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Showing posts with label Brother Mark. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brother Mark. Show all posts
Monday, November 3, 2025

A 37-year-old video clip brings back a flood of memories

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The video at the top of today's post is a 1-minute snippet of a longer segment recorded on Wednesday, November 2, 1988, my 19th birthday...
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Friday, August 8, 2025

Tonight we will be among the old people gathered to listen to (and cheer for) Men at Work, Toto and Christopher Cross

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  Only one of these original members of Men at Work will be onstage this evening at Blossom Music Center. I have long since passed the age w...
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Friday, July 18, 2025

Birthday Week makes you take stock of the relationships in your life

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My brother Mark had a birthday yesterday. There are a couple of times each year when I have a slew of family and friends celebrating birthda...
Friday, November 1, 2024

I can drive 55, but can I live it?

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By way of context today, kids, you should know that for a time in the 1970s and 80s, the maximum speed limit on our nation's highways wa...
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

I'm increasingly behind the artificial intelligence curve

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My brother Mark knows a lot about artificial intelligence (AI). To the point that he's considered an "industry thought leader....
Friday, March 29, 2024

I don't go to a lot of concerts, but the one I'm attending tonight is special for reasons beyond music

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By Derek Russell - https://www.flickr.com/photos/184778751@N03/48954387052/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8...
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Monday, February 26, 2024

There will always be someone better than you at any given activity, which is really OK (I guess)

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The AI Blog Post Image Generator returned this semi-abomination when prompted with the phrase "competitive streak." It was apparen...
Thursday, April 27, 2023

I guess I thought I would be more emotional about my youngest graduating from high school

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For many years I've tried to imagine this point in time. Even when our son Jack was just a little guy, I often looked ahead to his high ...
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Wednesday, May 12, 2021

We mark the passing of time through anniversaries...good and bad

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Dates stick in my head, so it's never a problem, for example, when I have to recount the various jobs I've had and the precise start...
Wednesday, February 17, 2021

It isn't 1982 anymore: Cutting the cable cord and digitizing your music

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Live long enough and you're going to see all sorts of advances in technology. Actually, with the pace at which things advance these days...
Sunday, December 6, 2020

When your youngest child is really your YOUNGEST child

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This happens a lot: Our family will be reminiscing about some vacation we took or an activity we used to enjoy when the kids were little, an...
Friday, July 17, 2015

Being the baby of the family

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Today my brother Mark turns 58 years young. This Monday, my sister Debbie will hit the big 60-year milestone. And if she were still with u...
Wednesday, April 8, 2015

The 40-Year-Old Nephew

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Today my nephew Mark turns 40 years old. When something like this happens, you are forced to deal with the fact that you yourself are not qu...