Category: A Day in the Life
This subject covers things (often events) related to every-day life. They are not necessarily profound, but simply things that just happen.
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Tinkering
Tinkering is the most perfect invention of the human experience and in my mind it satisfies two opposing drives: [potentially] being productive and lacking purpose or plan. We should give credit and thanks to Mr. Tinker, who ever that Anglo-Latin fellow was: verb [ intrans. ] attempt to repair or improve something in a casual…
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Coming Home
Today, as is often the case, I returned home late, after a series of meetings that continued throughout the day. As I walked in the door, my wife greeted me with a kiss and a cheerful “hello, how was your day.” I retreated to the den, where I turned on the TV and caught up…
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Dinner
A fine dinner is one ingredient to a successful evening with friends; the other elements include the guests, the spirit of the event and what I’m sure is a long list of intangibles. All these things came together Saturday evening. Preparing a dinner takes some planning and organization, followed by execution. Preparing for a dinner…
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Illegal Aliens
My brother, who lives in Florida, sent the following note to Senator Sarbanes: September 1, 2006 The Honorable Paul S. Sarbanes309 Hart Senate Office BuildingWashington DC, 20510 Dear Senator Sarbanes, As a Florida resident and excellent customer of the Internal Revenue Service, I am writing to ask for your assistance. I have contacted the Immigration…
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Model Rockets
My first experience with model rockets was in the early 60’s when my grandfather took my brother and I down into the Humber Valley on a sunny summer afternoon to set off some rockets. It was incredible; they went up so high, so fast. In context, it was also the newly-announced Space Age, the latest…