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Schools Benefit Us All – So VOTE

Ilinap · October 10, 2011 ·

There was a time before I had children that I paid no attention to schools and school issues. I didn't see the relevance to my own life. I figured schools only mattered to the students and the parents, and sadly, I paid little attention to teachers back then. I took teachers for … [Read more...] about Schools Benefit Us All – So VOTE

Tags: America, children, community, education, election, equality, North Carolina, politics, responsibility

Apple of My Eye – 5:00 Fridays

Ilinap · October 7, 2011 ·

People everywhere from West Podunk to the people who live under a proverbial rock have heard the news. Steve Jobs died. The icon who made icons and apps ubiquitous. The man who showed us that style and functionality are not mutually exclusive. He touched even me, a decidedly … [Read more...] about Apple of My Eye – 5:00 Fridays

Tags: 5:00 Fridays, Apple, cocktail, happy hour, party, technology

Steve Jobs, You Touched Us All

Ilinap · October 6, 2011 ·

"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do." Steve Jobs was not a maker of machines. Never mind that I am writing this very post on a MacBook. I've been using an Apple since it's early days, with a brief, completely unsatisfying … [Read more...] about Steve Jobs, You Touched Us All

Tags: Apple, creativity, technology, thankful

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: The Real Deal – Wordless Wednesday

Ilinap · October 5, 2011 ·

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Tags: Bird, Deal, wordless Wednesday

Autumn’s Dance – 5:00 Fridays

Ilinap · September 30, 2011 ·

To say the weather outside is frightful would make you think of snow and Christmas and pine trees and mittens, right? Well, this time of year in North Carolina doesn't bring anything in the way of cool weather. What's so frightful about our weather right now is that Mother … [Read more...] about Autumn’s Dance – 5:00 Fridays

Tags: 5:00 Fridays, cocktail, fun, happy hour, party, weather

A Peek Into My Evening

Ilinap · September 29, 2011 ·

Just a few things of note from last night. I have a mind dump of sorts. Consider yourselves warned. Deal wrote a thank you note to Barack Obama. He got the book Of Thee I Sing and thinks Obama himself sent it to him. I can't break it to him that I got the book at Costco. … [Read more...] about A Peek Into My Evening

Tags: Bird, children, Deal, random

Pigskin Bliss – Wordless Wednesday

Ilinap · September 28, 2011 ·

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Tags: Bird, brothers, Deal, fun, happy hour, play

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