Election Year Politics

 
Usually, when the term “election year politics” is used, it is with a negative connotation.  As if politics in non-election years is better.  The underlying theme, though, seems to be that politics is bad.  But is it?
Certainly, many of the participants in the political process – “politicians” – are bad actors. But does that make [...]

Barry Manilow – Still Going After All These Years

I was flipping through the channels this evening and paused on the local PBS station.  Barry Manilow was singing and people in the audience were going wild.  Not just old people, like Barry (he’s 65 this year), but even younger people were dancing and seemed to be having a great time.
Barry doesn’t look 65. [...]

Tornado in an Outhouse

I’m sitting here this evening watching the weather on TV. Tornados are potentially on the ground a few miles away.  I am reminded of a tornado experience several years ago.
My first job out of college was working for the Boy Scouts.  Job #1 with the BSA was to be the Aquatics Director at summer camp.  [...]

Travel

A couple of weeks back, I tried to get home from Green Bay, WI through Chicago O’Hare and St Louis (American’s routing, not mine).  Due to a business need, I ended up needing to delay departure from 0905 on a Friday to after 1200.
I tried to change the departure time. No problem with changing, only [...]

Windows Live Writer Test

This is being written with Windows Live Writer, a free download tool for Windows Live.  I am wanting to see what it looks like on the WordPress page.  Here goes…

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Just starting

Not sure exactly what to do with this. It just seemed like something that might be interesting.  Who knows what will end up here?  Not me. At least not yet.
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