wayfaring pilgrim

This is one of my fiancée’s favorite songs. Enjoy, sweetie 🙂 I’m just a poor wayfaring pilgrim trav’ling through this world of woe. there’s no sickness, toil nor danger In that bright world to which I go. I’m going there to meet my father I’m going there no more to roam; I am just going over Jordan […]

28 done

I have just completed my 28th year as an individual person. A year ago, I worked for HP and was getting ready to go to Chicago to start the rollout of HPSA for HSBC. 11 months ago I was getting ready to go to London to participate in more HSBC stuff. 10 months ago I […]

in memoriam – Cindy Myers

Post Star link GUILDERLAND, Albany County – Cindy Lee Myers, age 55, of Western Avenue, Guilderland, died suddenly at her residence Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. Born in Liberty, N.Y., she had been a resident of the capital region for her entire life. She worked for Albany County Department of Social Services and was the assistant […]

Remembering Grandma Frances

Frances Helen Myers, 98, a former Greenwich resident, died Sunday, July 13, 2008, at the Pleasant Valley Nursing Facility in Argyle. Born Nov. 23, 1909, in Schenectady, she was the daughter of Joseph and Katherine Wilday McKinney. Frances was a member of the Centenary United Methodist Church in Greenwich. She enjoyed outdoor activities including hunting […]

internet radio

The name’s something of a misnomer, but internet radio is very cool. As a way to listen to a wide variety of music without actually using a radio – and therefore having more choice over what you listen to – internet radio is great. I regularly use Winamp, iTunes, and Windows Media Player to listen […]

PT Cruiser and other cars

Jay Loden has an interesting journal entry from yesterday (1 Dec 05). Apparently, while in Seattle on a buiness trip, he had the, ahem, priviledge of driving a Chrysler PT Cruiser. I have driven them on a few occasions in the past when I worked for Hertz, and generally agree with him about the layout […]

A response to Dan Edelen

Before going any further, let me state the fact that I was home-schooled. For all 12 years of grade-, middle-, and high-school. My parents had various reasons for doing this, from the horrible state of the public schools in Albany NY at the time to wanting to be more involved in my education, but I […]

Memorial for Uncle Don

Reprinted from The Saratogian Donald J. Neilson, 80, a resident of Mowry Avenue in Greenwich, died Tuesday, 6 Sep 2005, at Glens Falls Hospital. Born 4 Oct 1924, in the town of Easton, he was the son of Edwin and Bessie Hagadorn Neilson. He retired from Hollingsworth and Vose Paper Co. in Center Falls and […]

Memorial for Aunt Anne

Reprinted from the Post Star: Amaryllis “Anne” Locke, 75, of state Route 9, South Glens Falls, died Friday, June 10, 2005, at Glens Falls Hospital. Amaryllis was born Dec. 10, 1929, to Edwin and Bessie (Hagadorn) Neilson, in the dining room of her parents’ home on Windy Hill Road, in the town of Easton. She […]