Author: rcragun
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Toren vs. Ryan’s hair
We’re cheap. Ergo, Debi cuts my hair. She does a good job cutting it, but it’s also because she doesn’t charge me anything. 😉 Now enter Toren… I needed a haircut. Toren needed a nap, but didn’t want to take one. So, we decided that Debi would cut my hair and Toren could sit near…
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Toren’s first popsicle
We stopped by Wal-Mart to pick up a prescription for Debi. While we waited for them to fill the prescription, we did a little shopping. I’ve been digging popsicles lately (it’s 90 degrees here and they are relatively low calorie), so I picked some up. While we waited for Debi to pay for her prescription,…
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Boyd Hill Nature Preserve
Toren and I went for another hike last Sunday. This time it was to Boyd Hill Nature Preserve in St. Petersburg. I couldn’t really get a good sense of what to expect from the website. Basically, there is a learning center and a nature preserve on Lake Maggiore. Once you’re in the preserve, you’d never…
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Boo-yah!
So, my regular readers may have forgotten, but I posted about the pain management clinic behind my house, along with the pharmacy, a few months ago. Yesterday they were raided by the DEA and Tampa Police. This has been all over the news the last day or so and is front page news everywhere here…
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pain management clinics in the news again
The St. Petersburg Times has a good story on the pain management clinic epidemic in Hillsborough County today. Obviously Tampa Bay Wellness Center is not alone in doling out prescription drugs (in all likelihood to addicts and dealers, though I don’t know that for certain). The story says the police are finally starting to do…
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one phone to rule them all
While I’m a major geek and I love technology, I’m also cheap. Ergo, we’ve had the same cell phones for three years: HTC 8125s. They’ve been good phones, but they ran a very outdated Windows Mobile operating system with limited functionality. I eventually convinced Debi that it was time to upgrade to new smart/app phones…
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Verna Probst
Debi’s great aunt, Verna Probst, passed away on April 25th. Verna was a lot like a grandmother to Debi and the rest of her family and was very close to Debi’s parents. Debi and Toren flew out for the funeral at the end of April (while they were sick, unfortunately). Here’s the obituary from the…
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playing in poop
The last month or so around our house hasn’t been the greatest. Debi came down with an ear infection. Toren likely had one at the same time, but we didn’t realize it right away. Eventually they were both on antibiotics and each of them tried multiple antibiotics before they found anything that seemed to work.…
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a vote against McCollum for Governor of Florida
Anyone looking for a reason not to vote for Bill McCollum for Governor of Florida? Look no further than an article in today’s St. Petersburg Times noting that, under his direction, the State Attorney General’s office spent over $100,000 on “expert” testimony to hire George Rekers, a homophobic hack who had already been discredited by…
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in the news…
I wrote up my experience with the pain management clinic behind my house on my blog a few months ago. Since then, a lot has happened. A bunch of people have emailed me about the clinic; I’ve talked to lawyers and reporters and patients and documentary film makers about this. I’m not sure what will…