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REAL LIFE
In a previous post, I told about flying a small plane on instruments through a series of thunderstorms and the shock and delight of making it back alive. I made the case that, whether we write about it...
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SECRET
When a violent crime takes place, should the police always be involved? The quick answer is yes, but ponder a moment. I mean this as a human question, not an ethical one. We are emotional creatures and...
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ROYA FETOVA – 30
Young Nate Boldt uncovers solutions for FBI Agent Stan Harris using his own computer program working with a smart phone linked to a bank of computers on the cloud. Continue reading →
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ANOTHER DROWNING MAN
You don't ask a drowning man if he wants to be saved, When you know he's sinking down--down beneath the crashing waves. Continue reading →
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HOPE AND PARANOIA IN THE NEW DIGITAL AGE
"If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place." – Google CEO Eric Schmidt, 2009 - by guest writer, Jeff Segal Continue reading →
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MAY IS GONE
We lost Ron May. There’re those that are bitter and those that’ll weep. There’s those that always revere him and swear by his widely circulated May Report—and then there’s the others that still feel...
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THINK FAST
“I must’ve walked down that alley 100 times, but for some reason something told me I shouldn’t go down there.” But the Marine dismisses the thought and carries on with his mission. Next, he gets blown...
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CLOSER TO HEAVEN
My instinct for survival goes into full panic mode. With wisdom born of a long life, I fumble with my seatbelt. I wish to disembark this flying coffin—IMMEDIATELY! My hands shake and over my loud...
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INJURIES TREATED BADLY
Kids are dropping dead on the athletic field. Dead! These are our kids—those highly cherished and precocious little brats, grades K-12. Just a few years back we suffered a miserable year—120 deaths....
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THE PRICE OF THEIR TOYS
The radio crackles, “Cherokee Six, rock yer wings and rock ‘em good.” Jim Kren ignores the command. We’re no Cherokee Six. Aviation is full of moments like that. The entire air transport system won’t...
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THE VENTURE CANOE
Out on the water, I sing THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD. I often belt that out when afloat. It never fails to elicit loud whining, accompanied by hands clasped to ears and impassioned shouts of,...
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NO GOAT
“The longest championship drought for any continuously operating pro team in North America – nay, the world…we never truly thought this would happen. We joked about not seeing the Cubs win it all in...
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TAKING ONE FOR THE TEAM
- as told by Mark T Wayne - Howard Brookins Jr, the alderman for Chicago’s 21st ward, was biking along Cal-Sag Trail when a squirrel darted into his path. The squirrel wrapped itself in the spokes of...
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HAT TRICK
- HAT TRICK - He can feel it, hear it—his heart—beating hard, beating fast. Pounding above the din of those big nubbly tires and the blast of snow hitting the wheel wells. Is it anticipation? Fear?...
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MILLENNIALS ARE BECOMING OBSOLETE—ALREADY!
- WRITTEN BY TOM McBRIDE - “Obsolete” was a terrible word. It still is. If something or someone is obsolete, then he, she, or it no longer works. He, she, or it languishes in irrelevance. And then he,...
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SECRETS DARK AND OLD
This eastern bloc squirrel represents the most monstrous and pernicious communist plot since the fluoridation of water! Eastern bloc squirrels look out for their kind and know who is persecuting them!...
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CLOSURE
How do you deal with the death of a loved one? For me, an important facet of grieving is closure. This is an account of what I did at the burial of my mother. Continue reading →
View ArticleA STOLEN STORY
“Tell me a story, Uncle John! Please, Uncle John! Pleeeeeeeeeze!” How can a guy turn down this little girl? “Okay Princess, just lay back. Pretend you’re sleepy.” Continue reading →
View ArticleTAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE BAG
...the prolific entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist—the son of a south Michigan Ave car dealer...an endless entrepreneur—constantly learning, constantly experimenting—the quintessential gentleman...
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