Stories for October 2007
October 29, 2007
A parent’s primary responsibility is to make sure his children are safe, sheltered, well-fed, and have the best childhood possible. (Hold that thought; I hear my two fighting upstairs and I’d better intervene before someone gets hurt). Ok, I’m…
October 11, 2007
The price is right but shipping’s a bear. View larger image. I love my iPhone. But I was disappointed when my Sennheiser headphone plug wouldn’t fit into the iPhone’s recessed receptacle. Nothing but the earphones that came with the…
October 8, 2007
A Contemporary Family Vacation: The End
From our hotel room at the Fairmont. View larger image. Our fifth and final stop on the 2007 Gates family vacation tour would take us to San Francisco for the wedding of my best-friend-from-the-first-grade’s daughter. First grade: back then…
October 1, 2007
Gene Gates in 103rd “Cactus” Division during WW II My father, like many in his generation, didn’t talk much about his past. And, as much as that past fascinated me (as a petulant young man in the 1960s and…
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