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Christmas — Ego Te Absolvo
Faint Echoes of Pearl Harbor
When Essays Become a Book
Time to Ask. Why Are We Still Marching?
Portland’s Dangerous Street Plaza Idea
Looking for a Leader
While America Plays — The Virus Doesn’t Care
My Coronavirus Haircut
What Do You Do When You Don’t Know What to Do?
Jimbo Watched the NH Primary — Emptying the Clown Car
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Christmas — Ego Te Absolvo
The bar is too high for a single day. No day should ever have such demanding intentions thrown upon it. Humans should never rely on any day, by its title, to change so much in their lives. Year after year, … Continue reading
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Faint Echoes of Pearl Harbor
Before I went outside to rake the last of the fallen leaves, I heard a little story about Pearl Harbor Day. As is often the case, as I pulled the leaves to the street, I mused about what I know … Continue reading
When Essays Become a Book
For some time now, I have not written many essays on this site . Now you get to know why. I have been using the COVID-19 quarantine to write a new book composed of 24 essays. It was the years … Continue reading
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Time to Ask. Why Are We Still Marching?
I was channel surfing local Portland news last night watching the protest and the riot. They were happening at the same time on different streets. The protest left downtown and ended up where it started, Revolution Hall in inner SE. … Continue reading
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Portland’s Dangerous Street Plaza Idea
Alone and masked, during the lock down I have walked many of the business districts in Portland. I set out to record a history of the closing of small businesses, restaurants and bars by photographing every closed sign I could … Continue reading
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Looking for a Leader
Five months into our pandemic crisis, I was starved to recall what leadership looked like. Not just leaders in our day to day world, but in our most dire collective moments of crisis. In all my historical reading, I mostly … Continue reading
While America Plays — The Virus Doesn’t Care
People who know me well will be surprised by this statement: I am an optimist. I try to believe that rational people gather information and make decisions to support themselves and their community. I am a child of the Enlightenment. … Continue reading
What Do You Do When You Don’t Know What to Do?
I am a contributor to the public health web site The Mighty. Here is an essay they published a few days ago. As a boss, I must have interviewed over 100 people for job openings. Because my engineering teams were … Continue reading
Jimbo Watched the NH Primary — Emptying the Clown Car
Last October I watched my first Democratic debate and handicapped the candidates. It wasn’t pretty. After the New Hampshire (NH) primary, it’s time to look at my predictions and look again into my political geek crystal ball. I will leave bit … Continue reading
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