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food 

on breakfast

December 5, 2006November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 3 Comments canada, food

“I will need to eat a good nutritious breakfast in order to crush all those who oppose me!” – unknown

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writing 

tappity tap

December 1, 2006November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 7 Comments

so I’m back in Canada. No snow here yet, but it’s coming! Probably this weekend! earlier today I managed to

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family 

packing

November 11, 2006November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 2 Comments ireland

yesterday was my last day of work. It was a bittersweet moment as I have really enjoyed my time at

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writing 

progress

November 5, 2006November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 3 Comments writing

this year I am a willing participant in NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing Month that takes place every November. For

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music 

beeps

November 5, 2006November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 1 Comment music

last night myself and a friend from work went to see LFO, one of the pioneering techno bands of the

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travel 

oh that’s too bad

October 18, 2006November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 9 Comments travel

from the Dublin Airport web site: “The following items must not be packed in your hand luggage. They must be

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tech 

handy reviews

October 14, 2006November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 2 Comments cars

while searching for some reviews about the 2006 BMW 325xi I managed to find two noteworthy ones – this first

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family travel 

Ireland in pictures

October 1, 2006November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 8 Comments family, ireland

it has been quite a while since I have posted any updates; I promised myself I would take some time

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family poetry 

yikes

July 24, 2006November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 7 Comments

some news from my mom: The Renfrew bypass Dad was on When a sharp curve he came upon, The road

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family travel 

Glendalough

July 16, 2006November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 5 Comments ireland

we went here today. Here’s proof! also, from a French festival we went to yesterday, here’s Callum in the bouncy

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family 

1

July 9, 2006November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 5 Comments family, kids

happy first birthday Mimsy!! let them eat cake…

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thoughts 

on great expectations

June 20, 2006November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 14 Comments
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travel 

Kerry

June 14, 2006November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 2 Comments ireland

last weekend we toured the Ring of Kerry with a friend of Yvonne’s. It was beautiful! At almost every turn

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travel 

Cork

May 7, 2006November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 6 Comments ireland

first off, here is a picture of lil miss whalespout! during the past few days we decided not to take

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personal school 

hard to believe

April 24, 2006November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 12 Comments

I just finished my final exam. 6.5 hours of nonstop writing (all in French no less). Export, marketing, strategy, finance…

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disney family 

some pictures

March 30, 2006November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 8 Comments

Yvonne took a great picture today and I just had to put it online – although it’s blurry and uncropped,

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family travel 

the region in photos

February 5, 2006November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 18 Comments france

I haven’t posted a lot of pictures lately, so I figured that today I’d write a bit of a photo-journal

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family 

vroom

January 7, 2006November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 13 Comments

this is exciting – today our new (well, new to us) car arrived – it is a 2004 Renault MĂ©gane

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school 

we’ll get right on it

December 2, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 4 Comments school

yesterday in Marketing class we were discussing marketing for homes for the elderly, and I mentioned that it would be

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family 

had to happen sooner or later

November 25, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 1 Comment france

winter has officially come to Clermont-Ferrand; that is to say that this morning during my walk to school I saw

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food travel 

Auvergne

November 13, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 2 Comments france

this has truly been a weekend for eating. last night a friend had a group of friends from Lyon come

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thoughts 

yippy skippy

November 6, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 0 Comments school

what I probably should be doing: Reviewing my Finance and Information Systems notes. what I have been doing all afternoon:

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food personal 

pasta

October 30, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 3 Comments france

I am currently at my friend Carlos´apartment with a group of friends. Carlos, a Mexican exchange student doing the same

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school 

something hard to learn

October 25, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 9 Comments school

European accounting standards, taught in French. they’re just different enough for you to think they’re pretty much the same as

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nature 

up

October 23, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 2 Comments france, nature

today my friend Damien and I climbed the Puy de DĂ´me; at 1464 meters tall it is the largest of

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travel 

baguettes for everyone

October 10, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 6 Comments travel

I am back in France. The trip was long (from 8AM EST yesterday until about 5PM France time today) and

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nature personal 

messages in the clouds

October 8, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 5 Comments nature, waxing philosophical

sometimes, I think, God sends you a sign.

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nature 

take a hike

October 7, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 1 Comment canada, nature

this afternoon I went for a 3 or 4 kilometer hike at Silent Lake Provincial Park, which is located 2

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family nature 

scenery

October 3, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 5 Comments nature

I’m back in Canada until next Sunday – had some work I had to do, which has almost been completed.

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school travel 

where am I?

