Passing
My mother, Anne Wynn Archibald, died this morning at 8:05 a.m., at Lowell General Hospital, Lowell, MA. She suffered a massive stroke yesterday (March 29, 2002) at about 5 a.m. She was 92. She is survived by five children and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. She will be missed. God bless and keep her.
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Thursday, March 28
Ode to America
This article was written by Mr. Cornel Nistorescu and published under the title "Cîntarea Americii" on September 24 in the Romanian newspaper Evenimentul zilei ("The Daily Event" or "News of the Day").
As Associated Press reported about Mr. Nistorescu:
Nistorescu, managing director of the daily newspaper Evenimentul Zilei -- News of the Day -- published his editorial Sept 24, two days after watching a celebrity telethon in New York for victims of the attacks . . .
Like his other columns, "Ode to America" was meant for domestic consumption. No one knows when -- or how -- the article first reached the other side of the Atlantic. But Nistorescu figures it began when someone pulled it off the English-language version of his daily's Web page and sent it to a friend.
Since then, thousands of Americans at home and expats around the world have e-mailed it to friends, saying it captured their nation's spirit. It has been read out to U.S. soldiers and on radio talk shows and posted on U.S. Web sites.
Nistorescu says he had no idea his "Ode to America" would resonate so far away . . .
Nistorescu remains surprised and touched by the success of the piece, one of thousands he has penned in a more than 20-year career. "It is all about the American spirit and how freedom cannot be crushed," he says.
An Ode to America~
Why are Americans so united? They don't resemble one another even if you paint them! They speak all the languages of the world and form an astonishing mixture of civilizations. Some of them are nearly extinct, others are incompatible with one another, and in matters of religious beliefs, not even God can count how many they are.
Still, the American tragedy turned three hundred million people into a hand put on the heart. Nobody rushed to accuse the White House, the army, the secret services that they are only a bunch of losers. Nobody rushed to empty their bank accounts. Nobody rushed on the streets nearby to gape about.
The Americans volunteered to donate blood and to give a helping hand. After the first moments of panic, they raised the flag on the smoking ruins, putting on T-shirts, caps and ties in the colors of the national flag.
They placed flags on buildings and cars as if in every place and on every car a minister or the president was passing. On every occasion they started singing their traditional song: "God Bless America!".
Silent as a rock, I watched the charity concert broadcast on Saturday once, twice, three times, on different TV channels. There were Clint Eastwood, Willie Nelson, Robert de Niro, Julia Roberts, Cassius Clay, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen, Sylvester Stalone, James Wood, and many others whom no film or producers could ever bring together. The American's solidarity spirit turned them into a choir. Actually, choir is not the word. What you could hear was the heavy artillery of the American soul.
What neither George W. Bush, nor Bill Clinton, nor Colin Powell could say without facing the risk of stumbling over words and sounds was being heard in a great and unmistakable way in this charity concert. I don't know how it happened that all this obsessive singing of America didn't sound croaky, nationalist, or ostentatious! It made you green with envy because you weren't able to sing for your country without running the risk of being considered chauvinist, ridiculous, or suspected of who-knows-what mean interests.
I watched the live broadcast and the rerun of its rerun for hours listening to the story of the guy who went down one hundred floors with a woman in a wheelchair without knowing who she was, or of the Californian hockey player, who fought with the terrorists and prevented the plane from hitting a target that would have killed other hundreds or thousands of people. How on earth were they able to bow before a fellow human? Imperceptibly, with every word and musical note, the memory of some turned into a modern myth of tragic heroes. And with every phone call, millions and millions of dollars were put in a collection aimed at rewarding not a man or a family, but a spirit which nothing can buy.
What on earth can unite the Americans in such a way? Their land? Their galloping history? Their economic power? Money? I tried for hours to find an answer, humming songs and murmuring phrases which risk of sounding like common places. I thought things over, but I reached only one conclusion. Only freedom can work such miracles!
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This article was written by Mr. Cornel Nistorescu and published under the title "Cîntarea Americii" on September 24 in the Romanian newspaper Evenimentul zilei ("The Daily Event" or "News of the Day").
