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Monthly Archives: March 2017

Daily Life

Cutting The Cable – UPDATE!

March 19, 2017 David Leave a comment

In one of my previous posts, Cutting The Cable – And Saving $2000 A Year, I described how I took every last piece of equipment Comcast was renting to me back to their office, and told them to stop all services except internet.

Now, nearly two years later, I have learned a few things that might help other cable cutters, but I’m still VERY happy with this move. Continue reading Cutting The Cable – UPDATE! →

Daily Life

Dog Food

March 12, 2017 David Leave a comment

Retriever Puppy

Think of the dog. Faithful friend, long-suffering, ever-loving companion, and the life he must lead. What is the dog’s keenest sense? The sense of smell.

A dog’s sense of smell is a hundred times, maybe a thousand times more sensitive than our own. Continue reading Dog Food →

Military and Flying

The HOTTEST CHILI Contest

March 4, 2017 David Leave a comment

The year was (about) 1990.

The CCAF Emblem
The CCAF Emblem

I was serving as Chief of the Computer Division at the Community College of the Air Force, and the staff there decided to have a chili contest. There were to be three categories — the best chili, the worst chili, and the hottest chili. Continue reading The HOTTEST CHILI Contest →

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