52 Things I've Learned
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No Mosh
Apr
21
No Mosh
The Balcony.  An architectural device to elevate views, a capitalist trick to squeeze more money out of a performance venue and the name of Catfish and the Bottlemen’s first album.  Also, an organizing principle, hammered into our heads at the Kennedy School.  “Get off the dance floor. Get on the...
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Dennis Goes For A Ride
Apr
11
Dennis Goes For A Ride
Big feet = big boots.  Sometimes, too big.   The air horn for Engine 33 is controlled by a foot switch on the officers’ side of the rig.  There is a whole bevy of foot switches to make different sirens do different things.  As is typical, there is a reason for what is basically a piano of really...
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the f word, quietly
Apr
05
the f word, quietly
Well, that careened into the ditch faster than Harry Nelson yanking the wheel.    Remember in “Part 1” where I was working on a Firefighter of the Quarter Nomination for (great guy) Troy in my head and then figured out something while driving through Gilroy and (another great guy) Alan won...
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