Class of 2008

Making a speech at your graduation is an accomplishment and privilege for anyone. Making a speech that contains the words of this one truely requires wisdom and courage. This is a young lady that I am proud to say is related to me. Let me start by congratulating all my class mates on making it … Read more

Mouse Balls

I feel that this piece of computer history needs to be preserved, along with at least my part of the story. Our IBM CE showed me a ‘copy’ of this. It was actually about a 4th ‘generation’ copy (which those of you who are young won’t understand the ‘quality’ of a Xerox of a Xerox … Read more

Chili Cookoff Judge

I think I first saw this as about a third generation photo copy. I have a number of friends who are serious chili cooks (as in the type that enter and win contests), and every time I read this, I think of them and some of the comments they have made about judges and the … Read more

Peter’s Laws

My daughter found a poster with these on it… There are a couple that really hit home, so I copied the whole thing here. The Creed of the Sociopathic Obsessive Compulsive. If anything can go wrong, Fix It! To hell with Murphy! When given a choice – Take both! Multiple projects lead to multiple successes. … Read more