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Coming home yesterday, I was behind a car from New Hampshire. Their license plate had the slogan, “Live Free or Die” on it. I got to thinking about that and did a little extensive research. “Live Free or Die” is … Continue reading →

Maybe because of the Olympics, I thought of something someone I worked with years ago always said — “Pardon my French.” Of course he used it when he would swear and decided he needed to apologize. For no particular reason … Continue reading →

Douglas Eugene “Gene” Savoy was born in Bellingham, Washington on May 11, 1927. He had no formal training as an archaeologist, but nevertheless, he spent a lot of time deep in the jungles of Peru. He discovered more than 40 … Continue reading →

When we first moved to Shepherdstown, we had a little trouble adjusting to the pace. For a long time we were always early when we went anywhere. We just automatically figured in the traffic delays that we were use to … Continue reading →

You’ll have to trust me on this one. I can’t tell you where this happened for a number of reasons — I can’t tell you the reasons, either. But here’s the story….. It was shortly after the first of the … Continue reading →

I remember back in 1999 and all the concern as to what would happen when the year 2000 arrived. There was widespread concern that computers wouldn’t work and people wouldn’t be able to get their money out of banks and … Continue reading →

This morning, as usual, one of the first things I did was make coffee. And every morning, just like most of you, I imagine, the first question of the day in my mind is — where did my morning coffee … Continue reading →

During my working years, on several occasions, I was assigned projects in what was then considered “hard-core” Communist countries. We always went there with certain assumptions — the house or hotel room would be “bugged,” we would be followed, and … Continue reading →

This is a story I’m sure Claire would remember very well — we talked about it a few times over the years.When we were in Manila, Claire served as the finance officer for our office. Shortly after we had arrived, … Continue reading →

I guess this falls into the category of believe it or don’t — but I think it’s true….In 1985, Wilbur Snapp, the organist for minor league baseball’s Clearwater Phillies in Florida, played “Three Blind Mice” to protest a call made … Continue reading →