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My War Was Vietnam

I doubt the school kids thought about Veterans Day yesterday, except that it was a day for video games in the middle of the week. I do think about it. The United States is in a sort of war with Iran right now. Men and women are working 24 hours

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Condo or College?

For most of my life I have made my good living by buying and selling physical things.  My line of credit with my bank is

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Machining a Pancreas

Futurism newsletter ran a piece about Liam Zebedee, a software engineer in Brooklyn who struggles with diabetes while trying to live the semblance of a

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Trade Wars

Today is the last day of the Major League Baseball trading season.  I am a nutty baseball fan, Chicago Cubs variety, who follows such folly

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