I love me some Schlotzsky’s. They were one of the pioneering eateries to offer free Wi-Fi, and at least in Texas, they are pretty much everywhere. (Darn it. I saw something about a Schlotzsky’s opening in New York or maybe New Jersey after I just left there recently.) Anywho … great sandwiches and […]

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    I opened my big mouth last year and said I would grow my hair long to be donated to Locks of Love. That was about 12 inches ago. Now, not unlike a perfectly straight part down one side of the scalp, my thoughts are divided into two camps.   On the one hand, […]

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The latest installment of The Dirty Gig led me to New York to work in the aftermath of Super Storm Sandy (SSS) … Have you noticed that post-disaster is almost the only time we use the word “aftermath” anymore. “Why … I can still remember when I was a boy and ‘Aftermath’ was a Rolling […]

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Not even sure I understand the difference between irony, coincidence and serendipity. But I luvs ’em all.   And this morning’s events must fall under one of those headings.   ‘Tis The Season To Be Shiny As soon as I landed back in Texas for just a few days “visiting” home, I rushed to the […]

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  I was beginning to wonder if “The Dirty Gig” was ever going to give up another blog. But it did … one of those I might also file under N … for blogs about nothing. The other day, my colleagues and I were having lunch in the office on-site at the most recent disaster […]

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There is no question a writer can “be too close to” their work … or any “artist” can be too close … So, although I think this site is pretty easy to navigate, you never know. Therefore … for your ease, if you are interested, we have compiled a family-style buffet of PingWi-Fi entrees for […]

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Yoga has been in our toolbox since 2003, but not in a very organized way. Typically, we do lots of stretching and a few embarrassing body twists but not even a namaste. We’re in it for the physical benefits … nothing spiritual about it — at all — for our purposes anyway. However, the other […]

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The “Dirty Gig” — the disaster recovery job that pays a portion of the travel bills for this blog — has once again taken PingWi-Fi to Florida. There wasn’t a blog from the other recent visit, but just a few months back we were doing our thing at Kennedy Space Center … adventures ranging from […]

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Always on the go, sometimes it feels like a vacation when I get to sleep in my own bed … or when I blog on my own Wi-Fi hotspot and have coffee on the balcony under the pecan tree … or fire up the barbecue grill overlooking the two other residences in my little compound. […]

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It is difficult to return to one’s old stomping grounds without thinking of the old days.  There are reminders everywhere … the school, the cafe where high school kids congregated, the football field on the first street off the highway.  I remember all so well. Black and gold streamers, hanging from the goal posts,  blowing […]

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