Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips
I spent 19-26 August in Louisiana visiting family. Here are some of the things I noticed.
Cars broken down on the side of the road - many of them.
The New Orleans Airport: (1) small and unused for a city that depends on tourism, and (2) as inefficient and slow as ever.
“Tropical” rain - that [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
Staying in other people’s houses shows what I miss from my own.
I am in Louisiana for a week visiting with family. There are items that I have in my house in Reston that are not in the houses I am staying. I understand that these are personal preferences, and that everyone has their [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
From June 28th through July 3rd, I had the privilege of being on a raft on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. This was part of a family trip “for the guys.” On a trip put together by my father-in-law Allan, his two sons, me (a son in law), [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
From June 28th through July 3rd, I had the privilege of being on a raft on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. This was part of a family trip “for the guys.” On a trip put together by my father-in-law Allan, his two sons, me (a son in law), my three sons, [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
A list of some fun things.
This past weekend, someone asked,
When was the last time you had fun?
I thought about this for a while (there is a message in there about thinking about feelings, but let’s not digress to that today). I wrote a list:
taking a walk for 1,100 miles down U.S. Route 11 [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
Project managers have various goals. Here is one to consider: the people who work on your project are willing to work on another one.
Working on a project can be tough. The requirements change, if there are any requirements. The schedule shrinks, if there is a schedule. Weekends - what are weekends? - are [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
I have seen encouragement change the lives of people. Here I relate one episode of such.
This post is a bit different from the rest. Well, that is if you can find a pattern in the rest of my posts. I’ve read a lot of blogging experts that say you should find a narrow [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
This past week I spent a day at the funeral of my Uncle Lawrence. We always called him L. O.
Uncle L. O. was buried in the town of Jennings, Louisiana near Interstate 10 in the southwest corner of the state. He was born and raised there and met and married my mother’s sister [...]

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