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Oh, to have been in Boulder last weekend….
Archive for the 'Yarns and Tales' Category
Stories. All are from life. Some have been adapted or adjusted a bit.
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Dear Old Macalester
Life's Stories
Musicks
Yarns and Tales
Posted on
May 14th 2004
Yes, Drill Sergeant!
My memories of the cycle were that it wasn’t so much difficult as relentless; the pressure never let up, though the emphasis changed from week to week. It helped a lot that I was reasonably fit, and accustomed to long hikes. It didn’t help that I was only barely competent with a rifle. It was clear to us that, at least from SFC Charley Tucker, the pettiness and meanness were part of the course work, not part of the personality.
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Veteran Testimony
Yarns and Tales
Posted on
April 24th 2004
The TechNomad
Steven K. Roberts is a person I might have been. We even look kind of alike. He grew up a nomad; I grew up a bureaucrat….
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Bike Trails
Yarns and Tales
Posted on
April 4th 2004
Tom & Becky, without Suzanne
Tom called home. “Suzanne, I’m running late; stopped to have dinner with Becky and we’re waiting for the bill.” Suzanne apparently didn’t take this well. Becky borrowed the phone, and started to explain: “Hi, Suzanne….” Suzanne hung up on her.
Filed under Yarns and Tales Posted on April 1st 2004
Tungsten
Turns out I don’t think the laptop makes a satisfactory PDA, despite its obvious advantages and excellent form factor, so I bought a Palm Tungsten E the other day and have been whipping it into shape. It’s a pretty slick device.
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Life's Stories
Semi-Geekery
Yarns and Tales
Posted on
March 28th 2004
Bill Hurd: fifty yards, real fast
Occasionally something remarkable would happen. I once saw Notre Dame freshman Bill Hurd win a fifty yard dash final, against excellent college competition, by several yards. Think about that. Absolutely amazing.
Filed under Yarns and Tales Posted on March 21st 2004
Memories of Suite Judy Blue Eyes
Bought a copy of the original CS&N album from iTunes yesterday, and am listening at work. Suddenly it’s 1970, and I’m back at Fort Huachuca. Amazing.
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Musicks
Veteran Testimony
Yarns and Tales
Posted on
February 24th 2004
A Short History of the Action Team
There were some changes. Robbyn was quite emphatic that the niche specialties had to go, and that teams would be assigned to work most projects. Management, meantime, had cut back our authority: We were downgraded from division to section, we were explicitly enjoined to work through management on all projects, and we were required to secure approvals for tasks we’d formerly done on our own authority. While these changes partly reflected the reality of an inexperienced analyst staff, it was also clear that the new managers wanted more control of the decision-making process.
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Bureaucratic Whimsy
Yarns and Tales
Posted on
February 21st 2004
Margaret remembers that for me
Anne’s encore was David Roth’s Manuel Garcia, a song about cancer, and families, and love, and support. I really needed that; thanks, Anne.
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Life's Stories
Musicks
Yarns and Tales
Posted on
November 14th 2003
