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Storm smacks Louisville today
That’s the George Rogers Clark Memorial bridge in the foreground. It opened in 1929 as the Louisville Municipal Bridge, and renamed in honor of Gen. Geo. R. Clark in 1949. The bridge is featured in the Bill Murray movie “Stripes” … Continue reading
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Biltmore
Last weekend we visited the grand estate of George Vanderbilt, Biltmore. I probably would have enjoyed the trip more if I hadn’t been suffering the allergy attack from hell. We got up extra early on Thursday to catch the tour … Continue reading
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The customer is always right, but that doesn’t mean we have to do something about it
A beautiful spring day today! The sun was shining so bright that you got hungry just looking out the window. And as fortune would have it, a local restaurant, Roux, was having their New Orleans festival today. Their tagline is … Continue reading
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24 Hours in…Indy
CVH is still, after all these years, a rabid Houston Rockets basketball fan. She watches all the games on TV. So when a business associate and all-around good guy mentioned to me that he had season tickets to the Pacers … Continue reading
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A boy can dream, can’t he?
We still have a lot of snow on the ground, but we’d like to think that spring is just around the corner anyway. I bought this small rose bush at Kroger today for two dollars; a small price for a … Continue reading
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The Terminator was programmed in Assembler
Subtitle: Conway’s Game of Life in IBM Assembler Assembly language is what you saw from Arnold’s viewpoint in The Terminator (the first movie). I have implemented Conway’s Game of Life in IBM 390 (z/OS) assembler. (For an explanation of the … Continue reading
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One day you wake up and look in the mirror
I had the day off today, and CVH told me to go to the grocery store. I waited until about 9:30, figuring traffic and crowds would be at a minimum then. Got to the Kroger, and holy smoke! The place … Continue reading
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Just when you think you’ve seen it all
CVH and I went to our local Kroger today to pick up some groceries. As we went down one aisle, we passed the magazine display. They had easily over a hundred different magazines for sale. CVH is a big NBA … Continue reading
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The Amazing Ameche
About fifty years ago, I made my first picturephone call. My grandmother took me to the Prudential building in downtown Chicago, where Bell had a demo system set up. (You can see a picture of what the Pru looked like … Continue reading
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Bernheim Fall Festival
Each year, the Bernheim Forest has a Fall Festival called “ColorFest”, and CVH dragged me down there this year. Once I got there, I had a wonderful time. When you live here in the Midwest, and the cold grey spectre … Continue reading
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