As Associated Press reported about Mr. Nistorescu:
Nistorescu, managing director of the daily newspaper Evenimentul Zilei -- News of the Day -- published his editorial Sept 24, two days after watching a celebrity telethon in New York for victims of the attacks . . .
Like his other columns, "Ode to America" was meant for domestic consumption. No one knows when -- or how -- the article first reached the other side of the Atlantic. But Nistorescu figures it began when someone pulled it off the English-language version of his daily's Web page and sent it to a friend.
Since then, thousands of Americans at home and expats around the world have e-mailed it to friends, saying it captured their nation's spirit. It has been read out to U.S. soldiers and on radio talk shows and posted on U.S. Web sites.
Nistorescu says he had no idea his "Ode to America" would resonate so far away . . .
Nistorescu remains surprised and touched by the success of the piece, one of thousands he has penned in a more than 20-year career. "It is all about the American spirit and how freedom cannot be crushed," he says.
An Ode to America~
Why are Americans so united? They don't resemble one another even if you paint them! They speak all the languages of the world and form an astonishing mixture of civilizations. Some of them are nearly extinct, others are incompatible with one another, and in matters of religious beliefs, not even God can count how many they are.
Still, the American tragedy turned three hundred million people into a hand put on the heart. Nobody rushed to accuse the White House, the army, the secret services that they are only a bunch of losers. Nobody rushed to empty their bank accounts. Nobody rushed on the streets nearby to gape about.
The Americans volunteered to donate blood and to give a helping hand. After the first moments of panic, they raised the flag on the smoking ruins, putting on T-shirts, caps and ties in the colors of the national flag.
They placed flags on buildings and cars as if in every place and on every car a minister or the president was passing. On every occasion they started singing their traditional song: "God Bless America!".
Silent as a rock, I watched the charity concert broadcast on Saturday once, twice, three times, on different TV channels. There were Clint Eastwood, Willie Nelson, Robert de Niro, Julia Roberts, Cassius Clay, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen, Sylvester Stalone, James Wood, and many others whom no film or producers could ever bring together. The American's solidarity spirit turned them into a choir. Actually, choir is not the word. What you could hear was the heavy artillery of the American soul.
What neither George W. Bush, nor Bill Clinton, nor Colin Powell could say without facing the risk of stumbling over words and sounds was being heard in a great and unmistakable way in this charity concert. I don't know how it happened that all this obsessive singing of America didn't sound croaky, nationalist, or ostentatious! It made you green with envy because you weren't able to sing for your country without running the risk of being considered chauvinist, ridiculous, or suspected of who-knows-what mean interests.
I watched the live broadcast and the rerun of its rerun for hours listening to the story of the guy who went down one hundred floors with a woman in a wheelchair without knowing who she was, or of the Californian hockey player, who fought with the terrorists and prevented the plane from hitting a target that would have killed other hundreds or thousands of people. How on earth were they able to bow before a fellow human? Imperceptibly, with every word and musical note, the memory of some turned into a modern myth of tragic heroes. And with every phone call, millions and millions of dollars were put in a collection aimed at rewarding not a man or a family, but a spirit which nothing can buy.
What on earth can unite the Americans in such a way? Their land? Their galloping history? Their economic power? Money? I tried for hours to find an answer, humming songs and murmuring phrases which risk of sounding like common places. I thought things over, but I reached only one conclusion. Only freedom can work such miracles!
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Tuesday, March 26
Winners or losers
At winners.com the site is undeveloped
It offers links to other related sites
At losers.com the site is undeveloped
It offers links to other related sites.
The related sites are the same
Which begs the question:
Does it make any difference
If you are a winner or a loser?
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At winners.com the site is undeveloped
It offers links to other related sites
At losers.com the site is undeveloped
It offers links to other related sites.
The related sites are the same
Which begs the question:
Does it make any difference
If you are a winner or a loser?
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Cheeky claim
"Some 58% of the New York Times's weekday circulation comes from what the company calls the greater New York City area, which includes 31 counties extending into Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania." (The Wall Street Journal, March 26,2002)
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"Some 58% of the New York Times's weekday circulation comes from what the company calls the greater New York City area, which includes 31 counties extending into Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania." (The Wall Street Journal, March 26,2002)
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Monday, March 25
Bumper idiots
"I am the NRA AND I VOTE" - "Normal people worry me" - These were two bumper stickers I saw today. They were on cars that hadn't been washed in a couple of months and the roof of the voter's car was peeling fabric.
