Category Archives: Personal

Happy Birthday, Sweetie.

My dear wife would have been 61 years old. On Saturday, it would have been our 39th Anniversary. Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be. It would have been, it would have been.

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NYC 911, my two cents.

Maker of city’s new 911 computer system has history of failure So far, New York’s $88 million computer-aided dispatch system by Alabama-based Intergraph Corp. (ICAD) has crashed four times in three days. I spent forty years in Telecom and 911 … Continue reading

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Stroke the Fires.

Thousands of abortions over the years, according to his staff hundreds of the abortions he performed were (illegal in PA) third term procedures of viable babies. He was charged with seven documented cases of children born alive and kicking but … Continue reading

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We are Boston

I guess I was wrong, previously I thought the timing of the Boston Marathon bomb was timed too late and if the goal of the attack was to disrupt the running of the race that would be true. But if … Continue reading

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Boston Marathon 2013

A friend from Georgia called me this afternoon to ask if I was OK?  “Fine”, I said. “Why?” That’s how I found out about the Boston Marathon bombing.  Oddly enough, about 3pm I was looking out the bathroom window and … Continue reading

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Words have power.

The Heinlein Maneuver Wonderful story about Robert Heinlein, his generosity, wit and creativity. But one single line in the long article instantly brought tears to my eyes and I felt my late wife’s presence. A little cat ghost, padding patiently … Continue reading

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Personal

I, and I hope everyone else, was hoping I would resume putting up posts on kayaking including the photos I take on my voyages. Unfortunately my mothers recent diagnosis of second stage Alzheimer disease will change quite a few things … Continue reading

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The voices we leave.

I hear voices, well a voice really. During my day as I encounter people and as life goes on around me, from time to time I hear my wife’s voice. Today is the second anniversary of my wife’s unexpected death. … Continue reading

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Snowbound

When I retired for the night on Thursday the maximum predication in my town for snow was 3″ to 6″. I woke up to 24 inches of wet heavy snow. This was three days after I watched my snowthrower depart … Continue reading

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Iron Man 3

Yes, I must declare…I am a Fan Boy. May 3d, be there.

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