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A few days ago I was headed out for our “winter golf” meeting at a friend’s house. Since we had just gotten a foot or so of snow, I called another friend and told him I’d pick him up since … Continue reading →

A couple of months ago I read an article from an Amsterdam newspaper about the Dutch Cycling Federation conducting a study showing that 60 lives could be saved a year if air bags were installed on the hoods of cars, … Continue reading →

My last update to this blog, talked about the use of the number 30 to indicate the end of the story. Over the years that I’ve been doing this blog, I’ve discussed a lot of numbers while covering a number … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago, a friend asked why all my blog entries ended with “thirty.” Given the age of my friend, I was surprised at the question. — 30 — has traditionally been used by journalists to indicate the … Continue reading →

We watched the Academy Awards, or Oscars, on Sunday night — we actually watched the entire thing to the finish. I didn’t know a lot of the “famous” people and hadn’t seen any of the movies nominated for best picture. … Continue reading →

If you’ve read this blog for very long, you know that I periodically go off about insurance and specifically insurance companies. Seems like there isn’t a week goes by that we don’t have some issue with some kind of insurance. … Continue reading →

There was an article in one of the local papers a few days ago that discussed a problem the author was having with a utility company over some billing charges. I expect this sounds all too familiar to everyone old … Continue reading →

Today is Chinese New Years, but it also happens to be Tet — the Vietnamese New Year. A lot of Americans never heard of Tet before the Vietnam War, and the Viet Cong offensive in 1968. Tet is often associated … Continue reading →

Tomorrow we start another new (Chinese) year. This year, Chinese New Year begins on February 19 and it’s the Year of the Goat/Sheep. Some people refer to it as the Year of the Ram. As both the faithful readers of … Continue reading →

Tomorrow is Presidents Day — a fairly recent holiday when the banks and post office, government, usually schools and a few other establishments close and the remainder of the population sell stuff, or buy stuff. Presidents Day is mostly known … Continue reading →