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Father to Julie, Husband to Judy, all of us Walkers and proud citizens of USA

I am proud and hopeful

Posted on June 9, 2013 by John

Judy and I went to a wedding yesterday.  Julie was one of the bridesmaids.  I remember the weddings of my friends as great parties with lots of food, loud music, dancing and awkward speeches. I remember being in the generation … Continue reading →

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Assault Weapons

Posted on December 22, 2012 by John

Should someone buy one now? I personally am not considering exercising that right, incurring that expense, nor investing in that culture. The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a … Continue reading →

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Christmas Time For Our College Senior

Posted on December 15, 2012 by John

Schedule, Papers, Tests, Presentations; Waking up in the Lab, books, practice tests, review notes and cards, Coffee, candy, cheesy goldfish, Email timed to the last minutes, Final time to seven hours, Library quiet, party noise, study groups, squirming , brain … Continue reading →

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Perplexed and Disappointed About The Future

Posted on December 8, 2012 by John

We replaced our early 1990’s white side-by-side refrigerator with a new energy efficient stainless steel French door with the freezer on the bottom refrigerator. With some top marks from consumer reports, a black Friday special price, and dimensions that just … Continue reading →

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“An ‘Occupational Hazard’: Rape in the Military”

Posted on August 6, 2012 by John

My wife and I have worked for our men and women serving in the Navy since 1985, so I was filled with disgust after hearing the Bob Edwards Sirius XM radio show “An ‘Occupational Hazard’: Rape in the Military”.  The … Continue reading →

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What is in a name

Posted on October 7, 2011 by John

Bryan has been a family name since my grandfather Cecil Bryan Walker. He never liked his first name and went by Bryan most of his life. It was a tradition before that to give a middle name to honor someone … Continue reading →

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Instead of watching London Burning try this

Posted on August 9, 2011 by John
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Who believes in small business?

Posted on August 9, 2011 by John

Well if anyone interested I don’t think the S&P downgrade of US Debt bonds nor the Debt ceiling knock down drag out did US in. We have heard it a thousand times before from every corner that the USA economy … Continue reading →

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Adult choices

Posted on July 28, 2011 by John

To paraphrase the book of love do onto future generations as you would have the previous generations do for you. Continue reading →

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Bold new approach to wind ‘farm’ design may provide efficiency gains

Posted on July 21, 2011 by John

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713131644.htm ScienceDaily (2011-07-13) — Conventional wisdom suggests that because we’re approaching the theoretical limit on individual wind turbine efficiency, wind energy is now a mature technology. But researchers have recently revisited some of the fundamental assumptions that guided the wind … Continue reading →

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