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Well, How do YOU Judge a Year?
Every year that passes holds some special significance to the future, adding something that only that year can to the tapestry of our history. 1929’s stock market crash altered the…
Read MoreMarried in EPCOT
In the old-timey days when phones didn’t leave the house, Lena and I took our first trip to EPCOT together. I did a video about that trip and our time…
Read MoreThe Umbrella
Back around the time Lena and I were first married, she worked for a guy named Mike, who owned a magazine. Mike wasn’t a bad guy …well, okay. Mike was a bad…
Read MoreTo Catch a Panda
Not long ago, I had my Apple credit card number stolen. (I think it happened when I was getting gas at an unfamiliar station, but who really knows.) At any…
Read MoreLiving Forever
I have a somewhat arbitrary goal of writing a minimum of twenty books before I stop, and given the low bar for the job, that likely means when I die.…
Read MoreGambini the Great
As long-time readers are aware, Lena, like the French in general, loves Little House on the Prairie. While it may at one point in history have been considered a “good”…
Read MoreWork Vacation in the Desert
Lena and I recently spent a week and a half in Arizona, for a designer’s conference on Adobe’s software products. She’s gone to a zillion cons for me, selling books,…
Read MoreNo, You Are NOT the Asshole
Lena and I climbed out of the car in the restaurant parking lot. “Take a look at this.” I indicated the car parked across two spaces right next to us.…
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I wanted a vacation for myself, Lena, my younger brother BJ, and sister Kristy, so when a neighbor offered the use of his North Carolina mountain cabin for a week,…
Read MoreFoul-Mouthed Redemption
This will be difficult for some people to understand, but in my family, I was frequently the target of derision because I was considered soft and naïve. I was never…
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