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One Foot in Front Of The Other

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Today’s writing prompt asks what principles define how you live. I wouldn’t say I necessarily have many principals – but I have coping mechanisms.

A Step Back in Time

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We attended the party of a wonderful friend yesterday evening to help celebrate her 50th birthday. The invitation requested 80s themed fancy dress.

One Virtual World

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Today’s WordPress writing prompt asks who you might give a million dollars to, if you had a million dollars to give away.

Decompression

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I’m having a “night off” tonight. Trying to slow down. Listening to music. Noodling around with this and that on the Mac. Not really achieving anything, and ...

Be Careful What You Wish For

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Aviation has been a common thread throughout my life – from the giant red encyclopedia that was ever present in our house, to the balsa Tiger Moth my Dad mad...

Sunday morning in Spoons

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I’m sitting in Wetherspoons this morning, feeling incredibly smug to have bagged a table in a booth. Doing so seems to depend on arriving before 9:30.

One computer to rule them all

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I’m sitting, writing this post while holed up in the junk room at home. I’m sitting in front of a desk with two monitors on it – one connected to a hulking P...

Taylor and the quiet rebellion

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Taylor Swift’s new album “The Life of a Showgirl” arrived this morning. As a fifty-something guy that invariably listens to retro radio stations targeted at ...

Life without Computers

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Can you imagine what life would be like without a computer? I’m old enough that I don’t need to imagine it – I can remember it.

The Need to Slow Down

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While racing from one thing to another throughout a typical day, I rarely give any thought to what I might not do – I’m invariably consumed with what I have ...