Blogs like this one are intended to be a form of social communication. However it seems my generation is not so comfortable in expressing themselves in such an open and permanent format. I admit I don’t fully understand the text message craze. Something like Twitter is just nonsense. It’s a daily log of every action you take through the day. “I’m eating a piece of bread now…” Who cares? The Ramblin’ Dan is an occasional...
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Marks On The Wall
A few years back just before I became an old guy, I joined two of the major engineering societies of my occupation. I hold membership in the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) and the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE). My pappy would be proud. I also earned some credentials from the AEE which are; Certified Energy Manager (CEM), Certified Business Energy Professional (BEP) and Certified Sustainable Development Professional (CSDP)....
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Two more days left in this shortest month of the year. That’s good because Spring is only three weeks away. Here in Texas we have winter but it seems and is so short compared to where I germinated in N.E. Ohio. Yesterday was 80 degrees in Dallas and of course we pay for that with a long hot summer. So that begs the question, is it easier to be where it is cold and find...
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I am always amazed at the time and effort of a large number of “horn in” off topic aliens who try to post and join my various web publications. There are thousands of attempts but the shields are up and Scotty is supplying full power to them. This Enterprise is alive and well and continues to venture where no one has gone before, in cyberspace.
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