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Last summer I got an email from my ISP (Speakeasy) that my connection speed would double at no cost. They also mentioned that they would be rolling this out at different time in different places, and I should NOT ask about it. Last night I got an email saying my turn would be next March. […]

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who could put a quarter all the way into each nostril. Why would anyone do this? It was at camp, and he was a counselor for 7-10 year old boys. And they thought he was a god (little g). After that, they were always orderly and obedient. Never underestimate the value of a skill, no […]

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That’s a line from a very old hymn, describing things in winter. Summer is not my favorite season. It’s hot, and uncomfortable. Sure, there are benefits. July is nice. It has the 4th, the 11th (anniversary), the 17th (my birthday). But June is pretty empty, and August is just too hot. Fall on the other […]

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But the caravan passes on. That’s an old Arab saying, believed to have come from Somalia. I read it first in a Louis L’Amour book, and the context was that despite the words and actions of naysayers, jerks, and antagonists, Right And Good will continue. The older I get though, the more I see it […]

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I really like acoustic guitar. A lot. I have an m3u of good guitar stuff from all my mp3 dirs with some zeppelin, eagles, mike oldfield, etc. e pointed me to the Rodney Branigan site. Rodney is very very good. How good? Check out the video and see. It’s like coke for a guitar junkie, […]

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For those who don’t read Slashdot (enough), the BBC has announced that they’re going to release their audio and video archive online, free for everyone, as the BBC Creative Archive. That’s awesome. I’m VERY surprised. It sort of feels like a significant point in human history. Television and radio have been around a long time, […]

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A woman was assigned to photograph mule wranglers in the Grand Canyon. She asked around and found just the right guy to take pictures of, a guy from Montana. He was a little tense in front of the camera, so she started asking him questions to draw him out. “What do you do here?” she […]