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Ramblings

The Falling Man

September 13, 2008

Esquire has an amazing article about the story of one of the most famous photographs from the September 11th attacks in New York City… that of a single man falling through the air after having lept to his death. One of the most fascinating things to me was how the family of the man presumed [...]

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Meanwhile, back on the blog ranch…

August 24, 2008

Just cleaning up and getting this place up to WordPress 2.6 and refreshing a few of the plugins. Once upon a time it used to be a pain to maintain web sites, then blogs came along to simplify the content management and posting.¬† Now blogs have become so feature rich I sometimes think we’re back [...]

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Holiday shopping binge!

November 30, 2007

I’ve never been a big fan of Christmas, mostly due to the way the rampant commercialism has squeezed the joy out of things. I just grit my teeth and stay away from the malls between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I’ve also reached a gift truce with most people I know, which makes that last bit easier. [...]

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Wow, look at all the dust!

October 14, 2007

Comrade and fellow smart-ass Heath seems to think I’ve been remiss in my posting.¬† Well, he is quite astoundingly correct.¬† Not much for it. I took on more than I could chew with my internal work blogs, external work blogs, school, and other writing projects.¬† I’ve been doing some realignment with a new job at [...]

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Some people never learn

March 26, 2007

…and I am one of those. Way back before the interweb was open to the great unwashed masses I ran a computer bulletin board system (BBS) in Arizona called first SHO-TRON, then The Rock Garden. It was on this BBS where I first learned the dangers of yammering about things upon which I had any [...]

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