Still waiting for California DMV to send my driver’s license

Wed, 24 March 2010

I have been settling in nicely to my new life and have just about got all the things I need to feel at home – SSN, bank accounts, credit card, store card and driver’s license.
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Healthcare reform brings out the worst in (some) Americans

Wed, 24 March 2010

Like all good foreigners to the USA, in the past I’ve fallen in to that trap of lazily stereotyping the good ol’ Land of the Free.
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Healthcare reform in USA is not the end of the world

Sun, 21 March 2010

Big day, today. Teemu Selanne scored his 600th career NHL goal. Oh, and the US congress passed a healthcare reform bill.
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Glenn Ritchie – realtor of choice in Orange County

Sun, 21 March 2010

This post is a bit of self-praise because I have completed a website for my first real Orange County website client – a lovely chap called Glenn Ritchie who is a realtor in Orange County.
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Oldest snowboarders on the slopes at Mt High, California

Wed, 17 March 2010

This past weekend I crossed off another of the “things to do before I die” list when Rick and I went up to Mountain High resort in Wrightwood, California.
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Return to USA after first trip home to UK

Wed, 10 March 2010

I landed back in California last week after my first visit to the Mother Country since moving here.
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