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Pandemic: A day in the life?
I should be writing more on this blog. I really don’t have an excuse. I should also be accomplishing more in general. I’m not going anywhere and all the functions that take me away from home are cancelled. There are … Continue reading
A Safe Place for Gort
Here it is mid-September and I’m missing normality more than ever. Normally, I’d be deep into Halloween preparations. Actually, I would have started the effort a couple of months ago. Last year the theme of my display was Aliens from … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Repurposing Material, Retired--A Day in the Life, Robotics, Science and Technology
Tagged Crafts, DIY, Halloween, Maker, Science Fiction, Workshop
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Happy New Year from Arizona
Can you believe that I used to post on my blog daily? I can’t believe it. There never seems to be enough time. Many of my friends are retired and they all complain that they are busier than they have … Continue reading
Halloween Fogger
Greetings. Here’s a peek behind the scenes of “Lacey’s Scary Graveyard.” If you clicked in the link in the last sentence, you got to see a short film of the graveyard as it appeared in 2017. A friend of mine … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Retired--A Day in the Life, Science and Technology
Tagged DIY, Fun, Halloween, Science, technology
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Why I Love Halloween
<<<Can you guess the theme of this year’s Halloween display? I’m well into my “silly season” of Halloween preparations. I’ve finished two homemade props so far and bought a few. My workbench has been cleaned from the building and switched … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, community, DIY, Fun, Halloween, Science, technology, upcycling
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65 in Three
In three months, I’ll be turning 65 years old. I’ve decided to start collecting my Social Security benefits. Decisions, decisions…While signing up for Medicare I decided to go ahead and start collecting my benefits The full retirement age is 66 … Continue reading
Posted in Freethought Community, Halloween, Retired--A Day in the Life, Youth Activity
Tagged Halloween, my story
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So Long Halloween 2017
It’s over for another year and most of the decorations are packed away. It was a great year and we had a fair number of Trick-or-Treaters on Halloween considering that it was a school night. The 8th Annual Nightmare before … Continue reading
Sometimes You Don’t Plan on the Hardest Thing—Building IT Part VI
Greetings Halloween Geeks and Geeks adjacent! Here is a picture of the IT prop “in-the-bones.” In other words, there is no skin. When I last reported I had everything working on the bench—separately. Turns out that is an important distinction. … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Computer, DIY, Fun, Halloween, LEDs, my story, Robots, Science, Science Fiction, technology
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What’s Next? Building IT Part V
I finished the last installment of “Building IT” with “what’s next?” What was next was to wire the circuit boards and test their functions. The picture here doesn’t look very different from yesterday but that’s the nature of projects. In … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Art, Computer, DIY, Fun, Halloween, LEDs, my story, Robots, Science, Science Fiction, technology
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Do the Hard Stuff First: Building IT IV
Greetings! In the 11 days since the last installment of “Building IT” a lot has happened but that doesn’t mean that the work has stopped. Building IT is quite a project. almost to the same level as the first pneumatic … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Art, Computer, DIY, Fun, Halloween, my story, Robots, Science, Science Fiction, technology
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