E D Skinner
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Goodbye Southern Arizona
Posts
6/26/10

About five years ago, the adult leader of the Boy Scouts of America troops in Phoenix said that the Arizona chapters had …

Poor Sod!
Posts
4/17/10

What follows is an email to an associate about to travel to Cedar Rapids Iowa from which I just returned. He’s a …

In-transit to Dallas
Posts
9/21/09

Assuming flights are on time today, I’ll be at the customer’s location late this afternoon to re-image the disk …

9/11 and Other Contributions to Maturity
Posts
9/14/09

No doubt you remember where you were and what you were doing when you first heard of the 9/11/2001 attacks.

I was teaching …

8 of 11
Posts
4/24/09

Today is a travel day, driving from Huntsville to Nashville and then flying home on Southwest.

But before that I must get …

Cajun Cafe
Posts
4/17/09

After work, I drove south from Huntsville Alabama a handful of miles to where highway 231 crosses the Tennessee River. …

Lag It or Leave It
Posts
2/4/09

Jet lag isn’t something you avoid. Instead, you learn to minimize it, but go ahead and live with it while it lasts.

The …

Colorado Contradictions
Posts
2/4/09

“Boulder, Colorado.”

There, in two words, you have the opposites.

I think of Colorado as a “good …

Hopeless in New York
Posts
1/26/09

With some time to sightsee yesterday, I stopped by Roslyn Rifle and Revolver Club’s indoor range at 1130 Broadway, …

Sunnyvale Again!
Posts
12/4/08

The Sunnyvale Rod & Gun Club is up in the Bay area’s foothills, just behind (and in) Cupertino. …