Author: rcragun
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Mount Dora, Jacksonville, St. Augustine, and Palatka
We spent the weekend in Jacksonville, FL visiting with a colleague. On the way there on Friday we stopped by Mt. Dora, Florida, a cute little hamlet north of Orlando. It was recommended in a little travel book our neighbor gave us. It does have a small, resort town feel with lots of cute shops…
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The UFC Diet
Most people probably don’t know this about me, but I’m a fan of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). I wouldn’t say I’m an over-the-top fan; I have yet to go to a live event (and probably won’t). But I do watch the events I can and even read news about the UFC online. So, after a…
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politics and meat
I’ve spent the last couple of weeks buried in my research (some of which is getting published, but I’ll post about that when it actually comes out, which will be in a few months), so I haven’t had much to blog about on here. But two news stories caught my eye today. First is this…
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4th of July in Florida
We decided to take a day off yesterday for the 4th and spend the day at the beach. We’ve been to Fort de Soto’s two beaches so we figured we’d try another beach. This time we went to Honeymoon Island. It’s a state park and costs $5.00 per car to get in. It was pretty…
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anyone up for a “little” waterboarding?
In case you missed it, Christopher Hitchens, the well-known author and Vanity Fair writer, was called out by the editor of Vanity Fair on his position on waterboarding. Hitchens had described waterboarding as “extreme interrogation.” When asked by the editor of Vanity Fair if he would be willing to be waterboarded, he agreed. Check out…
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why John McCain will probably win…
I have an aunt and uncle who are super nice and really great people. But they also happen to forward to me (or Debi) every political email they receive. They are pretty conservative, so the emails tend to be on things that I disagree with (as a liberal independent). I’ve probably received close to 10…
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you need worms
I read a lot of science news. Much of it is very cool, but only occasionally do I read something and find myself saying, “Holy Crap! I never thought of that and it makes perfect sense! Genius!” I did when reading this NYTimes article on parasitic worms. The article basically explains that, in our evolutionary…
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Stan’s Funeral
As I noted last week, my Uncle, Stan Winston, passed away. I had the opportunity to go to the funeral along with most of my siblings and in-laws. On the way out to the funeral I read a book about Stan Winston Studio called The Winston Effect. The book was published in 2006 and Stan…
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have you done your part?
If you haven’t downloaded Firefox 3 yet, you still have a couple hours to participate in their Guiness World Record setting attempt at the most software downloads in 24 hours. We’ve downloaded a new copy for each of our 6 computers:
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Stan Winston (April 7, 1946 – June 15, 2008)
I found out this morning that my uncle, Stan Winston, passed away Sunday night. Stan was a favorite uncle in my family, not because he was rich or famous but almost despite his fame. Stan was always kind and considerate. Even while he was winning Oscars, he kept up with Cragun family happenings in rural…