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Columbia House Record Club – RIP

August 15, 2015 By Jim Stalker

Columbia House Record Club – RIP

This past week it was announced that you could no longer buy 11 albums for one penny as Columbia House - the most famous of the "record clubs" of the 1970's - finally called it quits. More lament for this aging baby boomer. Several weeks ago I shared similar sentiments … [Read more...]

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Big Speakers – The Circle of Life

June 7, 2015 By Jim Stalker

Big Speakers – The Circle of Life

I grew up in a magical time in a magical place.  The time was the early 1970's. The place was Southern California. During that time, there was a once-in-a-lifetime confluence of musical talent and new musical technologies that created a boom in consumer electronics.  Before the … [Read more...]

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Video Games – What’s the Problem?

February 22, 2015 By Jim Stalker

Video Games – What’s the Problem?

For our twelve-year-old boy, all roads lead to video games. I don't like this. It bothers me, a lot. Frankly, I don't know what to do. When he is not playing video games, he's either thinking about playing games or talking about them. More maddening is when he … [Read more...]

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Labor Day – How I got the perfect job!

September 1, 2014 By Jim Stalker

Labor Day – How I got the perfect job!

There was a time many years ago when, more than anything, I wanted  a job that would give me "most evenings and weekends off."  That would be my perfect job! At the time I was reaping the rewards of some horrible choices I had made early in my life. I was working multiple j … [Read more...]

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Simplify My Life – 3 spot check questions

June 1, 2014 By Jim Stalker

Simplify My Life – 3 spot check questions

I don't know about anyone else, but for me, I am always doing a "how I am doing on my life journey" type of gut-check. Not sure this is a good thing either. To paraphrase and slightly amend Socrates, "The over-examined life is not worth living!" Over examination is so … [Read more...]

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