The O.C. Englishman's blog

Yes folks, finally. After over six months wait I have received my driver license photocard. Bloody hell.
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One of my chums from the Anti-Gym posse, Glenn, invited us on a little jaunt this weekend. He was taking his ten year old son on his first overnight backpack trip that would involve a visit to Tenaja Falls in the Cleveland Forest. As his brother-in-law was going to meet them to hang out with Jake, his 8 month lab, we were invited along with Brian.
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I am slightly pained because I have recently started to include paid-for posts on this blog. I’m in two minds about the whole thing, and it’s got me thinking.
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Yes folks, I still have not received my California driver’s license photocard from the DMV. It’s been nearly six months since I passed my test at Fullerton DMV, and I’m still waiting patiently.
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Our first visitors from the UK have just departed our house for a trip up north in California.
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It’s amazing how fragile our control over the earth is. It just takes once teensy-weensy (massive) volcano to ground half of Europe and strand millions of people away from their homes. Sleeping in an airport lounge for best part of a week is not my idea of fun.
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Brian the beagle, our boy

I’ve not really mentioned Brian much. Shame on me. So, on the eve of his six month “birthday” it’s only right I should write a little something about our chap – or “the boy” as we affectionately refer to him.
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Wahey! The 2010 MLB season is upon us, and the O.C. Englishman is in hog-heaven again.
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For the past few months I have been partaking in hikes with the O.C. hiking club. Their website is part of meetup.com – a site where anyone with an interest can set a group or club which then allows others to find and join them.
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It would be rude not to acknowledge that three years ago today Mrs H and I got married at the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel in, er, Hollywood (awful website, BTW. Just sayin’).
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