It is 9:31 AM on March 9th, 2025. I’m sitting at Stauf’s Cafe on Grandview Avenue listening to the sound of the robins in the trees and trying to ignore the sound of the cars. I’ve been meaning to write this memorial post for some time and now that I’m briefly in my hometown and…… Continue reading Raymond Memorial Golf Course – Memorial Post
Journal Entry – Ohio
After my business meetings in Florida I took the opportunity to stop back home in Ohio and arrived yesterday evening. The weather here being around 30 degrees certainly isn’t that of California or Florida which came as a shock. It felt as though I was stepping back in time to Christmas when we were here…… Continue reading Journal Entry – Ohio
Journal Entry – On the Road
I’m sitting in Terminal A at Orlando Airport and have two hours before boarding. Travel is always such a surreal experience for me but as I’ve aged I’ve noticed there isn’t much excitement for it. I don’t look forward to packing, to the preparation and if for business, find I’m without emotion during the whole…… Continue reading Journal Entry – On the Road
Tech Transformation: Linux, Self Hosting and Shedding Subscriptions
Since the beginning of the year I’ve been going through the largest personal computer and technology transformation and learning experience since I first started using computers back in 1992. It has been like learning computers all over again with the simultaneous joy and frustration that comes with it. With AI, I’m able to greatly exceed…… Continue reading Tech Transformation: Linux, Self Hosting and Shedding Subscriptions
Journal Entry – 3.6.2025
It is 7:13 PM on Thursday, March 6th, 2025. I find myself in Lake Mary, Florida on a business trip sitting on my bed in a random hotel room. I had a customer lunch in Clermont, an hour drive and have found myself staying in my hotel room since 3:30. Even though I chose a…… Continue reading Journal Entry – 3.6.2025
2025 – The Holidays are Over
It is 8:06 AM on January 6th, 2025. The holidays are officially in the rearview mirror and everyone is back to work. This is the saddest day of the year for many. As I explained to my son, if the holidays didn’t end then we couldn’t look forward to other things throughout the year, nor…… Continue reading 2025 – The Holidays are Over
End of Holiday Season – 2024
It is 8:15 AM on Friday, January 3rd 2025. The morning is gray with a slight drizzle and ample fog which precedes heavy rainfall later this morning. The day after Christmas, most of the nation was in a sort of “work Purgatory,” with only a small reprieve on New Year’s Day which fell on Wednesday.…… Continue reading End of Holiday Season – 2024
Memorial Post – Sabrina Bowshier Gillen – 3/15/1977 – 12/28/2024
It is with sadness that I’m starting off 2025. I learned that my old classmate Sabrina passed away on December 28th. Sabrina and I were classmates at Trinity Elementary school from Kindergarten through 8th grade starting in the early 1980s and then we attended the same high school for the first two years until she…… Continue reading Memorial Post – Sabrina Bowshier Gillen – 3/15/1977 – 12/28/2024