A funny thing happened to me on the way to the tollbooth. Let me lay the foundation … For the last two months in Boston and the surrounding boroughs, i Have worked on about a dozen disaster jobs — large commercial to small residential job sites. In that time, I have driven or [...]

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WARNING: This blog contains explicit subject matter that may travel beyond the boundaries of good taste … And it is like really, really long! Engage at your own risk.
I have never been the sort to announce my own birthday — especially in the workplace. I mean … you never know what someone might do [...]

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I heard a definition of Folk Art once that explained it as an attempt, by someone who is not formally trained in art, to create art — regardless.  Ha!  Guilty as charged.  I have been known to muck around with some art, yet no one has ever accused me of being very educated.  My creed: [...]

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Two of my readers tell me they prefer the “Blogs About Nothing” on this Website. Well … lately I haven’t “had nothing” on my mind.
I search newspapers and Websites for meaningless topics — looking for nothingness. Most of the stuff nearly qualifies. Then the other day, I got lucky. I tuned [...]

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If you are a blogger, sometimes there is a tendency to write a little more colorful than “old school” journalists. Sometimes zany is appropriate. Other times — such as covering football during bowl season — one should keep a stiff upper lip.
Ha … I struggle with that. This is the third bowl season [...]

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Recently I noticed that a friend on Facebook encouraged (forced) her child to watch the real “True Grit” with the real cowboy, John Wayne, before the youngster would be allowed to see the remake of “True Grit.” While I am thinking about it, “Hey Hollywood, have you really run out of ideas … really?”
I [...]

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What did they call yesterday? Wasn’t it “Small Business Saturday” or something like that, a round two of shopping — wedged in between Black Friday and Cyber Monday?
By the way, I for one hate the term “Black Friday” when associated with the official retail beginning of the Christmas Holidays. I mean … the [...]

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It wouldn’t be prudent to discuss all the details of my Dirty Gig in New Zealand … suffice to say we were in Christchurch to do clean up after the recent earthquake — a 7.1 on the Richter scale, at 4:30 a.m., Sept. 4 . The company and the client will remain nameless. [...]

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Today the PingWi-Fi gypsy caravan is hosting a PingThing … tweeting, blogging, streaming, updating from The Omni Fort Worth … high atop a balcony suite in one of the best addresses in Downtown Fort Worth.  Rock on!
Your thoughts?  Hit “Ping Us” on this Web site, or follow us on Twitter: @pingwifi … Roger that? Of [...]

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We’ve all heard a motivational spiel about “bad things happening to good people” … and “all things working for the good” …
I was a key player in a case in point, just the other night.
Like a fool, I was carrying clean laundry down the stairs, when I learned the hard way that a light was [...]

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