The Funeral I know this is not a title that is going to draw you in, but if you’ll allow me to explain, I will. Last weekend, I said goodbye to a lady I’ve known for many decades. She was a kind lady, and a lady who suffered from many chronic health conditions, yet through it all she… Read More »
Growing Old Is Fun! For years and years I fought the fact I was getting old. I’d protest loudly is someone even hinted that I was getting to be an old coot. I’d skip down the street, jump up in the air like the guy from the Teeter-Hang Ups commercial who is 74 (probably 80 by now) and… Read More »
The Golden Age of Cloudeight I was just thinking this morning – we, Cloudeight, have been around for almost two decades. I guess I never thought about the number of years that have past since we started Cloudeight. Back in the days of our beginning, the “Web” / “Internet” was a curiosity and Darcy and I were like… Read More »
Leave Something Behind I don’t want to seem morose, but I’ve been thinking a lot about how the world will be when I’m not here anymore. I am sure the world will go on without even taking notice of my demise – but that’s not exactly what I’m talking about. What will I leave behind. Will I leave… Read More »
My Famous Quantum English Lecture Someone once said that if you use bad grammar it’s kind of like having bad breath – you can say all sorts of intelligent things but no one is going to take you seriously. You can gargle and chew gum for your breath, but if you’re grammatically illiterate, until now, there was no… Read More »
When Something Beautiful Dies When we let something beautiful die the world is a less beautiful place. We tend to a prize rose bush and we water it every day and we prune it when it needs pruning. We feed it and we tend to it and we enjoy its perfect fragrant blooms. Every day we look at it… Read More »