All three of my uncles and my maternal grandfather Harry Ten Broeck made careers of electrical work or electrical engineering. One of my uncles helped build Telsat, and my grandfather installed the electrical conduit that powers the lights atop the Chrysler Building. Harry’s father Charles was a book printer on Manhattan’s Lower East [...]
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I overheard two guys talking just now and one called the other an “iron”, pronounced “EYE-rahn”. From the context I gleaned that iron is a noun meaning “someone who is trying so hard to be clever that he does something notably stupid.” Simply stated, an ironical moron.
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I’m almost ready to unveil my new project - something that I’ve spent part of July and most of August working on. Just a few more days until the announcement.
I’m desperately hoping this will elevate me at least to the Blogebrity B-List from the lowly depths of the C-List, where I currently [...]
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I just called in and sure enough, I have jury duty again tomorrow. I don’t mind doing it, but what I do mind is that other jurors seem to feel like the trials we’re sitting on are not their concern. Last week I sat on a jury for an armed robbery, and to [...]
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My friend Jeff has had a terrible experience with a Baltimore Subaru dealership. It’s a good read - he’s really pissed off.
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