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Monday Morning Quarterbacking
The New York Times finally joined lesser print and broadcast media in publishing an article in their Sunday Magazine’s Week in Review on the very sad story of that family’s death in Oregon. Their angle on the story is that someone can be “lost, even in the age of technology.” The article notes how authorities More...
Media Setup
After recently visiting my friends in Seattle and appreciating the ability to have ambient music everywhere on a Sonos, I decided to finish putting back together my media server and setup. I had it all apart ever since our entire downstairs was renovated. I have my 120 gigs of music all cataloged in J.River’s Media More...
Relaxing in Seattle
Recently Jeannie and I took my friends Kulpreet and Kathy up on their offer to spend the weekend visiting them up in the Seattle area. Kulpreet packed up his family for a home on Bainbridge Island for the higher quality of life, and because, as he claimed to me, “I actually like cool and rainy More...
Thanks Mazda
My Mazda RX-8 had an issue that was being fixed under warranty, so my local Mazda dealer provided me with the only vehicle they had left in their loner fleet: a Mazda 5 minivan. Normally, downgrading from an RX-8 to a minivan would be perceived by me as a penalty. And, actually driving the thing More...
Turning Points
[Certain names and places have been withheld in this blog entry to protect those serving -- Ed.] Last week held two interrelated turning points: one of policy, and one that is personal. Although we have now been in Iraq and Afghanistan longer than it took for the United States to enter and win the entirety More...