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Senator Feinstein: One Soldier’s Response

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I sent the following email to Senator Feinstein via Senator Feinstein’s web site response to her statements in this video clip: Senator Feinstein: Veterans may have PTSD and should not be exempt from assault weapons ban. Senator Feinstein, I am a service member in the United States Army Reserves. I have served in the United … Read more

The Death of an Apple Fan Boy

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I was first introduced to computers in 1986 in Japan. In an odd turn of events that can really only happen in Japan, I got a job that required me to know Macintosh computers. I was given a Mac Plus with a 20 megabyte serial hard drive. Since then I have owned a number of … Read more

Geeky Running Gadgets

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I used a number of geeky gadgets for running over the past year. I started the year using a Garmin Forerunner GPS watch with heart monitor. It worked well but I did not really like the user interface on the watch during my runs. The small screen real estate makes it a challenge to layout … Read more

2012 Resolutions, 1 out of 3

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Here we are, 2013. The Mayans are embarrassed or, western European/American anthropologists do not really understand the Mayans. A year ago I published my New Year’s resolutions here. I managed to keep one of the three. Sort of. Posting a blog entry once a week was the first resolution to go by the way side. … Read more

How I am Voting on the Propositions

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Proposition 30: Temporary Taxes to Fund Education. Guaranteed Local Public Safety Funding. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. This is essentially a bail out to compensate for a California State legislature that is incapable of doing its job. The State of California operates at a $13 billion deficit because the state legislature spends money it does not have. … Read more

Shackle, Sweet Shackle

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I played by the rules and with integrity. I sought wise advice and followed it. Now, I am stuck with a property I no longer want, making rather huge payments for a property that, at least for the foreseeable future, will never be worth what it is costing me.

Learning WordPress

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I have read through the docs that explain the basic structure of the WordPress theme. Seems simple enough. The next step is to delve deeper into the theme structure as I figure out how to duplicate the design I currently have on Smittie’s Ramblings. I would like to incorporate my resume into the design. This … Read more

Hello world!

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Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. I have lived on Movable Type for most of the years that I have maintained a blog. I have made a couple of attempts at WordPress but never very seriously. I did not like php. Movable Type is kind of falling off the face of the earth, … Read more