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"I am the NRA AND I VOTE" - "Normal people worry me" - These were two bumper stickers I saw today. They were on cars that hadn't been washed in a couple of months and the roof of the voter's car was peeling fabric.
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Sunday, March 24
Lawsuit is misguided
The Attorney General of South Carolina, Charlie (“I want to be Governor”) Condon, says the NAACP’s protests at South Carolina welcome centers are illegal. He is suing them. The NAACP leaders say Condon is using the lawsuit “to suppress expressions with which he does not agree.”
The NAACP protestors are at Welcome stations on the borders where they urge visitors to the state to not stop and not spend money, just to keep on going through. The NAACP started their economic boycott against South Carolina in January 2000 because the Confederate flag continues to fly on statehouse grounds.
Given the large number of new persons moving to the state and clogging roads, creating long lines in restaurants, building houses on open space, escalating demands for public funded infrastructure, crowding schools, and generally making life miserable for those living in the quiet shadows all these years, Condon ought to be thanking – not suing – the NAACP.
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The Attorney General of South Carolina, Charlie (“I want to be Governor”) Condon, says the NAACP’s protests at South Carolina welcome centers are illegal. He is suing them. The NAACP leaders say Condon is using the lawsuit “to suppress expressions with which he does not agree.”
The NAACP protestors are at Welcome stations on the borders where they urge visitors to the state to not stop and not spend money, just to keep on going through. The NAACP started their economic boycott against South Carolina in January 2000 because the Confederate flag continues to fly on statehouse grounds.
Given the large number of new persons moving to the state and clogging roads, creating long lines in restaurants, building houses on open space, escalating demands for public funded infrastructure, crowding schools, and generally making life miserable for those living in the quiet shadows all these years, Condon ought to be thanking – not suing – the NAACP.
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Saturday, March 23
Florida snap
The author in Florida on March 8, 2002, at Naples pier where we watched a beautiful sunset at 6:32 pm.
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The author in Florida on March 8, 2002, at Naples pier where we watched a beautiful sunset at 6:32 pm.
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Friday, March 22
A schmuck speaks
Writing in The Wall Street Journal, March 22, 2002, Dan Henninger said Rusty Yates was in New York on television with Katie Couric while his wife was being sentenced in a Houston courtroom to 40 years in prison; later that night Yates was on Larry King who asked Rusty how he thought Andrea would handle incarceration. "I talked to her doctor at the jail about it," said Rusty Yates. "She thinks she'll do fine. Andrea can get by with not a lot. She's a good woman."
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Writing in The Wall Street Journal, March 22, 2002, Dan Henninger said Rusty Yates was in New York on television with Katie Couric while his wife was being sentenced in a Houston courtroom to 40 years in prison; later that night Yates was on Larry King who asked Rusty how he thought Andrea would handle incarceration. "I talked to her doctor at the jail about it," said Rusty Yates. "She thinks she'll do fine. Andrea can get by with not a lot. She's a good woman."
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Thursday, March 21
Change
"Changing the health care system is like changing the Catholic Church. It takes a long time." (Dr. John Wennburg, Dartmouth College, WSJ, March 21, 2002, pg. l.)
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"Changing the health care system is like changing the Catholic Church. It takes a long time." (Dr. John Wennburg, Dartmouth College, WSJ, March 21, 2002, pg. l.)
