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The obligatory “It’s been a long time since I posted last. I promise to write more. I have entries all but written in my brain, I just need to barf them onto the page.” Post

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Roger

So, yeah. It’s been a while. It’s been a while for a lot of different reasons. All of the usual suspects are involved: work, life, yard work, spending time with the Fetching Mrs. Bixby and the family, etc. etc, blah … Continue reading →

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Extraordinary Measures

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Roger

The Fetching Mrs. and I saw Extraordinary Measures this afternoon. This is the true story of a father, John Crowley, played by Brendan Fraser, with two kids stricken with Pompe disease, who goes to extraordinary measures to find a treatment … Continue reading →

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Ghosts are alive and well in San Francisco

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Roger

This film shot on a moving trolley down Market Street in 1906 is mesmerizing. It looks as if the air pressure is less than it is today. That’s an artifact of the primitive film of the day, surely, but it … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Roger

Just wanted to put up this link so I can find it again. It was provided to me by a like-minded co-worker. By that I mean, he is a lover of freedom and liberty as I am. I’m reading the … Continue reading →

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Where I was

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Roger

I was visiting my mom in Phoenix for her birthday when the towers fell. I was scheduled to come home that day and was in the shower getting ready to leave to go to Sky Harbor airport when mom frantically … Continue reading →

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