There is this meeting that I go to every Sunday, now going on 24 years. It’s a good group and has grown exponentially … even has a great monthly magazine now.
And in that magazine, the readers are asked to contribute interesting stories for the question of the month. Normally I just enjoy reading [...]

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I won’t lie. I am still upset in my stomach. I might have thrown up in the back of my mouth just a tiny bit (as the original PingWi-Fi PingWare shirt on this site proudly states … LOL).
I so-oooo dodged a bullet on July the Fourth. Walking down the street in [...]

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It truly is a wonderful day.  You probably know it is Juneteenth in Texas.  And across the States, dating back to 1910 in Seattle, we celebrate Father’s Day today.  Happy Father’s Day, by the way!  My day started with best wishes from a young German student over in The Fatherland.  If you read this blog, [...]

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What was it one of my old coaches used to say? Oh yes, “I ain’t superstitious. I’m just not taking any chances.”
So each week on gameday we were all required to repeat various random things from the previous week, provided our team had won. One year, I accidentally wore the other team’s [...]

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I had a good chat with a travel writer on Facebook the other day, and she commented that I must meet some interesting people. Well yes I do … but I should point out that she covers all of the backroads of The Texas Plains Trail … I bet she has some keepers too. [...]

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I don’t know if I will ever get this metric system here in New Zealand.
I mean some things are pretty easy, like a 13mm wrench is darn near a half-inch wrench as we use in the U.S. Of course we use metric wrenches too … But it is the whole kilometers per [...]

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This blog has detailed some pretty uncomfortable situations and nasty assignments in the ongoing stories about “The Dirty Gig” — my side job in the disaster recovery industry.
Today was different.
But first yesterday … It was somewhat like a throwback to my roots. I was operating a fairly large piece of equipment, called a lull. [...]

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So about this new Dirty Gig … As mentioned previously, this is the second assignment in New Zealand in the aftermath of yet another earthquake. My colleagues and I are working in a secure storage facility that pretty much had its salad tossed.
It is a pretty good gig … getting paid for a hard [...]

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I don’t understand it. How did I become … this? The early years were decent. I worked hard, “I helped little old ladies cross the street” … but somehow, now, I really need to join a support group.
I have become a moron magnet.

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At the time I left Boston, the plan was for me to return.  That has changed.  So this blog closes that chapter.  Bummer …
In this heightened security era, of course I was at Boston’s Logan International Airport a couple of hours before my flight … and yes, I fired one up.  A laptop, not a [...]

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