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What Thoughts Keep You Up At Night?
So I flew up to Minneapolis a while back, and as we prepared to take off, the flight attendants did the safety spiel. It started with the bit about these personal flotation devices underneath our seats. I was flying from Kansas City to Minneapolis – despite the ‘land of 10,000 lakes’ stuff, I’m not crossing…
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The Road House Less Traveled
Those who know me know I have a pretty big man crush on Sam Elliott. I don’t really know the origin of it, but I’ve had the crush for several decades. He’s been in a ton of great films, but Sam Elliott was at his most Sam Elliott in a late 90’s tour de force…
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Take Me To The River
Okay, let’s stick with Talking Heads songs for our title again this week. After all, they were one of the most fun bands ever, so I may try to ride this out a bit further. But if you see a future post entitled “Psycho Killer”, then maybe it’s time to worry, qu’est-ce que c’est? It…
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The Five Best Muppet Side Characters
Amazingly, my last job let me get away with things that I really didn’t figure I could get away with. At one point, I even did a presentation to a conference of their sales folks where I explained what application programming interfaces (APIs) were with the help of a bunch of muppets. It even included…
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We’re on the Road to Nowhere
Well, we are underway! If you’re reading this within the next few days, the answer to “where’s Nico?” is: Gulf Islands National Seashore! It’s been quite a few weeks here in Nico’s world. I officially retired on March 8th – retiring is awesome, but the folks I had a chance to work with over the…
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Five Interesting Things About Being Old Enough to Retire
I am wrapping up my career this Friday. I’m super excited to retire but I will say, I found a lot about my job to be fun – I got to work with some really wonderful folks. The other day, I sent out an email to a bunch of them to say goodbye, and I…
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Professor Crash and the Travel Trailer School of Backasswardness
So in previous posts, I alluded to the fact that I had no idea how to back up a trailer. When Kristen and I bought the trailer back in December, we drove it home and, on a dark, stormy night, I utterly failed to get it backed up onto our driveway. Luckily, my neighbor Tom…
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Nico U.S. Tour 2024
We mentioned in previous posts that we’re heading out on a sixth month trip, starting in March. Our plan is to be on the road in time to be at a good viewing point in the Path of Totality when, on April 8, the last total eclipse to hit the U.S. for the next twenty…
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Plans are afoot…
We mentioned in the ‘Who’s Nico’ post that we’re planning a six month adventure together. The trip won’t start until March, once Kristen and I both retire, but a lot is already underway to make this trip possible. The first big step we took was buying a travel trailer back in December. We got a 2020 Flagstaff…
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Who’s Nico?
You can’t really start a ‘Where’s Nico’ blog without mentioning who Nico is. Nico is a nine pound chihuahua made up of equal four and a half pound slabs of heart and mischievousness. He was born on September 1, 2022 and joined our family that November 20th. We realize a lot of chihuahuas have a…
Where’s Nico? 