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Things on my mind

Just for the record, I don’t like my software changing without my knowing or agreeing to it. I like to prepare for change. I like learning how to use software and then find ways it can better my life. If it changes without my being prepared for it, I find I spend more time trying […]

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Frascati

Language not needed

    When I travel in a foreign countries, one of the best activities is to sit someplace and watch people.  While my wife and friends shopped, I sat in the square in Frascati, Italy and captured this video. It is exactly what I love about watching people.  Don’t know what they are saying, but it […]

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Vacation Story – An purposeful act of kindness.

Italian Sweets Rita and I, along with another couple, went to Italy for vacation.  One of our excursions was to the town of Amalfi, a quaint town nested between mountains and southern coast.  We were window shopping along this wonderful narrow street when we saw this sweet shop that also offered drinks.  We went inside […]

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Taxes, Money, and death

Yesterday, I mailed a check to Uncle Sam for $1000.00.  It was Q4 payment for self employment tax to keep for being penalized for not paying/withholding enough tax through the year.  That sucked, since I had to scrap every cubbyhole to get that much together.  Gary Roberts died same day. He was my sister’s first husband […]

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Young people blogs

My son has begin to post blogs of his mountain hiking adventures and I really enjoying reading them with one exception.  His choice of fonts sucks. Here is an example: “my body tells me to “move or freeze … “    My eyesight is 20/70 in my left eye and 20/40 in my right eye. I […]