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Monday, March 18
Tending the grave
"Lying for one's country
"Deceit is justified in wartime, rarely in peace
"The MBE awarded today to Isabel Naylor de Mendez indirectly, and rightly, pays tribute to one of the greatest wartime deceptions ever perpetrated by British intelligence. Mrs Naylor has for 40 years tended the grave of the Man who Never Was — an illiterate Welsh tramp, whose body was used after his suicide to plant false documents on a supposed British intelligence officer washed ashore in Spain. The aim was to convince the Germans that the allied attack planned on Sicily would actually be made through Sardinia and Greece. It succeeded brilliantly. After the war, the strategem, carelessly revealed by Churchill, captured the public imagination; the film was a box office hit. Only the tramp was forgotten — by all except Mrs Naylor." (TIMES ON LINE, London, March 19, 2002)
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"Lying for one's country
"Deceit is justified in wartime, rarely in peace
"The MBE awarded today to Isabel Naylor de Mendez indirectly, and rightly, pays tribute to one of the greatest wartime deceptions ever perpetrated by British intelligence. Mrs Naylor has for 40 years tended the grave of the Man who Never Was — an illiterate Welsh tramp, whose body was used after his suicide to plant false documents on a supposed British intelligence officer washed ashore in Spain. The aim was to convince the Germans that the allied attack planned on Sicily would actually be made through Sardinia and Greece. It succeeded brilliantly. After the war, the strategem, carelessly revealed by Churchill, captured the public imagination; the film was a box office hit. Only the tramp was forgotten — by all except Mrs Naylor." (TIMES ON LINE, London, March 19, 2002)
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Sunday, March 17
St. Patrick's Day
Today is every Irishman's national holiday. I warned this was coming by posting an "Ireland for ever" greeting on March 15, see below. The celebrations locally are low-key. Street parties in the saloon section in downtown Charleston are banned for the second year. Several saloon keepers were turned down when they made requests last year and didn't bother to apply in 2002. Savannah allows such parties; apparently without offending anyone. Sometimes public officials can be so damn officious. We have so many government people looking out for our welfare it becomes tiring to put up with it all.
Erin go bragh!
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Today is every Irishman's national holiday. I warned this was coming by posting an "Ireland for ever" greeting on March 15, see below. The celebrations locally are low-key. Street parties in the saloon section in downtown Charleston are banned for the second year. Several saloon keepers were turned down when they made requests last year and didn't bother to apply in 2002. Savannah allows such parties; apparently without offending anyone. Sometimes public officials can be so damn officious. We have so many government people looking out for our welfare it becomes tiring to put up with it all.
Erin go bragh!
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Saturday, March 16
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Friday, March 15
The bounty
We are six months into the war in Afghanistan. We don’t know where bin Laden is, if he is dead (as a result of the bombing), on the move (dodging the bombers) or in hiding. America has put a bounty on his head. It is up to about $30 million US dollars. You would think this would bring some informant out of his hole to betray bin Laden. It certainly would in the United States if he was hiding here and someone knew where. But in Afghanistan, few people have any conception of what $30 million US dollars is. We are talking about a country where the gross domestic product is $800 per capita. It is also possible that no one (Taliban, Al Qaeda or Afghan) has any idea of where to go to strike the deal to get the money. What are the possibilities? Seek out the nearest American troops and try to cut a deal? Slink around the local bazaar and try to find someone from the CIA? Try to find an American consul somewhere who could pony up the dough and throw in a free ride to a place of your choice on an American plane? The bounty sounds good but it is unlikely ever to be paid.
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We are six months into the war in Afghanistan. We don’t know where bin Laden is, if he is dead (as a result of the bombing), on the move (dodging the bombers) or in hiding. America has put a bounty on his head. It is up to about $30 million US dollars. You would think this would bring some informant out of his hole to betray bin Laden. It certainly would in the United States if he was hiding here and someone knew where. But in Afghanistan, few people have any conception of what $30 million US dollars is. We are talking about a country where the gross domestic product is $800 per capita. It is also possible that no one (Taliban, Al Qaeda or Afghan) has any idea of where to go to strike the deal to get the money. What are the possibilities? Seek out the nearest American troops and try to cut a deal? Slink around the local bazaar and try to find someone from the CIA? Try to find an American consul somewhere who could pony up the dough and throw in a free ride to a place of your choice on an American plane? The bounty sounds good but it is unlikely ever to be paid.
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Contrasting colors
What is it with bloggers who use a dark background and a black type? I have seen a couple of these combinations lately and the resulting site is so hard to read. Somewhere there is a color wheel that suggests the best combinations of contrasting colors. Maybe someone knows where on the web it may be found and bloggers could use it.
