Category Archives: General

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I can type again – RSI Update

Posted on 06/09/2011 by Andrew Reynolds

Just a quick follow-up on my RSI (repetitive stress injury). Man, this takes a long time to heal. Since I saw the doctor last month I’ve read arranged my computer workstation and it’s helped a lot. I installed an adjustable … Continue reading →

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A Day on the Rock

Posted on 06/06/2011 by Andrew Reynolds

Raise your hand if you’ve taken the tour of Alcatraz. I suspect most of you have, but I’ve lived in the South Bay Area all my life and I only just saw it for the first time last weekend. Yup, … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day – Remembering the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial

Posted on 05/30/2011 by Andrew Reynolds

From the window of the airplane I could see the whole east coast buried under a blanket of new snow. An early December storm in 1982 had turn the world white and this California boy hoped that he had packed … Continue reading →

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21 Guns – A Poem for Memorial Day

Posted on 05/29/2011 by Andrew Reynolds

Twenty-one Guns The tour bus rumbles past the quiet monuments to the fallen. Shutters click as the tour guide speaks the litany of the shrine, that once was the Lee estate. Now it is that hallowed ground where solders … Continue reading →