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For want of a nail, the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe, the horse was lost. For want of a horse, the rider was lost. For want of a rider,...

" Some men see things as they are and say Why? I dream of things that never were and say "Why not?" Robert Francis Kennedy T...

A friend sent me this inspirational email today. It's a little slow and maybe a little too deep, but I thought it belonged on a blog cal...

Yesterday, I saw my first bald eagle. It was roosting in a tree that stands behind the church parsonage, which in turn stands next to the ch...

Act I Scene I As the curtain rises, we find a bald man in his mid 40's, dressed casually in a sweat shirt and blue jeans. He is seated i...

In honor of the men of A co, 2 nd of the 3rd inf. 199 th light inf bd. "Is this you?" I asked.  "Yeah, that's me, se...

After careful consideration, I have determined that the trees in my yard are evil-doers. Every year at this time, they dump layer upon layer...

Do you think you have what it takes to be the " YOUR OCCUPATION HERE to the Stars?" As has been well documented in the pages of ...

This picture came from a Halloween party my wife (then girlfriend) and I attended at a friend's house way back in 1983. What made this e...

My wife and I hadn’t been on a date since the Clinton administration, so she was a little surprised when I called her from work on Saturday ...

This video does a pretty good job of portraying what life on the spare board ( on call ) is like, and it reminds me of why I usually work ni...

I recently read a David Sedaris story, about how his mother revived a puppy that was born the runt of the litter by placing it in a casserol...

“ The only stupid question is the one left unasked…” Whoever came up with this saying was obviously never a railroad conductor. We get st up...

Junk By Paul McCartney Motor cars, handle bars Bicycles for two Brokenhearted jubilee Today we had a neighborhood tag sale, and if it...

It was dusk when my train rolled round the curve in the South Bronx and headed ove r the blue railroad bridge that traverses the Harlem Rive...

Wow! What a whirlwind day. This "Derailed" blog thing has really taken off. One of my readers invited me over to her estate on 42...

Like any service industry, the railroad gets a lot of letters of complaint. Passengers write to complain about late trains, dirty trains, ho...

No, the above picture is not me! David is a mentally challenged man who lives in town. He can be regularly seen pedaling his bicycle up and ...