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Steve drives for Meals on Wheels in Lexington. I see some interesting things, but today was extra special. On the way there, I saw a man and woman about age 55 walking down Winchester road, close to traffic, completely high on drugs. They were dancing in circles and swinging shopping bags around. I showed up […]
A video converted from many Super 8mm movies and slides that were at Marni’s house in 2006. It currently resides in Google Photos and in Steve’s backup server at Vultr (commtest). Follow this Google Photos link to see the movie: Movie link
Steve took a trip to Glacier National Park in 2008. There were stunning views and fantastic hiking trails.I called Dad and told him about Glacier and he said, “I don’t care much for scenery.” I was eating trail mix and crackers during the day and one hot meal. I called Mom and told her what […]
1978 – substitute church organist. Sometimes a paid gig. Once played at a Lutheran church where the service was in German, and was confused when to start playing hymns. 2003 to 2009 Volunteer driver for Kentucky Blood Center. Originally took this job working Tuesday nights so I would limit my habitual Tuesday Night beer consumption. […]
Marni thought it was important for kids to learn how to work hard, and one method she found was gardening. In 1970 she started a “community garden” in the common ground behind Sycamore Glen Court in Florissant, MO with the Johnson’s who lived next door (to the left) and had 7 kids. She was a […]
Steve wrote Kaeti this letter for her 30th birthday in 1995. Our Little Filly Comes of AgeIt was late in 1964 when The Great Mare set out to seduce The Bold Stallion. The GreatMare was motivated by two Darling Colts she had already borne and wished to complete thestable. Once The Great Mare had sought […]
In September 2018 Steve took a solo trip to Europe. I drove Mazda 3 to Chicago O’Hare airport, and then took a Norwegian 787 to London Gatwick. The flight was pleasant but I couldn’t find my credit and debit cards which were packed in my suitcase. I was relieved upon finding them after landing. I […]
Steve was a cub scout den leader in 1989 for one year. My assistant was Leslie. I decided to take the 7 scouts including son Eric hiking at Big Bone Lick state park. Leslie said, “You should get consent forms signed by the parents.” I thought that was overkill. We were hiking along and one […]
Steve was in his prime from about age 43 to 49. My fastest 10K was when I was 46, about 48 minutes. I could bench press 205 lbs when I was 49. Shortly afterward, I got some tendinitis and had to drop bench press weight down to 110 lbs. Here’s a typical week when I […]
Steve worked as an account manager at IBM in 2006. We landed a services contract for a multinational corporation supporting their business-to-business transactions in ordering goods for 4,000 companies in the US and 5,000 in Europe. We implemented 65 powerful server computers and a sophisticated front-end network to support this platform. We were under a […]