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The Most Useful Class I Took in High School
Over the years I’ve had some terrific teachers and had some fascinating and enjoyable classes. I always loved my English classes in high school, which is probably why I majored in English in college. I loved the challenge of math… Continue reading
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Things Are Finally Less Hectic
The past week and then some have been a little hectic here at the Gross/Grosso house. It began with a furnace issue, which took roughly a day to resolve. A few days after that we started having some weird power… Continue reading
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The Time We Made My Mom Eat Soap (A Valentine's Day Story)
Happy Valentine’s Day to you! If you were hoping to read a sweet and sappy love story today, please accept my apologies as I have a different sort of Valentine’s Day story on tap. First though, a Christmas story, or… Continue reading
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The Robots Are Getting Smarter
I think there are probably a lot of really good uses for AI, but like with any technology there are a lot of annoying people out there who have come up with annoying ways to use AI. As someone who… Continue reading
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I Do Not Love Lamp
I am in the dark. Well, technically it’s the middle of the day so it’s sort of light in here, but it is a gray and somewhat dim January day. A couple of years ago I bought an inexpensive floor… Continue reading
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Picture Books Used to Be Weirder
Before you read any further, I need to warn you that this week’s post contains spoilers for the book Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag. It was published back in 1928, so this is not exactly a hot off the… Continue reading
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Winter One-Upmanship
It seems that much of the country has been experiencing some form of winter weather these past few days. For our part we got a little bit more snow, this time enough to warrant the driveway getting plowed (And yes,… Continue reading
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Snow!
This past weekend we received a small reminder that it is in fact winter. We got anywhere from two to three inches of snow, which I realize is not all that much, but I think it was more than we… Continue reading
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Write the Book You Want to Read . . . Again and Again and Again
The author Toni Morrison once famously said, “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” It’s good advice, and a corollary I would add to this is that… Continue reading
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Health and Happiness to You in 2024!
It’s one of those weird weeks, where I never seem to know what day of the week it is. I believe it’s Wednesday, but it doesn’t really feel like Wednesday. The Christmas gifts have been unwrapped and the refrigerator is… Continue reading
Creativity and Contentment 