The summer I graduated from high school, the Japanese surrendered. World War II veterans I met in college, and after I went to work in Abilene, told me their experiences. Here are four deceased veterans who I will never forget. In Abilene, Lee Finch managed a regional insurance office. In the Philippines, Marine Sargent Lee Finch fought on Corregidor Island. When General Stillwell surrendered, the Japanese imprisoned Lee in a Yokohama POW camp, forcing him
Month: May 2018
Passwords
You may have seen those dreaded words…”reset password” and almost cried. I did. When you have exhausted all your children’s birth years, spent your graduation dates, sacrificed the last four digits of your zip code, what other numerals can you easily remember–if any of the above? If you reset your password with something similar to what you used before, how does that inanimate machine know to tell you not to repeat yourself? To paraphrase Rudyard
Tailgate Party
A recent tailgating invitation from the editor of the Texas Exes Alcalde magazine noted that space for tailgating was available in the parking lot. The email reminded me of my first tailgate party. As the new broadcast and film chairman at University of North Carolina, I was invited to tailgate with one of my new colleagues. The University of North Carolina was playing Texas Tech. We didn’t like when they came to my home town