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July 1st, 2008...

My paralegal program is now done.  Well, it will be officially done tomorrow.  But today is a sort of "day week," so I'm playing hooky.  It supposed to be in the low 80's today.  Good beer weather.

But paralegal being done means that I can bring my focus back to the blog no one reads!  Last month I only managed a few entries.  But this month, dear readers, I promise to win back your loyalty and devotion with near daily insights, observations and mundane, trivial facts.

Yes its going to be a good month.  I think.  I never really liked July all that much.  Historically, its always been so damn hot.  And I'm trying this very minute to remember if our Cloister trips of old were in June or July.  I can't remember.  But there again, for people who actually have a summer vacation, July represents the very heart of the fun.  When I was a youngster, I think I really liked July.

But I'm not a youngster anymore.  I'm a working stiff.  And July is pretty much a lame month.  There is nothing in the way of sports.  Its too damn hot.  Blah blah blah.  I'm not anticipating that this July will be much in the way of anything.

So let's just hold our breath, dear readers.  Let's all just dream fondly of college football season. Let's all dream of those glorious fall days, when it finally cools off.  Those beautiful days of cold beer and pigskin.  It'll be here before you know, friends and neighbors.  If we can just get through July....... 

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