJ is that it has an input plug for an MP3 player for the

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“It gets hot here”

Posted on May 20, 2008September 2, 2018 by Sandra

Lately we have been traveling to cooler climates and whenever someone asks how we like Orlando we always say “we really like it, but it is way too hot all the time!” Then they always respond “Oh it gets

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Brides hiring someone to dress them

Posted on May 6, 2008September 2, 2018 by Sandra

Doesn\’t that sound odd? And like a waste of money? How hard is it to put on a wedding dress? Apparently it isn\’t that easy! I\’ve seen at least 5 weddings this year where the dress was not put on

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Showers and gifts

Posted on April 26, 2008September 2, 2018 by Sandra

I have this fear of bridal showers and baby showers. I am trying to figure out why I don\’t like them and I think it all boils down to the presents. I never know what to buy! I know there are registries

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Wedding Ceremonies

Posted on April 12, 2008September 2, 2018 by Sandra

We had a wedding tonight in a Catholic church. I can usually recite every reading and it is pretty predictable on what the priest will say for his sermon. But tonight was totally different – it was one

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