Category: Personal
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Start the day right….
One of the nice things about an afternoon shif is the fact that my mornings are free for me to get started. I can be a slow start, but I prefer taking my mornings at a “relaxing” pace. It also means I can do a little more trainwatching. Since I commute anyway, I can come…
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Like the Rain…
For my first day working the 2-10 shift, the most interesting part was the ride home… I drew “rain” for my first ‘regular’ night trip down K-10. It was quite a light show on the way home, then heavy rain down the “homestretch” I was reminded of a time when a Free State game at…
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A “road crew” Blogger
When you’ve got a set of friends like mine, It’s a matter of time before one of them gets into blogging. That someone is Alicia, and you can find her blog here
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Poor Little Allison
Yesterday was a bit of a scare for me, and for my cat, Allison (I named her after a Friend of Mine) She lost weight (a week ago, she looked fine, by yesterday, I could feel her bones). I took her to the vet, who noticed that her skin was a tinge of yellow. He…
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An evening with Cyrus
Today was the first time I had gone “solo” with my cousin Cyrus First, we went to my cousin (his aunt) Emily so that he can play with her dog and I could work on her computer. After that, we went to my place where he could view the trains. We than went over to…
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Birthday note….
This past Thursday was my friend Allison Carson‘s birthday. I left a message on her cell phone’s voicemail last Saturday where I started out with the first verse to Dan Seals’ “One Friend,” and followed it up with a quick email Thursday morning. By the time I got off of work Thursday afternoon, Allison wrote…
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10 years
With the repost of the “Allison and the train” photo and subsequent posting to the front page, I’m officially marking off the 10th Anniversary of my web presence. Allison Carson (or Allison Foster, as she was know before getting married) has always been in my corner, as well as a great friend. Her entire family…
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That wasn’t too bad
There have been nightmare stories about Dell’s support when things go wrong. This is not one of them. On Saturday, the LCD screen on my laptop gave out when the flourecent backlight refused to work. It only two conversations in Dell’s new instant message tool to confirm that the backlight was the problem… and only…
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On a better note
Today is Debbie Slack‘s birthday. On my birthday, she called and sang Happy Birthday for me. Today, I returned the favor and got a chance to talk with her.
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Train Show Followup
Our attendance at this year’s show was not very big… There may be a multitude of reasons. One thing I should note… there is a show at Union Station next weekend, at the same time as the opening of a new Railroad museum, the display of MILW 261, and the birthday of young Rylie Carson