This collection of entries is from February 12, 2003.
.. and quietly reach out and send your prayers, good thoughts, good karma and good mojo to a person that I've been reading regularly out there in the Bloggerverse - Robyn. I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed reading her blog, admired a bit of her design work and layout style. I was always taken with her loyalty to her sporting teams, her college, and her family and friends. Now, she needs time alone (away from us) and just needs some good, comforting thoughts sent her way. Actually, don't stop with her - send that warmth, love, and good karma to both Robyn and her husband Todd. Take the time - do something good for the people that blog, the people that you read, the people that need the support. Please.
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Damn. I mean, DAMN. This was a good show. I didn't want it to be, but it showed the strengths of this flavor of The Mole. The "celebrities" were extremely personable, unlike many of the "civilian" contestants have been. They all looked like they genuinely had a blast doing the show. Having only 7 players allowed the show to showcase each player's style of play. Since the reunion probably happened before the show started airing (or soon after), their reactions were broad and priceless. In typical Mole style, the final three contestants were behind three doors (reminds me way too much of a confessional) and each was revealed in their own way. First - the Winner - Kathy Griffin, who takes home $233,000. Then The Mole is revealed - Frederique Van Der Wal, leaving Erik von Detten as the runner-up. I really enjoyed this episode - maybe not the whole series, but this was a good Mole episode.
Update: The following weekend, ABC Family ran a Mole marathon (more than once) with Kathy Griffin as the host. She said, more than once, to look for future Celebrity Mole's, so the network must have been happy with the ratings.
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The sun in the morning over the last two days has been intensely bright as you drive east. Not a cloud in the sky, no haze, so it's just glaring in your face. For two days in a row, I have witnessed an accident happen in front of me in my lane of traffic. None of the drivers were wearing sunglasses, and I don't think they were using their sun visors either. How in the world were they expecting to be able to see brake lights in that sunlight? Not only that, but it's 6 degrees outside today (another morning of 6 degrees... weird coincidence) and we had a nasty, fast moving storm last night that dropped the temps during a period of high wind and snow. I thought I had heard that there were 55 accidents overnight in the Chicagoland area.
