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The Car Called “Forever”

Sunday, March 7th, 2010
short stories, Personal, Uncategorized | No Comments »

One of America’s favorite past-times is cars. Cars that draw attention, turn heads, impress neighbors, these are the best cars. Cars that people can’t forget. We want the world to know about our cars. Yeah, well, I’ve got one of those. And I can’t get rid of it.Some years […]

A Tale of Joy and Woe in a Bus

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
VW, short stories, Personal, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

In light of my last post, it is so appropriate that the following events transpired.  And yet…well, I don’t mind.So…Let me tell you a tale of woe from a couple weeks back. There I was, driving along early morning down the coast of Washington. The surf was fine, the light was just getting good, I […]

Keeping up

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Personal | No Comments »

I know how it feels.  Believe me, I know.  Hanging on, day by day, the suspense of waiting for my words to grace the halls of this blog.  I should tell you something about myself right now.  I tend to blog in bursts, and well…June wasn’t part of one.  Neither was May, though I gave […]

Grief comes in strange packages

Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Personal | 2 Comments »

February 27th, 2008.
Today, I wept.
A package came for me yesterday. The mailman left a note that since I wasn’t here, it would be waiting for me at the Post Office. Today, I went to claim that package.
The package contained the cremated remains of my birth-mother, who died on Feb. 11, after 62 […]

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Friday, February 1st, 2008
Social Commentary, Personal | 1 Comment »

And so it appears that, through a long and strange chain of events, I begin a blog. One would think, based on the fact that I am a technical consultant, that it would be about something - well - technical. But that’s not on the menu today. Today’s menu includes the behavior […]