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Our House, Our Rules
Jan 11, 2026
DISCLAIMER: Recent news from Minneapolis has me unable to remain silent. This is my opinion, pure and simple, but one I spent much time considering what to say and how best to say it. Should you agree and wish to pass it on, you're free to do so. If not, then thank you for at least taking the time to read it. Be forewarned, however, that any abusive comments submitted below will not see the light of day. My blog, my rules. Thanks. **********************************************************…
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Happiness ...as a Choice
Dec 19, 2025
As adult individuals, we all have the obligation to ensure our own personal health, safety, and wellbeing. Should we have any, we are also obligated both by law and moral duty to extend those protections to offspring and others under our protection who are legally minors. Here in the United States, we have declared that people have the inalienable right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. We also acknowledge that there are no sure things here except death and taxes. So, where doe…
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As if...
Nov 20, 2025
As if I didn’t have anything better to do, now I have a sick snow blower to repair. The thing is, I just finished doing the exact same thing to my lawn mower two weeks ago. Both times it was a case of ultra reliable machines that were now failing to start. Fuel was fine. The issue was no spark. I hate all things electrical. I did score a win with the Honda mower when I found a series of ten-year old YouTube videos produced by a mid-western Vo-Tech school. Their small engine repair class us…
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A Capable MS-Office Alternative
Oct 24, 2025
In the computing world, many of us who have been steeped in Microsoft products were also brought up on MS-Office. It could be had as the Standard, Professional or Home and Student Edition. The basic applications common to all versions are Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Generally, these software suites were both a blessing and a curse. Right when you got comfortable with using it, Microsoft decided to “improve” it. Sometimes the changes to the interface were substantial with a corresponding in…
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Catching Up
Oct 13, 2025
My goal is to publish something at least monthly. It’s been much longer than I usually like since my last post. I apologize for that. So, I thought I’d take the opportunity to catch you up on happenings around here since my last post. Although the weather didn’t cooperate again, Oktoberfest went extremely well this year. We stayed safe and dry in the garage. Many new friends in addition to folks from farther away were able to make it this year. The food was great too. There were so many…