Opinion
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March 28, 2016
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January 12, 2016
My Paternal Line
Henry Skinner, 1822-unknown is pictured here. He is my great, great-grandfather on my all-father’s line. Born in England, he lived in Pilton, a suburb of Barnstaple on the Atlantic Coast of Devon. Presumably from a few miles north of there in the aptly named village of Muddiford, he packed up his family and booked passage for one and all to Canada on a sailing ship.
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January 5, 2016
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December 26, 2015
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October 5, 2015
Outlaws are, by definition, outside the law. Laws don’t stop them. Passing new laws to stop criminals is foolish.
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September 8, 2015
Back when I was a working stiff – nine and a half months ago – I would watch movies on “pad” devices, iPad at first then Android later, during long airplane flights. Depending on the pad’s capacity, I could carry a dozen movies and a couple of seasons of “Rumpole of the Bailey”, one of my favorite British TV series. Most of these movies and TV episodes were “ripped” (copied) from DVDs we own. In many cases, the purchased media contained extras. These include trailers, behind the scenes segments and, on occasion, a version of the movie narrated by the director, cinematographer, producer and other insiders. Those are fun!
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June 9, 2015
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June 3, 2015
Every time I see all those little turds circling after and following the big ones down the toilet, I look forward to the next general election.