Several of my friends and colleagues belong to the Cult of Cute Shoes. They have 8-8 1/2 medium feet, which means they can walk into any shoe store and find what they want. Meanwhile, I have size 10-10 1/2 narrow feet. Two of my former roommates have the same dilemma. Therefore, I’m proposing a new …
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Sep 01
Thought for Friday
I was at work, so I couldn’t watch more than snippets of Aretha Franklin’s memorial service last night. This morning when I opened the article on The New York Times on her service, I read these lines from Stevie Wonder: “Please remember the greatest gift that we’ve been given in life itself is love,” he …
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Aug 18
Proximity Pays?
Over the years I’ve noticed a curious phenomenon in retail businesses. Often competing businesses are located close to one another. A few examples: When I was in grad school, Wegmans opened a supermarket next door to Tops Friendly Market in Ithaca. Cell phone service providers can be in nearby buildings or mall kiosks. Car dealerships …
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Jun 08
I Am Home
Although I was raised in Hannibal, I consider Ithaca where I grew into myself. Although the Cornell campus and city bear little resemblance to what they were when I started college here, I still consider it home. The hills. Cayuga Lake. The Ithaca Commons. This morning my former roommate Anne and I went out to …
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Jun 04
No. Such. Thing.
The biggest falsehood about a successful person is that s/he is self-made. There is no such thing as a self-made person. Let me start from the beginning: The person was born. There were two people involved in this process, directly or indirectly. The person was raised by at least one parent or guardian. Granted, some …
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May 05
The Shady Garden
We finally got some plants for the planters out front. It took a bit of consultation to select them. We sought input from Molbak’s. Our next door neighbor posted a query on Facebook. I emailed my sophomore roommate, who’s a horticulture professor in Virginia. Then we visited Sky Nursery and met Heather, one of the …
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Mar 20
Sir Ringo!
Ringo Starr is now a Knight of the British Empire, under his birth name of Richard Starkey. It’s high time. To many people, John was too political. Paul is too sappy. George was too woo woo. Ringo is Ringo, comfortable in his own skin. He enjoys life. He tours with his All Star Band during …
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Mar 11
In Search of Vehicle
I HATE car-shopping. This is one reason why I tend to keep cars for years after finishing off the loan. Having a root canal without novocain would be less painful than going from dealership to dealership looking for a new ride. While the sexist good ol’ boys wearing brown plaid suits and bad toupées have …
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Feb 07
Ta-Ta, Tesla
Elon Musk sent a Tesla roadster into space yesterday. Today Tesla sent me an email revising the delivery date on the Model 3, for which I’d plunked down a $1000 deposit. It’s been moved back to early 2019. This is too long for me to wait, since I have to sell Die Frau (the Jetta …
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Jan 28
Cell Phone Sabbaths
As I’ve mentioned in an earlier post, 24/7 access is overrated. I usually leave my cell phone at home on the weekends. I don’t need it. It also means it won’t ring at inopportune times, like during the silent prayer/meditation time at church. Not that I’d actually get a call, since I’m picky about who …
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