The Most Dangerous Man Who Ever Lived
Thomas Midgley was a well known chemist and inventor who held over 100 patents in his lifetime, but he’s most notorious for two chemicals...
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Dave Hickman II
Jan 28, 20214 min read
A Point in Time
Each year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires Continuum of Care (CoC) organizations to count the number of...
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Dave Hickman II
Jan 27, 20213 min read
Holocaust Remembrance
In the winter of 1994 my grandmother took me to the movie theater one Friday evening. I was a teenager at the time and hoped...
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Dave Hickman II
Jan 26, 20215 min read
Boardgaming with Kids
As a child we owned a few main stables like Monopoly, Life, Sorry and a standard deck of cards. The typical Parker Brothers type games...
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Dave Hickman II
Jan 26, 20214 min read
Playlist Memories Part 6
As mentioned before I am a child of the 80s and as such I grew up without the internet. While I acknowledge it is a huge part of my life...
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Dave Hickman II
Jan 26, 20212 min read
The Bernie Meme
The internet is a fickle place where in the blink of an eye you can become famous, be disgraced or have your story shared millions of...
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Dave Hickman II
Jan 26, 20214 min read
Trip Planning
“If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.” – Angelina Jolie As a child...
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Dave Hickman II
Jan 26, 20212 min read
Dune
“It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Sapho that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, the...
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Dave Hickman II
Jan 21, 20212 min read
Kickstarter
I have long been aware of Kickstarter but only within the last year have I been actively engaged. For the uninitiated Kickstarter is a...
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Dave Hickman II
Jan 20, 20213 min read
President Joe Biden
From the moment I woke up the TV has been on and turned to the inauguration of our 46th president. Our nation has been facing challenges...
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Dave Hickman II
Jan 19, 20213 min read
Friday
I grew up in a household that had rather strong views on race. That is to say there were strong opinions on one or two other races....
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Dave Hickman II
Jan 18, 20211 min read
The Future is Now
Growing up I felt that my generation was cutting edge and that we had things our parents could never have even dreamt about in their dark...
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Dave Hickman II
Jan 17, 20213 min read
Caliente
I have a growing list of blog ideas but sometimes a moment in my day will give me inspiration. Today was a full day of helping houseless...
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Dave Hickman II
Jan 16, 20214 min read
It’s a Gas
Being homeless has a great many challenges and among the most significant is staying warm during the winter months. Naturally, the...
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Dave Hickman II
Jan 15, 20213 min read
Playlist Memories Part 5
One of the amazing thing about parenthood is seeing how kids personalities develop. I am the proud gather of 4 and each of my children...
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Dave Hickman II
Jan 14, 20212 min read
Playlist Memories Part 4
"Weird Al" Yankovic has been around forever but I never really listened to him. As mentioned before I grew up in a conservative...
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Dave Hickman II
Jan 13, 20214 min read
Placing Geocaches on Private Property
I would like to consider myself an experienced (avid) geocacher. With thousands of finds spread all across America and even some...
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Dave Hickman II
Jan 12, 20214 min read
Construx and Capsela the OTHER building sets from the 80s
Construx and Capsela the OTHER building sets from the 80s Lego has been the leader in toy construction for generations but many other...
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Dave Hickman II
Jan 11, 20214 min read
1,000 Origami Cranes - A story of destruction and hope
Origami is the art of paper-folding. Its name derives from the Japanese words ori (“folding”) and kami/gami (“paper”). Traditional...
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Dave Hickman II
Jan 10, 20213 min read
Kelly’s Heroes
“War is hell.” William Tecumseh Sherman said and as a general in the US Civil War I suppose he would know. The volume of wars that dot...
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