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Dinosaur Days
The first computer I had the opportunity to engage with was IBM’s gigantic storage for files system that required manually backing up daily. This process took about 45 minutes. I had just graduated high school and a company in town was looking for a data entry clerk to be trained. I applied and was the…
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The Best of the Best
I awoke at 9 am ready to begin the best of the best of days. Looking back, I wished I had gotten up earlier so I could have squeezed a few more things in, but what’s done is done and 9am was good enough and my day was filled with amazing things. So, lingering on…
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Skydiving
There are not many things I’m scared to do anymore, but one thing I have always been afraid of is jumping out of an airplane – skydiving, I guess is what it’s called and the thought of it petrifies me. Just writing about it makes me nervous. I don’t get the fun of falling from…
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Fleeting Time
The passage of time makes all do a double take on life. We realize as each day goes by that the end is nearer. This realization can be frightening. It can be joyful. It depends on where you are in life as to which it will be for you. It should make all of us…
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The Most Important Thing
My to do list is a daily thing. I’ve told you before how I make list after list. It borders on psychotic. This daily writing asks what one thing on my list that never gets done. I’m ashamed to say it, but as is said, ‘The truth will set you free’. I won’t say this…