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July 10, 2011

Men, women, kids, the USA v. Brazil woman's world cup game was one of the best, most entertaining I've ever seen.

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Knowledge

July 07, 2017

Daniel Boorstin - “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge.”

The first Comtois (well, he was a Gilbert or Gillebert dit Comtois)

August 26, 2015

Here is the first evidence of Louis Gilbert dit Comtois in Quebec City. He was sick at the Hotel Dieu in QC on December 31, 1717. The record is just past 1/2 way down the page. He is listed as 19 years old and a member of M. Ameriton's company (in the Troupe de la Marine). It looks like he is called "Eloy" - maybe a nickname and says he is from Besancon in Franche Comte.

Modern Technology and the Long Distance Relationship

March 13, 2012

In 1993 I worked as a merchant mariner on ship anchored in the lagoon of Diego Garcia, which is a small island in the Indian Ocean that serves as a staging ground for the U.S. military. Back then, I paid $100 once a week to talk to my fiance for 30 minutes. I waited for her letters like they were gold. 17 years and two kids later, it was enough to help get us through! But it was tough. Nowadays, people in the same situation can email regularly, talk on the phone via the web and even "skype" each other to see the ones they love. Keeping a long-distance relationship is certainly easier now.

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