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\n The Belleville Waterfront Festival<\/a> <\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n FOR ANYONE WHO CARES – As you may know, this year\u2019s festival has been cancelled. This is really going to hurt Belleville\u2019s reputation and cost the city thousands of dollars in lost <\/div>\n
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\n July 20, 2023<\/a> <\/div>\n
\n Someone asked what advice I would give to someone twenty years old so this was my response – 1. Don’t just get a job. Take a course like Personality Dimensions (True Colors <\/div>\n
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\n I’m a narcissist?<\/a> <\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n August 23, 2022<\/a> <\/div>\n
\n UPDATE: Recently I was accused of being a narcissist and of “abandoning my children”. I want to respond to those attacks. First, I searched for the definition of a narcissist and this <\/div>\n
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\n When BIG isn’t BEAUTIFUL<\/a> <\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Decades ago, back when I started to dabble in the computer business, everything was DOS based, the IBM operating system. It was awkward, cumbersome, counter-intuitive and basically just a pain. Getting anything <\/div>\n
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\n Planned obsolescence<\/a> <\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n August 3, 2005<\/a> <\/div>\n
\n Anyone who has been stuck in the horrible traffic jams lately probably thinks they will all go away when the new bridge, or rather modified bridge is finally built. Nothing could be <\/div>\n
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\n Reflections on my 64th birthday<\/a> <\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n I suspect that, like many people, I am not where I expected to be at this stage of my life. In my romantic thoughts of youth I expected to have a loving <\/div>\n
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\n The Social “Safety Net”?<\/a> <\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n June 11, 2011<\/a> <\/div>\n
\n I have worked all my life in various pursuits, some admittedly more successful than others. Today I find myself facing physical limitations and medical issues for the first time in my life. <\/div>\n
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\n July 29, 2011<\/a> <\/div>\n
\n One box of Loblaws’ Butcher’s Choice burgers (very tasty) on sale for $4.99 for box of eight. D’Italiano Crustini buns, on sale for $2.77 for pack of eight. Cheese slice, Kraft singles on sale for $2.00, <\/div>\n
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