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"I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it."
Harry S Truman

Sam Devol

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Seagate ST35000620AS Failure

Posted in August 11th, 2010
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I received a call from someone with a two year-old Hewlett Packard Pavilion Slimline who told me the system would no longer boot.  I started talking him through some troubleshooting procedures so I could get a better handle on what was going on when he read an error to me that appeared on his screen: “Error- Non-System [...]

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Feelin’ Irish?

Posted in August 10th, 2010
Published in People

Lyrics | Dropkick Murphys – I’m Shipping Up To Boston lyrics

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And now, for an existentialist moment…

Posted in March 5th, 2010
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What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneliness, and say, ‘This life which you live must be lived by you once again and innumerable times more; and every pain and joy and thought and sigh must come again to you, all in the same sequence. The eternal hourglass [...]

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A friend to my Daughter and I

Posted in February 6th, 2010
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Published in Morning Call on February 6, 2010: Susan R. Kernechel, 49, of Coopersburg died Wednesday, February 3, in her home. She was the wife of Calvin Kernechel to whom she was married for more than 24 years. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late William and Willetta Dolly (Schmitt) Pashley. She [...]

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Magellan Roadmate Loose Power Plug

Posted in November 16th, 2009
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Recently I received a call from a friend of mine who said the power plug on his GPS had “fallen off inside….” and he asked if I would be interested in taking a look at it. I thought: “Cool, a chance to take apart someone else’s stuff!” Or something like that… Once I had it [...]

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1999 GMC Yukon Intake Manifold Gasket Leak

Posted in November 9th, 2009
Published in Automotive

I noticed some time back that my Yukon was stumbling under loads, and tried several repairs and diagnosis techniques without success (I don’t have access to a scanner/reader), so I nursed it along until one evening it was really acting up, and as I looked in the rear view mirror to see if anyone was [...]

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Please avoid Symantec/Norton

Posted in March 10th, 2009
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In the late 90′s I started questioning the quality of Symantec/Norton products as they started showing a large amount of support time (while IT Director at a Video Game Company supporting over 200 workstations)… Norton support was lacking, and we often had to uninstall their products to get our employees workstations up again. This required [...]

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Cash4Gold pays a penny. Literally.

Posted in February 4th, 2009
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I hadn’t heard much about this company, and was surprised at the outlandish Superbowl ad’s. Big names, big greed. Didn’t we used to have a Consumer Protection Agency? Cash4Gold Complaints – Former employee exposing the scams of Cash4Gold.

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I heart Sarah Jeck

Posted in February 4th, 2009
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I’m glad I ran across this story about a student questioning Justice Scalia while on his book tour. Her question was simple; Why aren’t cameras allowed in the Supreme Court even though the court hearings are open, transcripts are available and the court’s justices are open enough to go “out on book tours.”? “Read the [...]

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It’s a lie.

Posted in January 8th, 2009
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On honesty: For whatever reason you refuse to feel this space we’re in, to know its insanity, really know it; whatever your particular anesthetic is, that you hold onto so desperately (the thing, I mean, that makes you think you know who you are); whatever that thing is you allow to keeps you sane, your [...]

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