John BreenDec 21
When I was about 4yo, a man in my grandmother's neighborhood, who was a bee keeper by profession, made a playground in his yard for kids to play on. It was world class - fort in a tree, rope swing, tightrope walk, other cool stuff.
A neighborhood kid who was not being well supervised by his own parents got injured, parents sued him, playground came down, man ruined.
I think about that story and lesson often.
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John BreenDec 4
One day, I was driving home from CA to MA, with a big boat on a trailer behind a pickup truck...
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John BreenNov 26
One day, I was living with a woman, and I engaged her dad, a former Marine and cop, in a discussion about the Second Amendment.
It was kind of like a modern version of an "All In The Family" episode.
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It's actually part of a story of a failed relationship where I also got a lot out of the experience, no regrets.
John BreenOct 28

One day recently, I was boating with friends, and the following story happened, and recalling it, I thought I'd share.

My friend takes me in his power boat out to the mooring where my boat is, I board her and get ready to leave mooring, starting the motor and letting loose from the mooring...

We are holding the small motorboats together by hand...
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GettingByGurlAug 1, 2025

Earlier in my migraine journey I tried a rechargeable electrode on my forehead - a TENS unit for headache. I gamely tried it for many months with only slight improvement. I gave up when the disposable electrode sticker magnets the unit attached to were harder to get and often a bit dried out. Which I found out caused electrical arcing. On my forehead. The hard way.

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John BreenFeb 25, 2025
One day, I was about a thousand miles from home, on my way from SFO to BOS by road, pulling a boat.
I decided I was going to make the last leg of the trip a 24hr 1000mile run. I did pull over for a nap in PA.
This was the song I listened to on that ride.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwkej79U3ek
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Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles

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John BreenJan 20, 2025
So I went out among people again today, and it can be a fun distraction from social media.
I was on a train...
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John BreenJan 6, 2025
One day, I was on a business trip to Santa Monica, CA, and "Terri" Myers, co-founder of QOS, handed me the keys to a Venice Beach house, and the keys to a Chrysler LeBaron convertible parked in front.
I though I had gone to geek heaven.
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John BreenDec 28, 2024
A girlfriend in college once said to me :
"People who I've not been close with, think I'm frigid"
"People who I have been close with, think I'm a nympho".
Something to that effect. I do miss her.
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John BreenDec 13, 2024
One day, back around 1987, I spent hours hand-editing a bitmap for an error message display for our product.
It was basically a Cheshire Cat, wearing a t-shirt with our company logo, with the caption :
"Sorry, a system error has occurred. Don't call us, we'll call you"
It was inspired by the notorious Apple Mac error message.
Anyway, it popped up in a demo our CEO was doing, and he explained that "our syste uses AI to detect problems" - we had a brief discussion later...
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