Colonial Computer

Welcome stalkers and secret admirers.

The best and worst parts of the internet is you can find whatever you want to support a view.

Avoid original research, even Wikipedia has higher standards than using SEO influenced internet results.

I am a local historian working across the political spectrum where there is mutual respect for each other's talents. Most of my research are documents in city hall basements, first-person accounts and microfilmed newspaper articles from the time of a topic. A national fact checker thanked me for catching an error which they then corrected.

I often look at more than one side of an issue. Some only look for what they don't agree with, instead of where there may be agreement.

Better to know what's safe than worry.

We can be too safe by living our lives in bomb shelters but drown when the basement they are in floods during a storm.

Do what you can, when you can, while you can.

People saying only what we want to hear can be summarized by:

A yes man is lying to you half the time.

In a previous field I worked with about 15,000 musical performers between headliners and opening acts, I can judge singing and musical abilities far better than a drunk at a karaoke bar. My old screen name (22yearswothanks) was an inside joke.

I worked here for 22 years and all I got was a brain tumor.