Detritus of Empire

Wandering unsupervised in various real and imaginary places. Detritus reflects my interests in robotics, travel, history and the odder aspects of the world around me.

Monday, December 30, 2024

Murder in Old Chippewa Falls - Part One, The Wrong Corpse!

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This will be a True Crime Story in five parts. Not my usual fare, but I ran across this while looking for something else. Which actually i...

Detritus - 2025

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I shall at least start the new year of writing with good intentions and a plan. FIRST Robotics kicks off at the end of this week. So for Ja...

Friday, December 27, 2024

Baits and Bling - Merry Christmas 2024

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Hope you had a swell Christmas and got what you wanted. I did. Some time with our adult kids, some hugs, high fives and "knucks"...

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Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Takin' the day off.

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Merry Christmas. No need for the internet this one day of the year.

Monday, December 23, 2024

Christmas Comes Early

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"Christmas came early" is a phrase usually used when a bit of unexpected good fortune comes along. A windfall of some sort. In a...

Friday, December 20, 2024

Some Days Nothing Much Happens

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It snowed. Not as much as predicted, but already at morning coffee time everything local had been cancelled due to alarmist reports. Or he...

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

The Stockyard - a rare Business Review

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Sometimes you just have to say nice things. Vojtik's Stockyard is an unusual business enterprise. Two locations a short distance apart,...

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Tacitus: Having over the many years of my medical career seen too many hard working folks post pone retirement and tip over shortly after their farewell party I have adopted a Carpe Diem policy. Retire at 60. And don't let 'em throw you a party. Its working so far.

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