Category Archives: Miscellaneous

The Song of the Crickets and Cicadas

I’m sitting on my back patio with my laptop untethered from its normal AC converter. I have one of those battery-sucking laptops that go from 100% capacity to 10% capacity in the time it takes to load up a website … Continue reading

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Flickr Photos

Some of the old photos I had available on my old site (acornsfromanokie.typepad.com) is now available on Flickr. In addition, I have some new photos as well from a recent trip to Washington DC. Enjoy! [Added: And now I can … Continue reading

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The Silence of the Robins

My wife, Missy, called me at work the other day. She was rather upset — she found a dead bird in the master bathroom floor. Apparently one of the dogs had found it outside and brought it in. I was … Continue reading

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Acorns From A Yankee?

As I have alluded to earlier, I have a new job and am now in Vestal, NY for training at the Lockheed-Martin site in Owego. I will be here on and off over the next 3 years. I’m here for … Continue reading

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Before We Get Started, I’d Like To Explain Why This Post Is So Important

The sun shone brightly on a sunny cold morning in Oklahoma.  And while the wind outside whipped the leaves into dancing patterns, Allen, overweight with black hair salted with grays, wrote gravely about a recent article he read, Elmore Leonard’s … Continue reading

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Wow! I Was Kind of Shaky on 2 of Them

You Passed the US Citizenship Test Congratulations – you got 10 out of 10 correct! Could You Pass the US Citizenship Test? [Via baldilocks]

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I’m Not Dead Yet

Work has been crazy busy again and personal life has had more Eagle Scout Courts of Honor.  I’ve about decided I’m not going to do NaNoWriMo this year, but hope to concentrate on more weblog postings. Listening to Live at … Continue reading

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The 13 Virtues

I note that the D*I*Y Planner (I use the HipsterPDA pack from them) has a new website — no longer directly affiliated with a million monkeys typing. All of the above said to point to a rather "neat" site that … Continue reading

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The Fifth Rule?

Jay Tea examines Poor Liberal Thinking and comments on George Will’s three four rules to keep out of poverty. 1) Graduate from high school. School attendance is mandatory until the age of 16, and free. Further, the law encourages kids … Continue reading

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Happy Discardia!

I‘m not getting didn’t get you anything.  I hope you’ll do the same for me. And BTW, Discardia this year was from June 21 to Sept 22.  But if the notion that you’ve missed Discardia gets in your way… [Via … Continue reading

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