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The weather the last couple of days has been exceptional. Living around here as long as I have, I know this is not something to expect. It was in the mid 80's yesterday and it doesn't seem as if it will cool off too much today. I was able to get my JetSki in the lake before the crowds descended on the boat ramp. We had a few friends over for a nice barbecue and listened to the ballgame. The Mariners even won! Even the Preakness was fun to watch. I am heading down to Seattle today for the game.

My son Tom is home from college. He was hoping to get an internship at some college in math research for the summer, but he was the runner up at most schools. That's quite an accomplishment for a Sophomore. It still doesn't sit well with Tom. He would prefer to be someplace other than Bellingham. There is a job that he is interested in for the summer as an intern with a local advertising company. His newspaper writing , editing and managing skills could pay off here.

I mentioned the Mariners earlier. What a disappointment the early part of the season has been. It looked like the team had everything it needed before the season began. There had been improvements to the pitching staff. There also were some hitters that were going to need to prove themselves. This usually means that they get off to a good start. Not for this Mariners club. Being in last place wouldn't be so bad if they didn't look so helpless getting there. Even Ichiro has gotten off to a slow painful start. It's not too late, but the team better start making a move.

I read a book a couple of days ago called Running With Scissors, by Augusten Burroughs. This book has been out for a few years and a a movie based on it was made a couple of years ago. This is a memoir of Burroughs when he was a pre-teen through his teenage years. His mother was not always stable. Over the years, he was left to fend for himself. At one point, his mother couldn't take care of herself and decided to turn Augusten over to her psychiatrist to become his legal guardian. Dr. Finch the psychiatrist was not your normal doctor. He had an attitude that you should be allowed to do what you wanted. That each of us had pent up anger that was hurting us more than anything. School was unimportant. Experiencing life was. The Finch household was very accepting, but not filled with the structure young kids need. Augusten drifted back and forth between The Finch's house and his mother's various homes. The black humor of learning to survive makes this book enticing. It's interesting to see how we can survive sometimes when everything seems to be against us.

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Dennis

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