August 31, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 7 Comments travel

I am in France. The past two days have seemed more like a single long day of traveling to me

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family nature 

big news

August 27, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 14 Comments canada, cottage, Paudash Lake

yesterday our offer was accepted on a cottage on Paudash Lake (the same lake that my parents’ cottage is on,

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family 

C&A

August 27, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 5 Comments family

here is a picture of Callum and Amelia taken this afternoon at my parents’ place. Callum (who needs a haircut,

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family 

here, there, everywhere

August 12, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 6 Comments cottage

we’re back in Ontario, at my family’s cottage on Paudash Lake – we will be here until the end of

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food 

beer great

June 29, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 1 Comment drink

this afternoon I was overjoyed to find out that the local HEB (Texan grocery store chain) stocks three of my

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family 

yeehaw

June 26, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 6 Comments family, texas

when in Texas…

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personal 

at the garage

June 21, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 7 Comments

getting the car repaired, and they have Internet access, so here’s an update. I bought my plane ticket to France

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personal 

the goings on

June 13, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 9 Comments

spent the weekend in San Antonio. It’s fun to see Callum interact with my sister-in-law’s two sons, one of whom

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fitness 

active lifestyle community

May 16, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 8 Comments

I have created a new community, Active Lifestyle. A lot of people have been posting their walking and fitness regimens,

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family travel 

deep in the heart

April 27, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 7 Comments texas

last week we made the 28-hour drive to Austin, Texas, where we are currently staying. One of Yvonne’s brothers and

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family 

2

April 13, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 15 Comments

happy birthday little guy!! here is how a quick primer on how to properly eat your birthday cake… step 1:

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family school 

the GWN

March 30, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 11 Comments

my family and I are currently up in Canada and have been for the past little while – my first

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food personal 

tea and coincidences

January 27, 2005November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 9 Comments

funny coincidence yesterday – I went to the DMV (my favorite place, and yours too!) to get my driver’s license

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family 

love is…

December 8, 2004November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 6 Comments

… sitting on the floor with your 20 month old, sharing a big plate of fresh strawberries and watching Dora

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family 

lately

November 27, 2004November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 6 Comments

the other week my parents came down from Canada to see their kids (my sister, who lives in Charleston, and

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school 

good times

October 30, 2004November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 7 Comments

went to a law/business/medical school Halloween party at the Armory last night – it was pretty fun. See if you

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thoughts 

rar

October 25, 2004November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 4 Comments

a fellow student’s 2 year old daughter had this to say about dinosaurs: “There are two types of dinosaurs. There

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family 

stories 1 & 2

October 10, 2004November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 5 Comments

this evening before heading out to the bookstore with Y&C I decided to change my contact lenses for some reason.

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food school 

always an adventure

September 16, 2004November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 9 Comments

since returning to school I’ve been pretty low on cash. How low? well – the other day I didn’t have

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personal 

Dr. Brushy Teethy and Professor Pasty Face

August 20, 2004November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 7 Comments

yesterday was a not-so-great day. Aside from having to turn in one group assignment for decision analysis and two income

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family 

connected

July 20, 2004November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 7 Comments

I’m on my laptop at Cool Beans, a coffee shop near the horseshoe at the University of South Carolina that

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travel 

Wilmington

July 11, 2004November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 2 Comments

after my final on Friday Yvonne and I took a trip to Wilmington, North Carolina to meet up with Yvonne’s

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personal 

weekend

July 6, 2004November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 14 Comments

Independence Day weekend was quite fun. We took a trip to Charleston to attend a baby shower at Pete‘s house

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school 

second term

June 10, 2004November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 3 Comments

well our first Chinese class is completed – though it has only been a month, 7 hours of Chinese a

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school travel 

update

May 15, 2004November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 10 Comments

my first week of Chinese language lessons is over – and it is amazing how much we have learned after

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thoughts 

the value of value

May 6, 2004November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 11 Comments

it is interesting that some things have tremendous value well beyond their buying price, and other things have negative value

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family personal work 

BfD

May 5, 2004November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 5 Comments

watch Kitten Cam! They’re getting a checkup at the Vet today so you will have to wait ’til later to

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travel 

voyage

March 30, 2004November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 10 Comments

our trip to Canada turned out to be a successful one, and upon returning to Charleston, we moved house.

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family travel 

trip

March 19, 2004November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 6 Comments

yesterday Yvonne, Callum and I woke up at 4:00 AM to catch a 6:15 AM flight from Charleston to Ottawa,

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family 

one man’s junk…

March 13, 2004November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 5 Comments

we just had a garage sale – and even though in the newspaper we put 7:00 AM as the time

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family poetry 

a walk in the neighborhood

March 2, 2004November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 8 Comments

resplendent in faded jeans and a t-shirt a small boy rolling happily before me rubber wheels jostling over sidewalk cracks

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family 

snip

February 8, 2004November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 6 Comments

yesterday Callum got his hair cut! Now instead of looking like a little sheepdog, he looks like a little boy.

