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GOOD PITCH, BAD DELIVERY, LESSON LEARNED?

When you hear a good pitch from someone you’re considering hiring, it matters. You’ll hire a hype man instead of the quiet craftsman with a good record. How does that usually work out? This is a picture of a call for a plumbing bid?

RELATIONSHIP ABERRATION? WHO IS THE ABERRATION, WHO IS ‘NORMAL’

The big question in a relationship aberration is who is who? Who is the aberration for the other, who is the norm. So there I was sitting down to a late lunch with my wife talking about aberrations. I started by using a string as an example. String? Stay with me.

MILLION VETERANS PROGRAM, MVP

The VA sent out a mailer for joining the Million Veterans Program. The MVP is asking veterans to join 940,000 others to help improve health care for veterans. As a veteran of the Gerald Ford Army, the VA sent the request to my address. That alone shows efficient dexterity in such a huge agency. To […]

EFFICIENT DEXTERITY FOR DIFFICULT TIMES

Efficient dexterity means different things to different people? Like everything you try for the first time, or the millionth time, always remember one thing: Everyone is different and what matters to you and I doesn’t matter for everyone else. If you’re reading this I’m bunching you with my other readers. “BUNCH.” Now we’re all gathered […]

THANK A VETERAN, THEN BRACE YOURSELF

Everybody knows you can’t thank a veteran without a veteran story in return, so: I served in the medical community doing pre-physical work ups on my civil service patients in South Philadelphia. It was a remote clinic administered from the Army hospital in Fort Dix, New Jersey although there was a Navy hospital just up […]

COURT CASES FROM ANOTHER ANGLE, MINE

If you’ve ever had a court case to show up for, what’s the first thing to do? Show up. I’ve been in court a few times. Traffic court. “But Blogger Dave, why not just send in the fine?” I probably should have. Every time. But I had to be the smart guy.

HUSBAND GOALS, FATHER GOALS 2023

Husband goals? First, get married. Father goals? Then have kids. But what’s next? Let’s start with husband goals.

OREGON ART PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES

Art people live in every state, every country. This map shows state size based on population. Oregon looks pretty small compared to New Jersey. What follows are Oregon art people.

4100 MILES IN THREE WEEKS. WHAT I LEARNED:

e How it started. Wife: We could fly to Albuquerque and rent a car to see Monument Valley. Me: Or we could drive down and see what we miss from the air. Wife: You drive and I’ll meet you in Albuquerque. Me: Then I’m taking the dog with me. Wife: What?

AMERICAN LETTERS FROM THERE

  My American letters began sixty-eight years ago. But that wasn’t nearly old enough. So I pulled a college history degree, American History with an emphasis in NW History including seminars on the Origins of WWI, and post-WWII Germany. Was I intrigued, or just taking classes that fit my time frame? Both. And it still […]