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Entries from October 2007

Happy Guentzel Halloween

October 31st, 2007 · No Comments

Tonight was a night for ghosts, goblins, princesses and firemen. Halloween!
Most of our neighborhood sat out in lawn chairs at the end of their driveways handing out candy (forgoing the traditional doorbell rings). Susan lucked out and got candy duty (with her broken foot and all) while I was tasked with trying to [...]

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Tags: Family

Lego Cake?

October 25th, 2007 · No Comments

I’m continually amazed about what I find on the Internet. Lego cake. Not a cake made out of Legos, but a real cake that looks like giant Legos.
Lately I’ve been listening to history podcasts that illustrate the quality of life in times past. It intrigues me how previous civilizations lived out their [...]

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Tags: Wonder

Free Rice?

October 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Want to enrich your word power and feed the hungry at the same time? Then you should visit FreeRice.com. They give 10 grains of rice for every vocabulary question you answer correctly. There are advertisers that pay for the rice (Office Depot, Liz Claiborne, Reader’s Digest, etc) and it seems like a [...]

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Fall Arrives

October 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

It’s about time.

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Tags: Rants

German vs. Chinese Culture

October 17th, 2007 · No Comments

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I see a lot of blog entries in a day. This article piqued my interest more than most. This particular article highlights the difference between a primarily western culture (German) versus a primarily eastern culture (Chinese). In addition to the interesting subject matter, the article conveys the differences with diagrams (blue=German [...]

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A Texas Autumn

October 16th, 2007 · No Comments

Is it fall where you are?
Summer is still hanging on in Texas. Today’s high is supposed to be around 86F while tomorrow and Thursday are supposed to get to 90F.
The weatherman always teases us with the blue “cold front” symbol. It seems like it’s always to the far right of these seven day [...]

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Tags: Rants

Whoa! What’s Happening Here?

October 11th, 2007 · No Comments

After having the old layout for a couple of years (or more), I’ve decided to change it up a bit.  I’m still working on a few things, but this is the (almost) the new look of Guentzel.Org.
I’m working on more helpful links up top as well as some color modifications (this theme is awfully white).

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