Second effort

But really just getting started with this blogging stuff - hope the print is large enough for you senior readers. BTW, I read The Reader about nine years ago (had Oprah discovered it then?)and was fascinated by the first 15 pages - every teenage boy's dream - but was impressed with the story and how conflicted ordinary people can be - how easily we can be led from our behavioral norms into a world we never wanted to experience.
If I could do the technical stuff, and I may be able to someday, when you sign onto my blog you'd be met by a high resolution photo of a Navy F-18 with afterburners firing as the fighter jet roars off the carrier to the sounds of David Bowie's Space Oddity (which is currently being used by Ford Motor Company to launch a new model Lincoln) aka "ground control to Major Tom."
I love Oregon, Portland and Lake O and have always quoted the following bumper sticker to friends here - "Not a native, here by choice" - some of the guys I golf with actually grew up in L.O., some even lived on the Main Lake! More to follow on that subject.
When you retire, people project you'll either be bored and keep going to the office hoping you're still relevant or you'll find new things to learn and do and I'm in the latter camp - enjoyed work for the most part, value friends and associates there but made a commitment to stay away and let my successor be everything that he could be which is certainly superior in many ways as youth and smarts will be served.
That said, I commited to learning to flatwater river kayak in my first year of retirement and I'll relate my experiences more extensively soon and I re-joined Big Brothers which I had done in the early 80s in San Jose, CA with a young man named Robbie. My current little bro is a great kid and I'll share some of that soon also.
Not sure you'll find anything newsworthy here today but I seek feedback from readers as time goes on and I'll keep learning so I can improve the site and always strive for better communication.