Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Sometimes…

Sometimes, the technology fails us… Oops. Yes, Dad, that is out of reach.  

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Fed Up With Winter

This is how fed up I am with this Winter. Just stop.  

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This isn’t fun anymore

Really, it isn’t fun anymore. The Augernaut is working pretty well. We don’t fool around. We’re putting this stuff back into the sky.

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Classy

I ride the trains in and out of Boston to get to work. To do that I have to go through North Station. Today, it was a rainy, stormy day, and everyone’s shoes were wet. On the way into the … Continue reading

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Oooooooklahoma…..

Where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain, And the wavin’ wheat can sure look beat, When the wind comes and there ain’t no rain…. I am back from Sunny Oklahoma. The airport there is so small that the gate … Continue reading

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Scary Update

I did it! I finally clicked the scary Update button! I think it worked. WordPress has been nagging me for months to upgrade from 3.3.1 to 3.9.2. The blog had stopped working with the latest PHP at the host, so … Continue reading

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Back from Maine

We are back after our short trip to Maine. The weather was grand, so we did a lot of hiking. On one trek, we ran into this fellow sitting in a tree. That is a porcupine. Cute and cuddly, huh? … Continue reading

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Sinningia pusilla

We have an interesting plant blooming in the house. Here is a photo of it. Nice flower, hunh? Except that this flower is a bit different. It’s kind of small. Actually…. it’s really small. Really, really small. Really. Check out … Continue reading

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The Devil in the White City

I am reading a book from the Bestseller list called “The Devil in the White City“, by Erik Larson (Vintage Books, 2004). It is a non-fiction book about the creation of the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893. It contains the … Continue reading

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Oil Be Darned

When you wake up on a Sunday morning in January, and you see this: telling you that the outside air temperature is 15.3° ….. and that the inside air temperature is at 60.8° …. and headed in the direction that … Continue reading

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