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I've had more than my share of both good and bad experiences and I've learned a lot of hard lessons. Through it all, I've tried to put my faith into action and keep my sense of humor. Feel free to explore my hundreds of choices in the left column as well as my daily Journal posts and featured items in the right column. This web site has been my labor of love since 1998 — I hope that you enjoy it and find it helpful.
A couple of days ago, my excellent next-door neighbors and friends, Mike and Annamarie, went to a meeting for a greyhound rescue charity that they support.
But before they went, Mike spent several hours making a very special surprise treat to take to the meeting. [more...]
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Tags: Friends, Funny, Interesting, Pets, Photos
Have you ever sent an email message and then wished that you hadn’t?
Years ago, I worked as a computer consultant at a huge, multinational corporation.
While it seemed that everyone who worked there was [more...]
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Tags: Health, Interesting, Internet, Medicine
Years ago, I published my own email computers-and-technology newsletter for a year or two. It had several hundred subscribers, including the president of the college where I taught. Early issues were simple text-only email messages. Later issues were highly-formatted, semi-professional HTML publications.
In October of 2003, I began writing online Journal entries on this web site every [more...]
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Tags: Personal, Web Development
If you haven’t already done so, please read My $135 Gamble before you read this follow-up to it.
I worked at the domestic violence center for a couple of hours this morning, while I waited for the online appliance-parts store to open so that I could call them and order the new motherboard for my refrigerator. [more...]
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Tags: Consumer Info, Interesting, Personal
Yesterday morning, my wife noticed that all of the ice in our refrigerator’s freezer had melted.
A quick check with a thermometer confirmed that it was 55 degrees Fahrenheit (13 degrees Celsius) in both the freezer and refrigerator.
So I did some preliminary troubleshooting: I moved things around in the [more...]
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Tags: Consumer Info, Interesting, Personal
