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Shots from the hip: March 2013
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Shots from the hip. Saturday, March 16, 2013. The friends in the room. I've been reminded of some past. Folks I know. They've been haunting my life over the past few weeks. Like they were around me, behind me and making me think of them. Unbidden they've managed to insert themselves back into my life. Not for any specific reason that I know of. Except for one. My dad. It was two years ago. Last month that he passed. He always beat the odds and the prognostications of the doctors. Volunteer Army (VolAr)&#...
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Shots from the hip: Spring
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Shots from the hip. Monday, May 27, 2013. Spring in North Central Vermont has come and gone, or is finally on the way out. It's 38 degrees out at the moment and there's a frost warning out for this evening. At least it stopped raining. For the moment. This winter was a real winter and the Rampaging Snow Beast saw a lot of use this winter. Not like last winter where the brand new snow blower sat in the garage, trotted out but a handful of times. So ist das Leben. It's a problem up here. Well, not exactly,...
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Shots from the hip: May 2013
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Shots from the hip. Monday, May 27, 2013. Spring in North Central Vermont has come and gone, or is finally on the way out. It's 38 degrees out at the moment and there's a frost warning out for this evening. At least it stopped raining. For the moment. This winter was a real winter and the Rampaging Snow Beast saw a lot of use this winter. Not like last winter where the brand new snow blower sat in the garage, trotted out but a handful of times. So ist das Leben. It's a problem up here. Well, not exactly,...
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Shots from the hip: December 2012
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Shots from the hip. Monday, December 31, 2012. Having said that, my bride and her mom along with others of the All Girls Spending Team (hat tip to Lex) head out for the Black Friday Follies. One of several activities that are appropos of the season. It reminded me of the Kristkindl Markts in Germany sans the gluehwein and gemuetlichkeit that are the hallmark of the real thing. Again, with many happy memories of previous times in previous locales. That would be one way to look at it. No, we aren't as clos...
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Shots from the hip: August 2013
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Shots from the hip. Sunday, August 18, 2013. May you live in interesting times. That is an ancient Chinese curse. As I find myself once again relocating our house and home, I have to agree, for as much as I have many things about Vermont that I do not enjoy, I've discovered many things that I'll miss. Chief among them having a life, a routine, and a comfortable rut that I enjoy. I know things about here and they know me here. And Northfield, Vermont is a small town. Actually, a village. And discovered th...
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Shots from the hip: May you live in interesting times
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Shots from the hip. Sunday, August 18, 2013. May you live in interesting times. That is an ancient Chinese curse. As I find myself once again relocating our house and home, I have to agree, for as much as I have many things about Vermont that I do not enjoy, I've discovered many things that I'll miss. Chief among them having a life, a routine, and a comfortable rut that I enjoy. I know things about here and they know me here. And Northfield, Vermont is a small town. Actually, a village. And discovered th...
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Shots from the hip: Time and tide wait for no man
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Shots from the hip. Wednesday, March 06, 2013. Time and tide wait for no man. A year ago today he was still posting. We were still reading, discussing, chatting. Life was normal, my morning online routine started with him. I checked back again over the course of the day, as usual. It was during the thread of "Streamer", during our chattering, that the first harbingers of something amiss came to light. Niggling chunks of news that were unconfirmed while we mused over their meaning. He had to work to get b...
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Shots from the hip: February 2013
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Shots from the hip. Sunday, February 10, 2013. Partly cloudy to Cloudy. I'm a geek, it had to come to this. One of my coworkers has drunk the "Cloud" Kool Aid. Everything has to "be in the Cloud". Otherwise you're a "box hugger". So, what the hell am I talking about? Have you wondered what the "Cloud" is? The Cloud" is any service that you can reach from the Internet. Traditionally, if you wanted to use something, you had to go to a computer. Frequently, you had to go to your. You get the idea. Similarly...
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Shots from the hip: Two wheeled thunder
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Shots from the hip. Monday, July 08, 2013. So, last month I spent a weekend taking a motorcycle riding course. The Basic Riders Course that is designed by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation and offered over a weekend of Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday. Which leads to my purchasing a motorcycle a couple of weeks ago. A beautiful 2008 Harley Davidson Cross Bones Softail motorcycle, part of their Dark Custom series from several years ago. Uh-oh I figure, it must really need it, I guess I'm going to have t...
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Shots from the hip: July 2013
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Shots from the hip. Monday, July 08, 2013. So, last month I spent a weekend taking a motorcycle riding course. The Basic Riders Course that is designed by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation and offered over a weekend of Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday. Which leads to my purchasing a motorcycle a couple of weeks ago. A beautiful 2008 Harley Davidson Cross Bones Softail motorcycle, part of their Dark Custom series from several years ago. Uh-oh I figure, it must really need it, I guess I'm going to have t...
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