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A Fun Day TomorrowWe are looking forward to a visit from Al’s great-grandson and his mother tomorrow, while his dad attends a meeting in Portland. He hasn’t been here before and it’s been a long time since we had an infant around. The baby’s dad just called and I found out he’s not crawling yet, so we don’t have to do much child-proofing.… click here to continue January, 19th, 2006 Magnetic MemoriesI am working on my employment history as part of my memoirs and took a section of that essay to my writing class today. After thirty some years, and learning many new types of equipment, I couldn’t recall exactly how a magnetic card typewriter worked. I operated one for at least five years while employed at Multnomah County. I had… click here to continue January, 18th, 2006 Cleaning Files - Ugh!On to the mundane tasks that occupy my time on an average day. One of those little jobs today was moving files around to make more space on my hard drives. My documents file overflows with duplications. Besides the archives copies of my blog entries, I have had copies in Word document files. I’ve now moved them to a backup… click here to continue January, 17th, 2006 Thank You, Your HonorsThis is a good day for Oregon’s senior citizens, especially any who are terminally ill and want to spend the last days of their lives in dignity. The majority of the citizens of Oregon have voted, more than once, to have the right of assisted suicide. Today the United States Supreme Court upheld that right, as I understand it. … click here to continueJanuary, 17th, 2006 Neighborhood Activities, Near and FarToday I spent some time editing a memoir essay about various employment experiences during my lifetime. I plan to take a half dozen pages of it to my writing class on Wednesday for critiquing. I also waded through paper work that’s piled up in the office. Some of it I filed, some I made copies of for… click here to continue January, 16th, 2006 Tote That GrudgeAt my age, I try not to carry grudges. Some grudges, however, are worth packing around. Every time I leap for the remote mute button when some advertiser is yelling at me, I vow never to purchase his or her product. Generally, I’m able to keep that vow. I need so few things nowadays that it’s fairly easy not to… click here to continue January, 15th, 2006 Saturday Night—Not Very LiveNot much excitement around here today. I did go out and lock my car after I heard a 1998 Honda Civic was stolen in King City last night. Car thieves seem to like Hondas. They must be easy to turn into cash. It seems to me in the old days thieves stole more expensive cars, but my memory could be… click here to continue January, 14th, 2006 |