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Day 212 – Sometimes the Best Plans are No Plans

212/365 (July 31, 2011) – We didn’t have a lot of things planned for this weekend.

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Day 211 – Mellow Yellow

211/365 (July 30, 2011) – I used to be a total corn snob, wouldn’t consider buying it until late August and into early September.

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Day 210 – Not sure which one of us is the bigger geek!

210/365 (July 29, 2011) – I wasn’t sure what to title this, the other one that came to mind was “Look what I live with!”

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Personal Plagiarism – Flattering or …… ?

Plagiarism is defined in dictionaries as the “wrongful appropriation,” “close imitation,” or “purloining and publication” of another author’s “language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions,” and the representation of them as one’s own original work (Wikipedia). I struggle with plagiarism in my students, but there are other forms of plagiarism that bother me too. It’s awful when someone uses your words, but…

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Day 209 – Me & My Shadow…

209/365 (July 28, 2011) – I tried a few things this evening, without any success.

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Day 208 – The Loki Monster

208/365 (July 27, 2011) – The sun came out late this afternoon/early evening and the cats took advantage of it to milk out some tanning time.

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Day 207 – Trading Places

207/365 (July 26, 2011) – World economies are a mess these days.

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Day 206 – Could have used this yesterday

206/365 (July 25, 2011) – But our one day of summer seems to have come and gone already.

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Day 205 – It’s Beautiful Thing

205/365 (July 24, 2011) – At last! A day worthy of being on the boat! The sun was shining, the temperature was up, and the boat was calling. We spent a fabulous day up Indian Arm hanging out at Clementine Creek with surprisingly few others at the dock.

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29-52-2011 – Indian Arm

It’s hard to believe this fabulous escape is so close to home that you can spend a day and still be home before dark. You’d think you were so far away from everything, and even though geographically this is near the city, mentally it just takes you away from everything.

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