Category: Miscellanea
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Keeping Time
When I was a child, I had the blessing of living a short drive away from one set of grandparents. This meant that I got to see them regularly, many times most months, which was wonderful. One of the highlights when I would visit them was my grandfather’s grandfather clock. I loved to listen to…
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Resurrecting the Blog
A tremendous amount has happened over the past year, and I have not kept up on here. I’m going to try to provide a quick recap, as well as a vision for the future of this site. First, the biggest news of the last year, which I haven’t mentioned previously on here: my wife and…
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9.11.2001 – Reflections
Like so many people today, I’m reflecting on the events of that awful day 17 years ago when so many innocent people died, and so many more felt the world had turned upside down. Every American who was old enough to remember that day will probably be processing their reactions to those events for the…
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Hurricane Florence PSA for My Friends and Family
EDIT 9/14/2018: Even though the storm’s winds weakened, the water – surge and rainfall – was always the primary threat. It still still is a very serious threat and will be for several days after landfall. Please continue to take this storm very seriously. NC & SC FOLKS: Please read and share this! It’s not…
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Your Smartphone or Your Life
Everyone: please be safe on the road. Whatever you need to read or look at on a phone can wait. It’s not worth dying for. A few things I’ve seen in the last 24 hours: A young man riding a bike and reading a piece of paper, with no hands on the handlebars.…