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Fear is the worst reason not to travel.

My employer is sending me to Europe for some meetings at the end of April, and I shared my excitement to Facebook after I received my booking confirmation.  “Airfare for Germany: Booked. Bazinga!”...

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Tasty Meditteranian food at Ala Turca in Hollywood, FL.Filed under: Imported from Tumblr Tagged: food from tumblr, regrettheschnitzel

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Fish tacos and flautas at Las Fajitas restaurant in Boca Raton, Florida.Filed under: Imported from Tumblr Tagged: food from tumblr, regrettheschnitzel

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The Upfronts are coming, the Upfronts are coming!

Next week, the television networks have their Upfront presentations where they detail their new fall line-ups.  NBC and FOX will present on Monday, ABC on Tuesday, CBS on Wednesday, and the CW will...

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Whatcha been up to?

It’s been a few weeks since I posted, and it’s been a few months since I’ve posted anything about what I’m actually up to.  Here’s some highlights: I went with Amelie to Megacon, a geekery convention...

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Just after the Summer solstice, a post!

I’m borrowing this post idea from Bevchen.  I don’t usually do a lot of meme-inspired posts, but lately I haven’t been posting much at all.  So here’s the “What’s New With You” format…  here’s what...

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Data Rot

I’ve long been fascinated with data rot. Data rot has two basic types.  The first is about the medium on which information is stored.  For example, hard drives can have mechanical failure.  Audio...

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A Carefree Life.

On Dixie Highway, less than a mile and a half from downtown West Palm Beach, Florida, there is an abandoned movie theater.  It’s called the Carefree Theatre, and it was a major part of my life during...

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A Regensburg Morning

Editor’s note:  This post was inspired by the Daily Post’s one-word writing prompt:  Morning. For almost three years, I woke up to the same set of sounds.  Morning in Regensburg was predictable, and my...

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On Working Out

Editor’s note:  I’ve been mentioning to other bloggers in comments for months that I really wanted to write a post about working out.  Having a regular fitness routine is all pretty new to me, and  I...

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All For Love

I was clicking around today, when I learned that Bell Biv Devoe has released “Run,” their first new song in fifteen years.  I watched the video, and then I fell down the Wiki-hole.  It started with an...

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Photo Tuesday: Leaving Tokyo

I wrote a whole slew of posts detailing the things that I saw (and ate) during the five weeks I spent in and around Tokyo last year.  I’ve posted dozens of photographs from that trip on this blog, but...

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With apologies to Grandmaster Flash.

There are a lot of things that have been stressing me out lately.  I’m basically this puppy on the best of days: Here’s a short list of the things that are stressing me out: Looming unemployment:  I...

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Open to interpretation.

I’ve had this screen-shot saved to my desktop since March of 2015, and I’ve been meaning to post it to the blog ever since. In this scene, Spider-Man is fighting with the Green Goblin. (Don’t get me...

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National what day?

I brought my laptop with me to Panera Bread so that I could get on with the business of rewriting my resume to reflect modern times.  The last time I  really updated my resume was well over a decade...

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Kafka Style

This post is partially inspired by a recent WordPress Daily Post prompt using the word “transformation.” Last night, I dreamed of work. This isn’t an unusual dream- I generally assume that a work dream...

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The Boston Molasses Flood of 1919

The Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 is one of the most fascinating disasters I’ve ever heard of.   Here’s how it went down: The Purity Distilling Company had a large storage tank, 50 feed high and 90...

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Memories are a tricky thing.

I was searching my computer for a specific photo because I thought a story about that photo would make a good blog post.  I couldn’t find the photo that I was looking for, but I did find this one, and...

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Stressed out by the election?

It’s going to be nearly impossible to avoid election coverage tonight, but if you’re already stressed out, here’s a web site full of live webcams on various critters. I’ve been especially fond of this...

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Lost Photo Post: The Orlando Eye

This is one in a series of photo posts where I took a bunch of photographs, intending to make a blog post out of them, and then never got around to actually writing the post. Anyone who has read even a...

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