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I would be remiss if I did not ultimately reflect back on the nearly 25 year IT career that has brought me to this point in life. I am not really going to thank any one company for “all they have done for me”. The reality is every company I …

It started long before now when I began saying, “I want to get out of the Tech Industry before I turn 50”. People that know me well have heard me say this many times outloud. Let’s face it, those of us familiar with it over the last decade or so …

Image Attribution: Alpha Stock Images – http://alphastockimages.com/ I have been on a tear on social media channels and more specifically on my Google/Opentable reviews when it comes to merchants and restaurants incorrectly using of so-called convenience fees. The problem lately is everyone is starting to do it because they THINK it’s …

James St. John, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons This past weekend and the subsequent days since have literally been a roller coaster of emotions. It has ended up resulting in not only the single worst vacation to date, but also created such a blast radius of mis communication, …

Just about 8 weeks ago, as many people may know, I went in for surgery to repair my left distal bicep tendon. Back in 2022, I was lifting a sheet of plywood in Lowes and ended up with a “high grade partial tear”. I won’t go into the mess that …

Just over a year ago I wrote about a trip to Champaign Illinois to visit a friend who lost someone in the line of duty. The experience was humbling for me to say the least. In light of all the things going on in the world, for me the Police …