Today is the last day of school for my grandchildren for the 2015-2016 year. They were pretty excited about bringing all their work home and taking the summer off. Who isn’t? It struck...
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Month: June 2016
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I think I’ve probably always had a slight hearing disability. When I had my first formal hearing test as a young professional, the plant nurse reported that I had some hearing loss in...
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It was a year ago today that I met Mr. Oates. He was a sad little shelter kitten who had lost his family home and was sleeping rough in the adoption lounge with about...
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No it’s not this Dos Equis dude. In my view the most interesting man I’ve heard about lately is arguably Richard M.Stallman – or RMS as he is known in the IT community worldwide. I will...
Life Experience
Today marks an anniversary of sorts, as 47 years ago – June 2nd, 1969 – I began my career as a food scientist with General Foods Research in Cobourg Ontario. I was familiar with...