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Wife gets beaned at Fenway Park’s 100th anniversary
What cosmically ominous message was being sent when my wife Ann was beaned at Fenway Park on the 100th anniversary of the venerable baseball venue? To the day! Was she there in another life on April 20, 1912? And did …
Government would nuke Manhattan
We saw The Avengers and although it's not typically my kind of movie, I enjoyed it. Good bid of humor, lots of action and a great
Verizon Wireless bandwidth, call minutes limits: there has to be a better way
I have been on a work vacation in Florida this week and have used my iPhone hotspot for Internet access. Since that costs $20 a month and it
Automotive tales of my youth
I wrote the following paper in 2002 about my unique history with automobiles for a literary club called the Tuesday Night Club. The paper deeply resonated with members
Verizon Wireless 4G: faster but waiting for it in my neighborhood
The Samsung Charge is the second 4G phone Verizon Wireless (VW) has given me to review and my experience was much like the first 4G phone I reviewed
Vanishing video on 3G on smart phones – still slow after all these years
I keep hearing about how everyone is watching video on their smart phones. Then I try to do it and the experience is, well, awful most of the
Windows checking for a solution…oh, really?!
Two blue screens of death (BSOD) in as many weeks: Yikes, is it my under a year old desktop? Windows 7? Some of my apps? I have no idea
Steve Jobs, a few encounters of my own
Steve Jobs would have to be at the top of anyone's list of American innovators and pioneers. Not just modern day, but over a century or more. His




John: Simmy, thanks for the note. We adored Jorge, but I am reluctant to sen...
Simmy Atkins: We just found your fantastic article on your April visit to Cuba. We ...
Laura: No discussion because maybe we all intuitively feared we knew that is ...
John: Hi Judy, I posted it about a week about and sent the link along to Sa...
Judy Larkin: Hi John, I have been waiting for your article on Cuba. I finally fou...