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What is it with bloggers who use a dark background and a black type? I have seen a couple of these combinations lately and the resulting site is so hard to read. Somewhere there is a color wheel that suggests the best combinations of contrasting colors. Maybe someone knows where on the web it may be found and bloggers could use it.
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Thursday, March 14
Double knockout, hopefully
Tonight at nine on Fox, Tanya Harding and Paula Jones will don boxing gloves and fight each other. Is it too much to hope that they would knock each other out in some stupid combination of lefts and rights?
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Tonight at nine on Fox, Tanya Harding and Paula Jones will don boxing gloves and fight each other. Is it too much to hope that they would knock each other out in some stupid combination of lefts and rights?
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Wednesday, March 13
Bumper publishing
A bumper sticker seen recently: Buck fin Laden
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A bumper sticker seen recently: Buck fin Laden
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Tuesday, March 12
Grand time at the reunion
Mary and I returned yesterday (March 11, 2002) from four days in Naples, Florida, where we attended an "all classes" reunion of my high school (Keith Academy, Lowell, MA). We had a grand time. No outside speakers nor entertainers. Classmates took care of all that, and the "entertainment" was one continuous roll of good, clean humor for almost 25 minutes. The man was in the class of '48, one year ahead of me, and he has been working his act for over 50 years, according to those who know him. For those who were hearing him for the first time he was priceless. One of the attendees was driving a car with a Massachusetts license plate "Chosin" and I told Mary "who ever he is, he's a Marine," and he fought his way out of the Chosin Reservoir in Korea. "That's a big part of Marine Corps history," I told her. At dinner Mary was seated next to the man himself. She was thrilled to get to know him. He also was in the class of '48.
Naples is a fascinating community. All the beaches are "public" beaches, although there are hotels and condos up and down the beach. We watched a sunset (at 6:32 p.m., March 8, 2002, Friday evening) from the end of the pier (1000 feet out in the Gulf) and it was beautiful. The man who founded Collier magazine, Trailways, and numerous other successful ventures founded the area. It is called Collier County and is 26 square miles.
One of the places we ate on our own was Mike Ditka's. The food was delicious. We had lunch there and went back for dinner in the evening. Met and talked briefly with Mike. He was very gracious and looked like he could get into the MLB position today.
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Mary and I returned yesterday (March 11, 2002) from four days in Naples, Florida, where we attended an "all classes" reunion of my high school (Keith Academy, Lowell, MA). We had a grand time. No outside speakers nor entertainers. Classmates took care of all that, and the "entertainment" was one continuous roll of good, clean humor for almost 25 minutes. The man was in the class of '48, one year ahead of me, and he has been working his act for over 50 years, according to those who know him. For those who were hearing him for the first time he was priceless. One of the attendees was driving a car with a Massachusetts license plate "Chosin" and I told Mary "who ever he is, he's a Marine," and he fought his way out of the Chosin Reservoir in Korea. "That's a big part of Marine Corps history," I told her. At dinner Mary was seated next to the man himself. She was thrilled to get to know him. He also was in the class of '48.
Naples is a fascinating community. All the beaches are "public" beaches, although there are hotels and condos up and down the beach. We watched a sunset (at 6:32 p.m., March 8, 2002, Friday evening) from the end of the pier (1000 feet out in the Gulf) and it was beautiful. The man who founded Collier magazine, Trailways, and numerous other successful ventures founded the area. It is called Collier County and is 26 square miles.
One of the places we ate on our own was Mike Ditka's. The food was delicious. We had lunch there and went back for dinner in the evening. Met and talked briefly with Mike. He was very gracious and looked like he could get into the MLB position today.
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Thursday, March 7
Aquinas and Bakker
Thomas Aquinas died on this day in 1274. The boys down at the pub will want to know this.
Tammy Faye Bakker, ex-wife of soiled one time PTL Club leader Jim Bakker, was born on this day in 1942. The boys at the the pub probably won't give a damn!
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Thomas Aquinas died on this day in 1274. The boys down at the pub will want to know this.
Tammy Faye Bakker, ex-wife of soiled one time PTL Club leader Jim Bakker, was born on this day in 1942. The boys at the the pub probably won't give a damn!