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school 

more characters

February 6, 2004November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 13 Comments

it is interesting to see Chinese characters now that I have been studying them for a while. A lot of

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writing 

what really counts

January 3, 2004November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 9 Comments

a lot of times I think about the good old days when I used to write science fiction for an

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school 

characters

January 2, 2004November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 3 Comments

I always thought that writing Chinese characters was going to be the part about Chinese that I disliked. There are

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family 

happy holidays

December 24, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 4 Comments

here is hoping that you and yours have a safe and happy holiday season. here’s Callum showing his love for

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school 

IMBA

December 14, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 30 Comments

I received some good news in the mail on Friday – I have been accepted into the University of South

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family 

RotK

December 8, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 2 Comments movies

I’m really looking forward to next Wednesday, the day that Return of the King comes out in cinemas. On the

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family 

motion

December 4, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 3 Comments

so as I mentioned last post, Callum has learned to crawl. Yvonne and I thought that this would mean a

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family 

Happy Thanksgiving

November 27, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 0 Comments

happy American Thanksgiving. For lunch today Yvonne (I volunteered to help but she insisted on doing it herself) roasted a

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family 

baby update

November 24, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 4 Comments

as of November 18th Callum has been crawling all over the place, which has sparked the rapid babyproofing of our

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family 

the goings on

October 2, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 6 Comments

so baby has been learning to eat solid foods. This has been going quite well. Right away he mastered two

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tech 

car rant

September 22, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 16 Comments

I saw something on TV the other day that frustrated me.

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thoughts 

talk like a pirate day

September 19, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 3 Comments

arrrrrrrr, ye sorry sons of biscuit eaters, I be loaded te the gunwhales on clap o’ thunder, and I don’t

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family 

how’s the weather

September 16, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 1 Comment

baby update: Callum is sitting up (albiet with some assistance – he can only go a few seconds without toppling

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family food 

5

September 11, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 7 Comments

baby Callum turned five months old yesterday. I’ve been playing a bit with Blosxom. It is a very cool weblogging

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family movies 

movies

August 24, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 7 Comments

first – obligatory baby picture. This week: goofiest smile yet! second – update. This weekend was pretty fun. We went

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family 

my mother’s bad timing

August 17, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 3 Comments

my mother, who lives with my dad north of Toronto, has been in Toronto during the past couple of weeks

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food 

homemade pizza

July 31, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 3 Comments

when I lived in Santa Clara, California there was a pizza joint down the street (within walking distance) called Pizz’a

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family 

a short update

July 21, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 3 Comments

for those of you who aren’t tired of baby pictures by now: baby baby and his best buddy for those

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personal travel 

something very cool

July 11, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 9 Comments
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thoughts travel 

a rant about STUFF

July 2, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 5 Comments

Peter and I were just now talking about “slimming down” on ICQ – about getting rid of a lot of

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family friends 

what time is it?

June 30, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 0 Comments

it’s tummy time! had a good weekend; spent it with a bunch of different people from different crews (so to

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family 

baby update

June 23, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 5 Comments

this one is for my family in Ontario and Yvonne’s family in Texas who don’t get to see pictures of

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family 

the haps

June 22, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 0 Comments

things are going pretty good around here. Yesterday I played golf at the Air Force base with John and a

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thoughts 

killer ants

June 9, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 2 Comments

went to the library the other week. We were looking for books on three specific topics: Golf, the German language,

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family 

peanut butter sandwich

May 22, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 1 Comment

things have been pretty good lately. Things were difficult for a while – both Yvonne and I were quite sick,

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family 

my kid kicks butt

April 28, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 3 Comments

even though Callum is only two weeks old he’s already mastered the art of kung-fu. Clay snapped the first piece

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family 

more pictures

April 25, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 9 Comments

for those of you who are interested, here are some more pictures of Callum. He’s a pretty active little guy.

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family 

some more pictures

April 13, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 6 Comments

here are some more pictures of baby Callum… on his birthday: the day after his birth: yesterday: He is doing

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thoughts 

it is almost time

March 23, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 5 Comments

I am thinking that we are at the start of a pivotal time period in the history of religion.

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family food 

this evening

February 14, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 1 Comment

after work, Yvonne surprised me with a really awesome dinner.

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food friends 

sushi

February 7, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 0 Comments

last night our “coworkers and friends” crew went to Frank’s place and rolled our own sushi. It was really really

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food 

game day

January 26, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 3 Comments

hey, it’s Superbowl Sunday. You know, I really like pistachios. They are sort of like the oyster of nuts. I

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personal 

update on life

January 20, 2003November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 10 Comments

I haven’t posted in a while so I thought I’d make an update concerning my current haps. lately, I have

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music 

mindwipe mixes

December 24, 2002November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 1 Comment

I am very pleased with myself because I just found the original version of Mindwipe, a song I created a

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tech 

I am a sad individual

December 21, 2002November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 2 Comments

I can’t help it. I really like BMW 3 series coupes. I’m not a yuppie and I’m not TERRIBLY image

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movies 

yeah

December 21, 2002November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 4 Comments

Two Towers was definitely better the second time (by many degrees).

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movies 

Lord of the Rings

December 18, 2002November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 5 Comments

we just returned from seeing the Two Towers. What did I think?

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music 

on music

December 16, 2002November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 1 Comment

I’d really like to get back to making some music – I haven’t done that for quite some time. I’ve

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family 

time for a game

December 10, 2002November 4, 2019 Brian Crawford 8 Comments

hey, I took some pictures of our living room because I’ve been telling friends at work about how great it

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