I love everything about railroads! I love the feel of tons of iron and steel making the earth tremble by virtue of their sheer immensity. I love the smell of creosote and grease, and the distant sound of the horns blaring as they approach crossing grades! I love the appearance of mile after mile ...

01/04/2009

The "Dark Days of Winter" are upon us! And I don't like it one bit.

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It's the time of year when the Christmas lights come down and the streets in the neighborhood become dark again. The realization that cold, wet, dreary winter is upon us without the mitigation of festive lighting can be very disconcerting. The decay cycle from electric nirvana to pitch black and ...

01/03/2009

For the first time in a LONG time, I’m running out of gas…

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Every morning I usually get up and look forward to writing my A/M. blog post. It's a daily ritual that I have been doing for over ten months now, without a single omission. I had set a lofty goal for myself in 2008 which I was able to achieve, although just barely. But it was that goal that drov...

01/02/2009

My secondary New Year's Resolution... cut back on TV watching...I'll get around to this one if I have a chance!

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2009 is here, whether we want it to be or not. And although I have resolved to do some very positive things, there are also one "secondary" areas that need some work in the improvement department: I need to spend a lot less time watching television. I love TV, I always have. I grew up in the infa...

01/01/2009