Category Archives: My Life

Trying to do the docent thing!

It was about a month ago that I was at the Columbus Zoo with the the family. It was a warmish day and I decided after seeing several regions of the world and their animals that I’d take a rest … Continue reading

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The Snow Job – Selling in the Seventies

So I’m the new sales guy at Varian Associates making my first sales trip to visit the DSS (Department of Supply and Services) in Ottawa. In those years the section of the DSS that I visited was in some second … Continue reading

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The Law of Unintended Consequences

I checked with Wikipedia and they list the Law of Unintended Consequences as “an adage or idiom that can be stated as follows: ‘Any intervention in a complex system may or may not have the intended result, but will inevitably … Continue reading

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Ma Na Ma Na – The DEW Line 1969

Click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExW48xz5yc4 and listen while you read this posting! The year is 1969 and I’m on the DEW Line at DYE-MAIN Cape Dyer on Baffin Island. It’s somewhat desolate. The DEW Line or Distant Early Warning line was a … Continue reading

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The Easter Bunny and the Three Ethic People

Typically, I don’t like ethnic jokes as they tend to disparage different religions, races, creeds, nationalities etc. and that simply is not PC. I’ve tried in the following to take away ethnicity while maintaining the humor. I hate prejudiced people. … Continue reading

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The Apple iPad and Me – The Digital Equivalent of a Dumb Blond

Let me start with: During a company’s recent password audit, it was found that a blonde employee was using the following password: “MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofySacramento” When asked why she had such a long password, she said she was told that it had … Continue reading

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My Feelings on Health Care

It sickens me that there are so many selfish people who would prefer to let those less fortunate than themselves suffer with injury and disease. I grew up in a family where it was believed that we should help our … Continue reading

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How to be a good wife.

Saturday, May 13th 1995 was fast approaching and I was running out of time. I had a deadline! My daughter Amy’s best friend Joanne was getting married in Alliston Ontario on that day and I needed to prepare a speech … Continue reading

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Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus.

A friend of mine emailed me this posting a few minutes ago! *Here’s a prime example of “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus”. * *It is offered by an English professor from the University of Colorado as an … Continue reading

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Zachary Rike Disease

Jim, a friend of mine went recently to his doctor. Jim’s doctor is of Chinese descent and talks with an amusing accent. Jim was complaining that recently, some of his friends were laughing at him, saying that he was becoming ugly. He was … Continue reading

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