Born of Fire
I love photography. I remember being in high school, and dreaming of becoming a photographer. I loved the idea of putting what I saw on film and sharing it with the world. I also loved how others could see the same thing I saw, yet capture it completely different. This weekend I had a meeting …
Ok, I admit it. I am a technogeek. I've always loved technology, progressive stuph, newer, better faster, etc. I'm a Boomer only by age, but more of a Buster and X-er in personality. I jumped on the online bandwagon with Xanga, then Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, and of course, Kid Stuph. I love new stuph... However, …
Some time ago, I was working out in the gym early in the morning. They had the big screens going, and I really wasn't paying too much attention to them, but something on CNN caught my eye. Maybe because it was out of the ordinary for CNN (or at least what I thought CNN would be …
 When my daughter was about 5 years old, we stopped into a fast food place. Next to us in line was a young guy, early 20's, leathered up with a spikey mohawk.  To see that now is no big deal - I see 8 year olds sporting the Do, but then it was pretty risque'. Anyway, …
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When I was a kid (ok, even as an adult), there was something that I always looked forward to. And not just me - every kid in the neighborhood, or dare I say, in the country. Yes, you know it: Saturday morning cartoons. Getting up for school was a chore, but Saturday... ah, Saturday. I …
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Growing up as a child of the 60's I heard a lot about the civil rights movement, and particularly about those that had paid a high price for my ability to vote and be a free man. I'm a little more sensitive to that now, having a son who volunteered to protect our borders in …
Lemons. You really gotta love 'em. In fact, my son loves them so much he eats them like oranges. Personally, I think he's crazy, but I admit he gets his craziness from me. I end up using them a lot in cooking, and having a lemon tree in the backyard is a definite plus. One …