How do spell TECHNICIAN ?

I'll bet more than one reader winced at my version of technician. But I was made aware of my error only by a telephone call from Westport, CT. The moment I recognized the caller I knew my mistake was a blessing in disguise. A long interesting conversation followed and my day was made.

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From my somewhat spasmodic observation of blogs, I had a hunch going in, that this project had potential to be a serious task master. In exactly one month, that hunch has proven itself to be valid.  However, a challenge is good for growth in any area . . . And my “Challenge of the Day” is to add some substance to Monthly Missive, the Blog.

MM readers, in days past, would occasionally ask, “Find any pennies lately, Jim?”  I kept track of monies found on our daily rounds around the greenbelt (a 2.7 mile loop from our home.)  I still do. Used to be a rare day indeed if we failed to find at least two coins-- usually pennies but just as often, nickels or dimes. Once in a while the excitement would be close to unbearable when closer inspection of a shiny object on the sidewalk would reveal itself to be a quarter!  The annual proceeds from our diligence ranged all the way up to the double digits. In dollars. The unwritten goal was to average a penny a day and we failed to reach $3.65 only one year.  So far This year we’re home free. As of the 4th of February I have recorded $5.02!   Of course, finding the water soaked fin two weeks ago in the parking lot helped considerably.

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I drew two newspaper panels in the last century; most of you may be too young to remember Li’l Ones or Wee Women; the features, created by Mell Lazarus, became orphans when he left General Features Corporation to create Miss Peach  and Momma, two strips which put him in the winners’ circle for certain. Mell was awarded the Reuben, the cartoon business equivalent of the Oscar.
So here are two samples of Li'l Ones and Wee Women-- touching on the theme of money.

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VINCENT the Magician has a few fans. They’d like to see more of the comic strip here, and we promise he’ll be back soon. He plans on attending the International Brotherhood of Magicians annual convention. Meanwhile, our good friend, Don Soul, past president of Ring 76 of the IBM and super computer Guru is shown here at the 2010 convention in San Diego. He and his wife Donna spent most every hour of the four day convention selling the Ring 76 T-Shirt.


                                           

                                    
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       Jim