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Seen in the review mirror

In the car behind, a teenage boy and girl being totally cute with each other, big smiles, laughter, long looks. Reminded me of life twenty years ago. Made me feel better about the world.
Then I noticed the shiny ribbon hanging from their car’s review mirror, on it the word “Jesus” in big gold lettering. So [...]

In Memories, Society on 24 June 2005 with Comments Off

The best job

I recently had a bout of nostalgia over a job I had long ago. In college, I spent two years working at the Foreign Language Resource Center, a.k.a. the language lab. In addition to the usual checking in and out of lab materials to students, the job entailed recording daily news broadcasts from countries around [...]

In Memories, Work on 3 June 2005 with Comments Off

Mount St. Helens

Update on 10/02: Well, she blew yesterday, but I guess you already know that. Rather anti-climactic I must say.
With a possible eruption of Mount St. Helens looming, I’m reminded of our camping trip to The Monument back in ‘98. Unfortunately, my memory of the trip is a little fuzzy. (That was “Life Before Kids” (LBK) [...]

In Fun, Memories on 1 October 2004 with no comments

Eulogy for Nova Harold Mundell

[Nova Harold Mundell, my paternal grandfather, died on April 21, 2004 at the age of 94. This eulogy was written by my father, Gordon Harold Mundell, and delivered by my second cousin, Richard Corey, at the memorial in Boulder, Colorado, on April 26, 2004.]
Nova Harold Mundell was born March 24, 1910, in Linn County [...]

In Memories on 29 April 2004 with 1 comment