Tomorrow will be my 37th birthday. Here are five things which have changed since I turned 27: Downloads have completely replaced DVD and VHS. MP3s (and iTunes / iPods) have completely replaced CDs and cassette tapes. Air travel is now a complete pain in the ass. Two words: gray hair. My knees, back, and metabolism [...]
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Tuesday December 22, 2009
My dad’s birthday is December 20th. This year Mother Nature’s gift to him was a tremendous snowstorm that blanketed much of the East coast. He took some terrific photographs of the area around his home in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Here’s a sample:
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Thursday November 19, 2009
Fifty years ago [today], a squirrel wearing an old-school aviator’s hat and goggles came flying across the screen followed by a goofy moose, launching arguably the greatest cartoon in television history. Moose and Squirrel are now old enough for AARP memberships. Yet their warped and wonderful brand of humor, written and performed so that kids [...]
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When I got home from work last night, there was a mysterious package waiting for me. I wasn’t expecting anything and the return address was nothing I recognized. Inside was a small silver and black box and a note saying that it was a late birthday present from my friend Bob. Bob is an arms [...]
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Last year while visiting David Snyder, my business partner and a man who positively oozes class, I enjoyed for the first time a cup of coffee made with a French press. It was just about the best cup of coffee I’d ever had. I remember when I was in high school my father went through [...]
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It’s when you can’t hear the bats, that’s when the bats are coming. That is what is printed on the front of the birthday card I received from my brother-in-law. On the inside it says, “Other than that, I have no birthday advice.”
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This was one of those truths that I held to be self-evident for the first 35 years of my life. Wearing colored socks was a clear sign that you had gotten “old”. Only old men wore anything other than white socks. Dick Van Dyke and my grandpa wore black socks. Guys in suits wore black [...]
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The coolest things that have ever happened on May 22nd: My little sister Jennifer Gagne was born! (1975) Johnny Carson hosts The Tonight Show for the last time. (1992) Pacman is released by NAMCO. (1980) The HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage, carrying Charles Darwin. (1826) Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Hamburg! [...]
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By the time you read this post, I will have been blogging (more or less) continuously on davidgagne.net for 3300 days. I somehow managed to miss my nine year anniversary two weeks ago, so I thought I should say something about my 3300th day.
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Tuesday September 9, 2008
Awesome. “This blog has been online for 8 years, 5 months, and 26 days. I have now been blogging here for 3100 days.” I almost never notice when my footer notes a milestone. That’s pretty cool — 3100 even.
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