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Fun quote for today

May 19, 2010

“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either

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Brooklyn Brownstone renovation

May 6, 2010

I love before and after photos - especially with houses. This one is one of the best I've ever seen! Check it out at The Design Sponge Blog.

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Mandarin Oriental wedding lip dub

April 30, 2010

I was in Vegas recently and I remember seeing some of these people check in as I checked out. I knew it was a wedding but I didn't realize they were getting married there at the Mandarin Oriental! This

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Engagement session with a clean car

April 29, 2010

We were in Winter Park taking photos of Lauren and Brian when I overheard Brian say "did you wash my car?" and Lauren said yes. So of course I had to include Brian's freshly washed BMW. The wheels were

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trumpet trees in bloom

April 28, 2010

I get excited every February through March because the trumpet trees start to bloom around Orlando. I used to love the pink ones the best, but in recent years I have fallen in love even more with the

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The safety of web 2.0

December 3, 2009

Back in the early to mid 90's when you signed up for "the internet" you typically got dial-up account through someone like AOL and spent 90% or more of your time on AOL rather than on the internet. Then

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5 reasons to Go Brown!

October 2, 2009

Today I want to talk to you about going Brown, it's the opposite of going Green and there is a very good reason for it, in fact there are at least 5 good reasons for it and I'm hoping you will understand

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Great quote

August 17, 2009

I posted this to Twitter, but I wanted to post it here, too. It is a retweet from Tony Robbins (@tonyrobbins): "Be a witness, not a judge. Focus on yourself, not on others. Listen to your heart,

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$6 in gas

June 22, 2009

I was at the gas station filling up and a Ford Mustang pulled in behind me with the top down. He barely put the pump in the car and he was done and out of there! I filled for another minute and said

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Another Fatal Crash on Dr. Phillips

June 20, 2009

I am REALLY getting sick of these kids killing themselves on our walking route. It is getting out of control. On Wednesday night just after midnight a boyfriend and girlfriend were driving separate

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Heath Care in the US

April 2, 2009

I haven't posted a soap box article in a while - so here you go! This is from a group called Hallelujah Acres and a newsletter I get from them. I took excerpts that I liked, but you can read the whole

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Understated Elegance

January 25, 2009

So I am sitting here on the couch in my PJs and watching an episode of Platinum Weddings. It seems like every time I watch this show the bride is saying "the theme of my wedding is understated elegance."

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Plane crashes into Hudson

January 15, 2009

How can we watch football in HD and see the players' nosehairs yet the coverage for this plane crash into the Hudson is so poor? It looks like it was shot with a camera from 1982 - you can hardly tell

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Finally a faster blog!

January 14, 2009

You may have noticed how slow the blog was getting recently, and to be honest I am not really sure why it was slow. Our traffic was getting pretty high but it still didn't justify the site being as slow

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Wordpress slow, very slow

December 17, 2008

I know most of you won't care about this post because you are here to be entertained but for those of you who are having trouble with Wordpress being VERY very slow, this post is for you. (The rest of

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McAfee is no longer my friend

December 10, 2008

A few days ago I posted about how Yahoo and McAfee had teamed up to provide virus warnings on the Yahoo search results, pointing out how it would have been a better idea for them to use McAfee to filter

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I'm a PC

October 1, 2008

I just don't get it, it's been almost 3 years since Apple started making the "I'm a PC... I'm a Mac" commercials and Microsoft is just now making commercials to counter the stereotype? Are you guys

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Pizza Hut

October 1, 2008

This is a bit strange for a post on OurBigAdventure, but I love the stuffed crust pizza at Pizza Hut. The problem is that they are ALWAYS out of the stuffed crust. How does that happen? Can't they make

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Dumbest Question Ever

September 23, 2008

I know I probably shouldn't say this kind of thing about someone, but Sandra is in her office right now talking to a bride's Mom about photography, and I over hear Sandra answering the question, "What

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Wedding Slide Shows

September 23, 2008

Being a wedding photographer has one advantage, you get to see everything that all of the other companies in town can do for a bride and groom for their wedding. Specifically what they can do when putting

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