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The Second Act

It's been a while... a long while. A lot has happened since the last post. Two days ago revisited this blog for the first time since 2011. Must be something about snowstorms...  Anyway, I have decided to get back at it. Some posts will be current and others will revisit happenings of the past. As of now I am the only reader, but maybe this time that will change. If not, that's ok too because in reality I am doing this for me.

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