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A Long Forgotten Winter Day
I no longer remember the year, nor the month, but I do remember…that day. I still remember that I was working at the time. The snow began...
Professor Beer Barrel
Mar 163 min read
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The Most Beautiful Thing in the World
It has often been said that “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” While that may be true, it really tells us nothing. When I hear...
Professor Beer Barrel
Feb 173 min read
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A Few Thoughts about Dieting
A new year has started and just like every other year, numerous people have made the resolution to go on a diet and lose weight. Dieting...
Professor Beer Barrel
Jan 243 min read
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What Things are and What Things are Not
Like other guys, I have a fondness for machines and mechanical or electrical things. For some it is cars, for others yachts or...
Professor Beer Barrel
Nov 19, 20243 min read
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Choosing Your Ideal Life
We commonly talk about what we would have done differently in the past if only we had known then what we know now. We tend to imagine...
Professor Beer Barrel
Oct 8, 20242 min read
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3 Cheers for Flat Earth Believers
The reason for the crazy topic is that although I disagree with them, I have to admire the courage of those who maintain their beliefs...
Professor Beer Barrel
Sep 8, 20243 min read
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8 Glasses of Water a Day
I haven’t written anything for months now because in the process of starting an exercise program I injured my shoulder and various...
Professor Beer Barrel
Jul 27, 20243 min read
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Children - Priceless or Overpriced?
My thoughts today are not directed to any single person, or even a small group of people, rather, I am addressing America as a society or...
Professor Beer Barrel
May 8, 20243 min read
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It’s About Time
I was watching videos on YouTube with Michio Kaku about the latest findings of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The point that he...
Professor Beer Barrel
Apr 13, 20243 min read
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Mousetraps and Aircraft
“Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.” This popular expression (attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson)...
Professor Beer Barrel
Mar 30, 20243 min read
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Backing Up into the iCloud
Although I don’t use my smart phone nearly as much as do most people, I do dread the thought that one day I’ll drop my phone and break...
Professor Beer Barrel
Mar 21, 20242 min read
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Man Caves and a Sitcom
I’m not sure when I first came upon the term, but it was not long ago that I first read about “man caves”. I entered the term into...
Professor Beer Barrel
Feb 21, 20243 min read
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She's Just After His Money
The picture is one that we’ve seen many times before. An older man, say 50’s or so, over-weight and balding, is walking on the beach and...
Professor Beer Barrel
Feb 9, 20243 min read
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Legal or Illegal
Whatever Happened to Moral and Immoral, Right and Wrong? Before getting into the core of today’s topic, I want to make it clear that when...
Professor Beer Barrel
Jan 19, 20243 min read
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Bigfood a.k.a. Sasquatch
Called by another name, he’ll stink just the same! Like everybody else, I enjoy a good mystery, and when the mystery is also a part of...
Professor Beer Barrel
Jan 19, 20243 min read
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Which Map are They Using?
I’m sure that many of you know, or have met, someone who has a story that goes something like: My father, my grandfather, and I were born...
Professor Beer Barrel
Jan 5, 20243 min read
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Recognition Technology
In the last few months I’ve found myself thinking about recognition technology which, like everything else can be both used and abused....
Professor Beer Barrel
Jan 5, 20242 min read
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Real Campaign Reform
As we approach another presidential election, various pundits will begin to through in their two cents concerning just what is needed to...
Professor Beer Barrel
Dec 14, 20232 min read
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Gift Certificates
Time and Place: One fine evening at the round table of Prof. BeerBarrel. I’ve just been joined by Madison (she already has a beer). She’s...
Professor Beer Barrel
Dec 14, 20233 min read
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Born in 1880
It seems like every day we hear about the rate at which technology is changing things, and the difficulties experienced by some just to...
Professor Beer Barrel
Dec 14, 20233 min read
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