Category: Ethics
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Anne – Part 18 – End of a Nearly 20-Year Relationship – Memoir Continued
End of a Nearly 20-Year Relationship On Valentine’s Day of ‘96, we went out for a ‘Valentines’ dinner, just she and I. We went to NightTown in Cleveland Hts. (I think). It was very nice, drinks good food and soft jazz piano. I enjoyed it and thought she did, too. But when we got home,…
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Anne – Part 17 – Kinetico – Shaky Paradise
Kinetico Fortunately, I did find a full-time job as a technical writer after a few months of part-time jobs. I was hired by Kinetico in Newbury, Ohio, to write proposals and manuals for their Reverse Osmosis and other filtered water systems, which they manufactured on the site. It was a 45-minute drive to and from…
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Human
Humanby Rag’n’Bone Man I’m only humanI’m only, I’m onlyI’m only human, human Maybe I’m foolishMaybe I’m blindThinking I can see through thisAnd see what’s behindGot no way to prove itSo maybe I’m blindBut I’m only human after allI’m only human after allDon’t put your blame on meDon’t put your blame on me Take a look…
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Anne – Part 16 – My Tech-writing Job Ends
My Tech-writing Job Ends Shortly after my return from Grammy’s funeral, they started laying off people at work. It became evident that my days were numbered, too. So, I offered to resign if they would continue to use me as a contractor. There were still a couple of manuals that needed to be done. I…
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Anne – Part 15 – Grammy Dies – 1993
Anne – Part 15 – Grammy Dies 1993 About a year into my adventure in technical writing, my maternal grandmother died. She was 98. She had fallen and broken a hip. She had a hip replacement. I was told that she came out of the surgery fine. but after a few days in recovery, quit…
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Anne – Part 14 – Even More Complications – Memoir Continued
Our Life Got Even More Complicated It got complicated for everyone. These were the Reagan and Bush Sr. years, with their combinations of union busting and suppression (and corruption) and good jobs leaving the country in troves, and then even faster during the Clinton years, soon to follow. There were few teaching positions open anywhere…
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Affirmations / Aspirations
Affirmations/Aspirations I amWe areLoveCompassionThankful I amWe areThe VoidThe TaoThe Source I amWe areThe quantum fieldThe unified fieldThe universe A wave ofUniverse energyA point of viewLooking at myselfThe universe As I recedes New wavesCome forth newIndividual pointsTo view the ONE –LE
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Anne – Part 13 – Caitlin and Dylan – Memoir Continued
Citlin and Dylan are Born During my last year at Hiram, Anne became pregnant. She had decided that Sean needed a playmate. Twins should not have been surprising. There were twins on both Anne’s and my sides of the family. Hers were cousins. Mine were an aunt and uncle. But it still caught us by…
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Anne – Part 12 – Full-time College
Full-time at Hiram College I started going to Hiram on the weekends prior to being sent to Chicago. Eaton was paying my tuition as long as I passed my courses. Of course, after they fired me, that stopped. So, I took my unemployment and what savings I had and started going to school at Hiram…
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Anne – Part 11 – Fired By Airflex – Memoir Continued
Fired By Airflex One of the inspectors I was training, Ron, wasn’t picking it up fast enough to suit John, who felt entitled to belittle him every time he walked by the CMM on his way to his office. He was constantly complaining that the work wasn’t getting done as fast as he’d hoped, based…