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Apparently, some people believe President Barack Obama wants to turn the United States into a socialist country — with fears that this would be a terrible step in the wrong direction. Fair to say, most people with these fears have never lived in a socialist country. I have, in Britain, for 12 [...]
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Kind of sad today. I sold my Mini. Make that my beloved Mini. I shouldn’t be so sad, as I’ll be getting a new one when I get to the “other side” next week, back home to California. Still, some cars have souls, and I’ll really miss my baby. And that got me [...]
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I groaned about getting up at 3:15am, but it was well worth heading out to Stonehenge for the summer solstice celebration this morning. It was my second time out for it, and it remains a pretty mellow party. I also have to chuckle about how with thousands of people there, [...]
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Almost as if to wish me off, Queen Elizabeth II came to visit today. OK, she came to the nearby Larkhill artillery school, which is now being redesignated the Royal Artillery Barracks. A bunch of school kids were invited to witness the opening, and our youngest’s son’s class went. So why not [...]
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The moving plans continue. Later this week, a company comes to take away half our stuff. Later this month, the other half goes. So there’s a lot of cleaning and deciding of what really needs to go. And in Britain when you do a clear out, you don’t have a garage sale. Instead, you go to a car [...]
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It’s been just over a week since we decided to make the move back to Orange County from Britain, and I thought I’d keep blogging about how it is all going. So far, the big relief is that the kids are totally on board. Like they want to be there now. It’s kind [...]
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After 12 years of living in the UK, I’m going home — back to Southern California, back to Newport Beach. This will be a fairly personal post about the decision my family has made, but my blog was supposed to be for more than writing about gadgets and computers and donuts. Good [...]
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If I’m sluggish this morning, it’s because my day started early — taking my oldest son out for a sunrise ceremony at Stonehenge to mark the 100th anniversary of the Scouting movement. One hundred years ago today, Robert Baden-Powell held an experimental camp for boys that led to Scouts being formed. The World Jamboree is now taking place a few [...]
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Make no mistake. As a native Southern Californian, I miss home ever single day that I’m in Britain. That’s no offense to Britain — it’s just that Southern California, and Orange County in particular, is home. Still, even I have to smile at certain things about Britain. Below, the scene that greeted [...]
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Someday, I’ll do a big long post about one of the real joys of living in Britain — seeing the annual Eurovision song contest on television. It is happening as I type. It is one of the worse things you’ll ever see, awful songs from contestants representing countries from all over Europe. For the UK [...]
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