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Ben Stein's Diary

The Way Life Should Be Lived

By Ben Stein

Wednesday
A beautiful day in Sandpoint. The sky changed all day from blue to dark gray and then to blue again. Off to the north I could see immense rain storms. A workman told me they were having lightning strikes in the hay fields north of town.

I went to our local bank to get some issues straightened out, was helped by a beautiful young teller, then went out to Wal-Mart, then came home, rested and -- with my perfect wifey -- went out to meet our pal Tim Farmin on my boat.

We rocketed across the top of Lake Pendoreille in the Cobalt and soon were in the lovely inlet of Hope. The air was cool and crisp with a tiny breeze. We moored at Ivano's del Lago, a new restaurant on the water. It is part of Ivano's, a fine Italian restaurant in town, where we (Alex and I) had dinner last night.

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