Author Archives: Andrew Reynolds

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About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.

Cal Fire

Posted on 11/16/2018 by Andrew Reynolds

No wisdom or humor today.  Instead a little update on how things are out here.  I’ve received a couple of emails from concerned folks.  Heather and I are fine.  California is a big state and the closest fire to us, … Continue reading →

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The Blue Man

Posted on 11/11/2018 by Andrew Reynolds

I called him the blue man. It was in 1988 on a Sunday afternoon as I crawled through heavy traffic on highway 205 through Tracy that I saw him.  I wrote a poem about him.  Once I showed that poem … Continue reading →

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Friday Wisdom – Creative Engineering

Posted on 11/09/2018 by Andrew Reynolds

Engineers like to think of themselves as analytical, but true solutions are born of creative thinking and not cold calculation. The analytical is only used to prove the correctness of the creative mind.   More wisdom next week, Andrew P.S. … Continue reading →

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I voted

Posted on 11/05/2018 by Andrew Reynolds

Thanks to the magic of being a permanent vote by mail voter I was able to complete my ballot and drop it off on Saturday.  Being in California, there were plenty of wacky ballot initiatives to vote against.   But I … Continue reading →

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