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Wednesday, March 6
Confusing
Two young men just rode down my street on bicycles. I couldn't tell if they were Mormons or the local police.
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Two young men just rode down my street on bicycles. I couldn't tell if they were Mormons or the local police.
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Condit gone
When I told my wife Gary Condit had been defeated in the California Democratic primary, she said, "People have more sense than I gave them credit for."
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When I told my wife Gary Condit had been defeated in the California Democratic primary, she said, "People have more sense than I gave them credit for."
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Spring cleaning the rage
Everywhere it is spring cleaning time and no where is that more evident than in the Red Sox camp. The new owners of the team axed the General Manager a week ago and the field manager yesterday (March 5,2002). As one of the long suffering Fenway faithful, I can only hope the owners can pull it together and put a winner (we are talking about the World Series here) together.
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Everywhere it is spring cleaning time and no where is that more evident than in the Red Sox camp. The new owners of the team axed the General Manager a week ago and the field manager yesterday (March 5,2002). As one of the long suffering Fenway faithful, I can only hope the owners can pull it together and put a winner (we are talking about the World Series here) together.
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Tuesday, March 5
Focus
"A ritual of every American recession is that someone gets hung in the public square." Opening sentence in The Wall Street Journal editorial (March 5, 2002) against stringing up "the accountants (at Arthur Anderson) as a way of letting everyone else off the Enron hook."
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"A ritual of every American recession is that someone gets hung in the public square." Opening sentence in The Wall Street Journal editorial (March 5, 2002) against stringing up "the accountants (at Arthur Anderson) as a way of letting everyone else off the Enron hook."
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Sunday, March 3
Keith Academy reunion
An "all classes" reunion of Keith Academy (Lowell, MA) graduates will be held in Naples, FL, March 8-10. A number of KA graduates have retired to FL and are arranging this reunion. I graduated from KA (it was a Xavierian Brothers high school) in the 20th class - 1949 - and have not been to a reunion of any sort since. The closest I came was in 1994 when a reunion was held in Lowell, MA, but an opportunity to live and teach in China for a year came up. My wife and I are looking forward to this reunion. We also hope to stop by and see some friends from our early Air Force days who live in Ft. Walton Beach.
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An "all classes" reunion of Keith Academy (Lowell, MA) graduates will be held in Naples, FL, March 8-10. A number of KA graduates have retired to FL and are arranging this reunion. I graduated from KA (it was a Xavierian Brothers high school) in the 20th class - 1949 - and have not been to a reunion of any sort since. The closest I came was in 1994 when a reunion was held in Lowell, MA, but an opportunity to live and teach in China for a year came up. My wife and I are looking forward to this reunion. We also hope to stop by and see some friends from our early Air Force days who live in Ft. Walton Beach.
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Saturday, March 2
The Comcast switch over
Much of February has been devoted to switching over to Comcast.net from the failed @Home.com. The switchover has not been without its hazzles, but all things considered, it has been successful. The Web page Archibald99.com is again active. My E-mail address is now archinsc@comcast.net .
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Much of February has been devoted to switching over to Comcast.net from the failed @Home.com. The switchover has not been without its hazzles, but all things considered, it has been successful. The Web page Archibald99.com is again active. My E-mail address is now archinsc@comcast.net .
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Friday, March 1
Kitchen project moving along.
Expect a man in Monday to sand and finish the floors. About 52 years ago, when I got out of high school and was knocking around before my serious life's work began, I had a job on a maintenance gang in a textile mill. One project we worked on was laying a hardwood floor in a mill that was about 300 feet (or more) long and about 60 feet wide. I can tell you that you do when you are 20 cannot be duplicated when you are 70. I laid down a hardwood floor and it took two days to do about 110 square feet. It is hard work.
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Expect a man in Monday to sand and finish the floors. About 52 years ago, when I got out of high school and was knocking around before my serious life's work began, I had a job on a maintenance gang in a textile mill. One project we worked on was laying a hardwood floor in a mill that was about 300 feet (or more) long and about 60 feet wide. I can tell you that you do when you are 20 cannot be duplicated when you are 70. I laid down a hardwood floor and it took two days to do about 110 square feet. It is hard work.
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