A View From The Edge
What’s in a name? Sometimes nothing. Sometimes everything. Background When I was born, my name was Randolph Edouard Paulin. My birth father’s name was Edouard Paulin, so it is quite obvious where I got most of my name. But I…
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Time The dark blanket gently lifts as I begin to awaken. Something is not right. The clock outside of the recovery room I am in is barely legible. As it comes into focus, it makes no sense. How can it…
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Although I was eventually able to attend university, my path to a degree was not straight or overly well-lit. It was a maze with no overhead view of the next few turns or even if there were any turns ahead.…
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It truly is a wonderful world. Given the current events swarming us, gobbling up all of our attention and cloaking us in multiple layers of fear, it may seem odd to say that world is wonderful, but let’s look at…
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Certain quotes grab my attention. One from Satchel Paige did just that. I had heard this quote a number of times before and although it caught my attention in the past, it didn’t really penetrate my superficial consciousness until recently.…
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Whether we see it or not, it seems we are being tested all the time. Like so many others, my life has been full of tests. Tests, Tests and More Tests Most tests I recognized at the time of testing.…
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Like all of you, I have met with so many “firsts” in my life. Some are exciting – like the first time I road a two-wheeler. I was 5 years old and I decided to try my older cousin’s bike…
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I can’t dance that well. I shuffle my feet back and forth in a systematic flow of 4-6 moves, augmented with an occasional flail of my arms. It isn’t flashy or smooth and it certainly doesn’t attract the opposite sex.…
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Computers are amazingly consistent. Same input, same output. I work in the IT world. When investigating computer issues I often ask what has changed. The response I almost always hear is “nothing”. Whether or not the person I am talking…
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I only have a limited amount of energy. This is not a confession of some weakness, but a simple fact (which applies to everyone, too). In many circumstances I can choose how to spend my energy such as going for…
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- The Day That Changed My LifeTime The dark blanket gently lifts as I begin to awaken. Something is not right. The clock outside […]
- Thanks to an Old FriendAlthough I was eventually able to attend university, my path to a degree was not straight or overly […]
- What a Wonderful WorldIt truly is a wonderful world. Given the current events swarming us, gobbling up all of our […]
- How Old Would You Be…Certain quotes grab my attention. One from Satchel Paige did just that. I had heard this quote a […]