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Homecoming Buttons

Homecoming Buttons

2026-03-16Posted inAmerican football, family, family history, Illinois, North America, personal, sports, United States
My grandfather attended Northwestern University before being drafted during World War II (for which I am eternally grateful, as he met my grandmother while stationed in New Mexico and therefore…
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Book Review #4

2026-03-16Posted inbooks, culture, Europe, North America, personal, United Kingdom, United States
Jill Eicher's book Mellon vs. Churchill: The Untold Story of Treasury Titans At War tells the post-World War I battles between the United States and its allies - primarily the…
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Security Through Stupidity

Security Through Stupidity

2026-03-13Posted inIowa, personal, security, United States
Nostalgia and happenstance had me visit my former high school in Miles, Iowa to watch a girls' high school basketball game. Much had changed since I last visited 10+ years…
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Ghosts of Radio Shack

2026-03-13Posted inhistory, Iowa, North America, personal, United States
After its 2015 and 2017 Chapter 11 bankruptcies and the sale of its intellectual property in November 2020, Radio Shack today is strictly an online retailer. Innumerable articles attempt to…
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CVE by License Plate

2026-03-12Posted inprofessional, security, software, technology, work
Unlikely the car itself represents a real CVE but my curiosity got the best of me: what are 905 CVEs? Let's query and find out! There are 26 distinct CVEs…
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Family History #1

2026-03-07Posted infamily, family history, Illinois, personal, United States
My grandfather was an intelligent man, always looking for something to keep himself engaged in the world, to keep his brain nimble. While living in his retirement community, he told…
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Art Linkletter Gym Dandy Surrey

2026-03-07Posted inConnecticut, family, family history, North America, personal, United States
Fall 1967, 2½ year-old me playing outside at my grandparents' house in Westport, CT. In the background, the family Volkswagen Bug that transported us from our Manhattan apartment. I'm sitting…
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The World At My Birth

2026-03-05Posted inAlabama, Australia, history, New York, Oceania, personal, United States
I was born March 1, 1965, so let's see what made the New York Times the following day, March 2, 1965: Australia Punishes Dawn Fraser For Capers as Olympic Swimmer…
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Random Learnings #69

2026-03-05Posted inAustria, Europe, history, Hungary, Iowa, learnings, personal, United States
Growing up in Iowa, all I knew of Kossuth County was its unusual size: essentially double the size of other counties in the state, it's the reason Iowa has 99…
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Random Learnings #68

Random Learnings #68

2026-03-04Posted inhistory, learnings, personal
The Literary Digest Vol. 50, No. 2 (9 January 1915) shows World War I's impact on Germany less than six months after declaring war, primarily economically but also socially. Die…
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