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My dad’s not responding well to the clinical trial he’s on. He’s the first person to experience side effects and it’s affecting his liver. In his usual style, he thinks the doctors are out to get him. My parents fight constantly. It’s like I’m 7 years old again, and I wake up to yelling and the noise of breaking glass outside my door. I would climb out the window and think that some day, I’d get out of Concord. I guess it’s not Concord that suffocates you after all. Plus, th...

You wake up to an overcast day and you want to go visit the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. You hauled all of your camera equipment with you, waited in line to go through the security checkpoints and then realize that none of the photos will turn out well due to lack of good lighting. What do you do?You play tourist, circa 1905! So I grabbed my Kodak Brownie snapshot camera (paid a $1 for it), loaded in the 6 exposure film cartridge (another 15 cents), paid the $.10 for the ferry and went...

Ellis Island - the place where millions of immigrants passed through on their way to life in America, including some of my ancestors. The Statue of Liberty - symbol of freedom to many. The statue is indeed impressive in size and crafting for the day in which it was constructed. Helpful links: http://www.nps.gov/stli http://www.circlelinedowntown.com/statue-Ferry.asp

Shorter trips across the USA and Canada (and hopefully someday Mexico): Everglades, Montreal, New York, Flagstaff, Sedona, Scottsdale, New Orleans and the Louisiana/Mississippi countryside.

Seeing some old friends and making some new ones.

I woke up and packed up my things once again.  Then dowstairs we went for our complimentary continental breakfast.  Pretty darn delicious.  There were so mnay options to choose from.  Eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, fruit, and belgium waffle.  Wow, I was surely satified with all that free food. ;) very very good. This was mostly driving all day.. driving.. driving and even more driving. It was night time by the time we arrived in Jersey, so we had a quick dinner and l...

Living and working in New York on a 3 month contract beginning October 2006

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