In my youth, I collected every Led Zeppelin album as soon as they hit the record store. I was even fortunate enough to see them live in...

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In my youth, my parents limited my television time to 1.5 hours per week. In 1966, I invested a portion of that time watching “The Time...

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It’s summer in Upstate NY. Forget the old joke about nine months of winter and three months of bad sledding! The weather is beautiful....

With the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing coming up next month and Father’s Day this past weekend, I wanted to share a...

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When you are looking for great quotes to headline a blog article, you can’t get any better than Yogi Berra. The famous NY Yankees...

If you are looking for this week’s article to include a list of tips and tricks to improve your job search, you are going to be...

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