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green Archive

It’s Autumn! For God’s Sake!

Okay, it’s a bit early in the morning for a rant, but here it comes.  It’s really cold this morning compared to Friday – a 40F swing in temperatures.  My good friend made a comment on this swing on Facebook and one of his “friends” comment was this: it’s the global warming. we’re all going [...]

A retrospective of 8 years

Eight years ago today I remember exactly where I was when I found out about the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon: Office Depot in Annapolis, MD. I was there to buy some paper so I could print out my expense report and send it in via snail mail to get paid [...]

My toaster does not have an IP address (and it can’t be recycled easily)

Neither does my watch. I’m glad that some technologies are not connected. We spend too much time connected. (Seems odd to blog about that). I struggle with the juxtaposition of my career (IP networking) and my desire for a less connected, more intimate world, where people know each other personally, instead of via online connections [...]

Eating Local

A few weeks ago, while at a good friend’s house I noticed a book on her coffee table titled Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver.  She told me that she originally read a copy from the library, but that it was such a good book and she raved about it so much that her sister had [...]

25 Pseudo-random things

This is for Facebook. RULES: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you.  At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you.  If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about [...]