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Minimal Basics For Cooking
To cook you need implements to cook with, to cut with, to cut on, and to serve. As a single guy, I learned to use just some basics. I promise I won’t go overboard with what you need. The essentials: … Continue reading
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The Mind Changers – A Novel
John Parker discovers he has a past that doesn’t match with his memories. He and a friend worked on a government project a decade ago and he used it successfully on himself. He, his wife Karen and a few friends … Continue reading
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Early Astronomy Drawing
Triggered by the space missions to the moon, and the earlier orbital flights, I wanted a “big” telescope. My best friend’s father had a 6″ reflector. I looked at buying one, but it was way out of my ability. So … Continue reading
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Mets First 2016 Home Spring Training Game
Here are a baker’s dozen photos from the first game at First Data Field in Port Saint Lucie, Florida. We promised to share some photos, so here they are. Hope you enjoy. You can click on an image to see … Continue reading
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Handmade Bouzouki
Several years ago I built a musical instrument called a bouzouki. It is built as an “octave mandolin” such as it is one octave deeper than a mandolin is typically tuned. My niece’s husband had commented on my teardrop mandolin … Continue reading
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John Megin’s Butternut Bowl
This is the first detailed post of one of John’s bowls. Click on any picture to see a much more detailed look. Both NB and I own one made in this style. This is one of the earlier iterations of this “flat … Continue reading
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NB’s John Megin Bowls — Overview
Just recently, as mentioned in an earlier article, a mutual friend of John Megin reached out to me. They wanted to share photos of their bowls. Just this week they had a professional photographer create a series of images of John’s bowls. … Continue reading
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John Megin’s Bowls
It’s been a long time since I first wrote about John Megin. A mutual friend of John’s reached out to me last week and got me going again. NB didn’t know about John having died and I suppose that was … Continue reading
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Saving Money
I can’t find the quote, but I recall a quote of a tourist asking a Buddhist monk “How do you get to Mount Fuji?” and the monk replied “Take each of your steps in that direction.” So how do you … Continue reading
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Portfolio Rebalancing
This is a very simple thing to do, every financial planner suggests a “periodic” rebalancing of your portfolio yet so many people don’t do it because it sounds complex. Let’s take my theoretic portfolio from a few days ago: 40% … Continue reading
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