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I was in rapture yesterday. Went to the James Michenar Museum to see the "Offering of the Angels: Treasures from the Uffizzi Gallery" exhibit.

Wow.

Lately I have been seeing a lot of late 19th early 20th century art and the "Visions of Arcadia" exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art but the Uffizzi Gallery show was 1500's to 1600's art in all its majesty....
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Had a great inspection tour of Virginia Beach, VA. Nice town, way too hot. Friday night got a yen for some real BBQ, something you cannot readily get up north. So I drove an hour to Currituck, NC and had some awesome BBQ. Well worth the trip.

Heading to Roanoke in a couple of weeks and then back to Virginia Beach.

Looking forward to this weeks business trip to Maryland. Among other things will be great eating at:

G&M Restaurant

Timbuktu

&

Walt's Crab Shack!

Oh... I'll probably get some work done too. Perhaps....Maybe....

The one task of homeownership I hate the most. Painting. I had thought (hoped) that painting the porch ceiling and the trim would take one day. Now it looks like two days. Ugh! I hate painting with a passion.

Got back late last night from a week in Atlantic City for a job related convention. It was not a total waste but AC is nto the exciting town it is in the summer or on the weekends, Lots of places close during the week (only one or two buffets are open) most of the night clubs are closed until the weekend, lots of tables...
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Wow! March 21 is the 70th Anniversary of the classic movie "Casablanca". On that day and evening movie theaters throught the United States will be showing "Casablanca" on the big screen ! Romance will command the day!

I already bought my tickets to a theater near me!

Yesterday (Thursday) was spent in Bel Air, MD for work. The temperature was 70 degrees. Beautiful day. Rejuvenating day. Next two (2) weeks going back to Maryland, looking forward to more great weather.

Today is the big game. The best part will be the awesome quantities of great food (I am contributing the chome made chili I must bring every year) I haven't eaten since friday in preparation for this event! The betting pool will make a few people a good bit of cash.

(Patriots by 7)

We had snow yesterday. Took me all of 15 minutes to shovel it. Do I reeally need to spend hundreds ona snow blower for one to three uses a year and then have to store it all year?

Joe Paterno died. No matter what good he did for 62 years at Penn State all his obituaries will begin and end with the sex abuse scandal....
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Big day planned. Taking the neices (ages 5 and almost 3) to see "Beauty and The Beast 3D" Hope they are as escited as I am!!

Well I got most of the Christmas decorations down and packed away. Tomorrow the tree and finished till next year!

Happy New Year to all.

I spent the weekend seeing two films. Warhorse - an awesome film. Spielberg is at the top of his game. A wonderful, beautiful work. Then, The Debt - a decent little film with Helen Mirren. The rest of the time was spent eating. Way too much.