On War

Posted on Sat 16 October 2021 in Blog • Tagged with Peace, Reality, Truth

Yesterday my employer announced that all employees must get vaccinated for Covid-19 by 13 December 2021. What happened if you could not or would not get vaccinated by that date was not clear, but the intent was; either get vaccinated or get fired. Apparently health reasons, philosophical or religious beliefs …


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A Morning Prayer

Posted on Sun 29 August 2021 in Blog • Tagged with Prayer, Reality, Life

I have been in the habit of keeping a journal again the last 2 or 3 years, and I often close each entry by reflecting on my circumstances and writing a prayer. Each day's entry has it's own, because they are based on what is happening at that time. About …


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On Peace

Posted on Sat 28 August 2021 in Blog • Tagged with Peace, Reality, Truth

While drinking a cup of coffee this morning, my thoughts went to a scene I saw a couple of days ago. I was in my car, turning left at a corner in front of a park fence. Across the street in front of me was a group of older adults …


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Labels, Labels, Labels

Posted on Sun 22 August 2021 in Blog • Tagged with Life, Pressure, Brainwashing

So Who Are You? Does it matter?

Most of my life, I've been hearing the same message; if you know yourself, all is well. I was told the secret to happiness is some magic elixer, that once you attain it, you will know yourself.

So why is it that the …


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Daylight Savings Time 2021

Posted on Sat 20 March 2021 in Blog • Tagged with DST, Life, Awareness

Last Sunday, the state where I live went on Daylight Savings Time (DST), and all of our clocks were set ahead one hour. I spent time listening to what people around me said about the change. People who like it think that they have more "time". People against it hate …


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Pressure

Posted on Sat 20 February 2021 in Blog • Tagged with Life, Pressure, Brainwashing, Covid-19

This is the SECOND time I have written this article. I was ready to publish it the first time, did the wrong thing, and erased it - with no backup. So the title is apt!

Pressure

This has been a very challenging week for me. I was brought face to face …


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A New President

Posted on Wed 20 January 2021 in Blog • Tagged with Leadership, Government, Life, Christian Life

Today was the inauguration of Joe Biden, the new United States President. As I muse on the events of this past election season, I see a trend that during my lifetime has gotten worse, not better: lack of candidates who are skilled and wise in leadership, and lack of representation …


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Welcome to my New Website

Posted on Thu 14 January 2021 in Blog • Tagged with Welcome

Welcome!

As mentioned in a post on my old drupal-based site, I have been working on a replacement website that is more small-screen friendly and static based instead of requiring a lot of server resources.

Many of the articles from the old site have been brought into this site, but …


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How To Setup a git Server on Amazon EC-2

Posted on Wed 09 December 2020 in Tech Blog • Tagged with Linux, AWS, git

This article describes how I set up a git server on an Amazon Linux EC2 T3 instance. I used this article as a guide, adapting a few things to the EC-2 environment along the way.

Note: This article assumes you have git installed on your EC2 Linux server. If not …


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Still Here!

Posted on Sat 30 June 2018 in Blog • Tagged with Life, Growth

I know that I haven't posted a blog entry in a long time, but I am among the living on the earth.

Smiles The truth is, I've been questioning whether the time spent and the hassles involved in maintaining this blog were worth the time. I also have been looking at …


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