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Anecdotes
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Spy vs. Spy – Berlin 1966
Serious tit-for-tat Cold War harassing tactics
Do We Really Need Two Fork Sizes?
Sometimes you realize that certain utensils are better for certain foods on your plate
An Expiration Date Worth One’s Salt
Customer service reps are truly underpaid
Forgetting to Log Out of Shared Workstation
Do not ever forget to log off a shared terminal; not doing so could have terminal consquences
Tour Guide in Berlin
California boy guiding tour bus of American soldiers through East Berlin
Missionary Interrupts Sunday Football
Halleluja Brother, are there any sinners in this house?
Learning a New Dialect
Sometimes simply relocating elsewhere has amusing consequences
Picking Up Mail
Never follow a set routine
Drizzly Day
One afternoon in 1993 or 94, I took our 4-year-old daughter Fiona to Foothills Park above Palo Alto. It’s great for enjoying a picnic, hiking the trails, or playing catch.
Fourth of July 2018
Getting together with neighbors