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10 Years Ago I flagged a train...
I think I wrote about it in my old Open Diary… but I forget whether or not. I do know I was going down to Anchorage to visit with ND. She, by the way, was the first woman not related to me to s...
Bill Berry Art Opening
Just a art opening for Berry, who designed a whimsical mural for the Children’s Room at the Noel Wien Library here in Fairbanks, as well as did true-to-life sketches and drawings of a variety of ...
ALASKANS - READ AND TAKE HEED! re: your PFD and "Pick.Click.Give."
…this is in response to an email sent to me referencing an email I sent to the “Pick.Click.Give.” campaign which is trotted out for Alaskans’ perusal during and after the filing period for the Pe...
Oh, just for fun...
From Leonard Lipton, author of what was originally a poem of “Puff, the Magic Dragon”: “Thank you, Puff the Magic Dragon” “Puff, the Magic Dragon, has been my friend for more than 50 years. It...
Time Travelling, and Gaming the Bus...
Several years ago, I picked up a woman in the taxi at Freddy’s West. She wanted to go to the downtown Transit Center (aka Transit Park or T-Park). On the way I found out she was trying to catch...
A Starbucks Tip...
A quick tip on saving money at Starbucks… If you like I get regular brewed coffee at Starbucks, as opposed to a designer espresso concoction, you’ve no doubt noticed they can be somewhat spendy… ...
The Hard Ride of Route 93
None of this entry is my original work - I am plagiarizing it out of an old National Geographic magazine, the issue of December 1992. I am reprinting it owing to the fact that, for some reason, i...
Phone Book, and a Dropped Item
Last shift I worked, I boarded a young man, ~25 or so, who had left his housekey at a popular local teenybopper bar. So, since the bar had closed about half an hour prior, I hustled him back the...
Smoking and Drinking on Turner Classic Movies
Since moving into the long-stay motel in March 2012, I’ve been overdosing on Turner Classic Movies (http://www.tcm.com), as the motel provides television with a local cable carrier’s hotel cable ...
Text Message Shorthand
Found This on American Redhead’s diary; not sure where she found it… ~ PIR = Parent in room PAL = Parents are Listening AITR = Adult in the room PAW = Parents are Watching PA or PA911 = Parent Al...
The Christians and the Pagans... and the Bees?
Figured I would trot this one out again in honor of the season… First heard it during the weekly Wednesday “Ice Jam” (folk/bluegrass) down at the coffee shop at the foot of College Hill. However...
Taxis and Tour Busses 2
Well, Monday got a phone call from Princess. Turns out they cannot offer me a job in their Transportation Department. However, I received an email from the Guest Services Assistant Manager, ind...
Accessorizing... and taxis and tour busses
Back before Halloween, I bought myself a dog collar. It’s one of those stereotypical spikes-and-studs ones that you’d expect a cartoon bulldog or boxer to wear. Found it at a local pet shop. T...
Survey for Monday of Turkey Day Week
…grabbed from Gypsy Spirit… ~ You wearing a hat? Not at this moment, but when I leave the building, I will. It’s a Carhartt’s khaki-colored watch cap, plus my top coat has a hood. Bottled water:...
Holiday Survey
…nicked from NegraLuna… ~ What is your favorite holiday? I’ll second NegraLuna with Halloween. When I was a youngster, it was Christmas, followed by Halloween. Do you send out Christmas cards? ...
Inspirations for "Departure from Moonraiser Airport"
I had several inspirations for “Departure from Moonraiser Airport”. First, of course, was the 1964 holiday television classic, “Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer”. Rudolph returned from his walkabo...
Departure (maybe) to Anchorage
This is the second half of a letter I just composed to the family, plus my sis KS’s BFF… the first half was Departure from Moonraiser Airport. ~ In other news, the Anchorage Daily News / Alaska D...
The CBS Special Presentation bumper
Shortly after Thanksgiving here in the USA, there would come a magical evening for a kid, announced here: and here it is in context: Yup… Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, usually the first holid...
Departure from Moonraiser Island: A Drawer-Cleaning Takeoff
”Moonraiser ATIS Information Bravo. Weather, 2000 feet scattered, ceiling 3000 feet broken. Wind 270 at 5. Visibility 4 miles in light powdery snow. Temperature minus 20, dewpoint minus 30. A...
5 Tips For Loving Someone With Asperger's Syndromeby rickeytickey 1 day ago Found this just now... life just keeps lining up more and more to my being an Aspie... challenges to overcome, by disc...
Survey
...stolen from Nicko the great... CAUTION - some of my answers might be offensive ~ 1 - What is your earliest memory? Hmmm... I think it was having my diaper changed on the (now) back bathroo...
First Survey in my old diary (I think)
Sent by my sis KS' bff, back in 2002 READY? um, OK, shoot. NAME: WorldPilot SEX: by myself, reasonably often. With others, ol' Mr Asperger tends to raise his ugly head. HOME: Paradise, still ...
Solstice Retreat, and other stuff
As I mentioned on June 16, I did attend the Solstice Retreat June 18-21. It was nice to get away, and I suspect it was the first time since I was homeless back in 1997-1998 that I slept in ambi...
Next weekend is Summer Solstice here in the northern hemisphere. For the last three years or so I've heard of a Solstice Campout (actually, more of a retreat) here in the greater Fairbanks area....
First Survey in my new diary
...stolen from ColorSwirlz... ~ A - Age: 51... 52 come August 20 B - Bed size: twin: it came with the room and I'm too cheap to buy a bigger one of my own... plus all rooms are single occupanc...
Book Description
This is a continuation to my diary, formerly located at http://www.opendiary.com/ . Open Diary was taken off life support at midnight, February 7 2014, ending a sixteen-year life.
Fortunately I received notice of its impending death in enough time to download all of my diaries there onto flash drives, and have been transcribing my monster-sized main diary over here. The others will follow, in time.
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Welcome Aboard…
…to a flight of fancy of some of my random thoughts and writings. In here I share both my current life, as well as my hopes and aspirations for the future.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner’s Arctic Cam
Since Weather Pixie is offline for the time being, I found Weather Underground. Two stations report here: Fairbanks, Alaska and McMurdo, Antartica.
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I have recently been doing much personal work (see below), and am now in more of an “exploration” mode than I possibly have ever been, at least since early childhood. Many situations and topics which were previously forbidden are now on the table as interests and possibilities for my future life… see my first and second Profile Pages for a long list.
I live in Paradise, more popularly known as Alaska. My home is in Fairbanks, near the University of Alaska - Fairbanks campus. The population here is, according to the 2000 US Census, 82840, including not only the city but also the entire Fairbanks North Star Borough.
Again, welcome aboard; enjoy your flight.
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This diary and all contents, save those attributed to other authors, is copyright © 2002-2014 under the diarist’s legal name.
