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Kevin
@steemuser45005
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59 year old lover of science, history, technology, travel, food, music , and new adventures
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2017-06-26 21:40
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steemuser45005
writing
2017-09-08 01:54
Writing as meditation
Men think with their head, with their heart, with their lust. Those are three different voices that often are often in conflict. Our hopes and dreams are often in conflict with our fears and doubts.. There
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houston
2017-09-05 03:05
Houston Chinatown lunch
I dropped my granddaughter off at a local community center. She and some classmates are volunteering time to Hurricane Harvey clean up efforts. I went with a friend to Houston Chinatown for lunch. I had
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hurricane
2017-09-04 13:05
Hurricane Harvey cleanup
This is what I see driving around my neighborhood House after house starting to clean up after Hurricane Harvey. My family was lucky. Water came within a few inches of the house but not inside. We didn't
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houston
2017-08-28 13:53
Alive and well in Houston
I live and work in the south suburbs of Houston. There is a lot of flooding. A lot of neighborhoods are being evacuated. There is also a lot of neighbors helping neighbors, and strangers helping strangers.
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photography
2017-08-20 11:41
The Butterfly effect
Sometimes you are born into a family. Sometimes you are invited into one. Everything changes when that happens
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history
2017-07-27 04:05
Today's random observation
A radio announcer today noted that today was Mick Jaggers birthday. Earlier I had seen a mention of it being the birthday of noted playwright George Bernard Shaw. A quick Google search turned up dozens
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desert
2017-07-25 23:19
Chocolate covered Bacon. Yes, it's a thing
Mystic Desert Bar Chocolate covered Bacon Not for the diet conscious
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photography
2017-07-25 01:38
Greek Island Sunsets
In my life I have seen thousands of sunsets in real life and thousands more in photos. I never tire of their beauty. Shout out to This post was inspired by a comment I made to a recent sunset picture she
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photography
2017-07-25 00:35
Seasons change and so do I
Springtime in Ohio. Summer in Ohio Autumn in Ohio Winter in Ohio I live in Houston now but I lived most of my life in Ohio. The 20 years before moving to Texas were spent in a remodeled hundred year old
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photography
2017-07-23 13:01
Good morning from Texas
I am typically up by 5am, even on weekends. My favorite way to start the day is with a morning swim and a cup of coffee by the Koi pond. I am not a religious person, but I can say that I have been blessed
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travel
2017-07-23 12:34
Stonehenge
I have been to Stonehenge several times. This picture was taken in 2004. It is one of the worlds most famous prehistoric monuments. There is a lot of speculation and theories about its origins but it remains
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music
2017-07-23 04:47
Shawn Mendes concert
The granddaughter is a huge Shawn Mendes fan so we agreed to let her go to a concert. I went along as chaperone. I will confess, I wasn't looking forward to it. The idea of spending a couple of hours in
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computers
2017-07-22 23:55
China planning to be the world leader in AI
In 2016,China surpassed the US in two critical supercomputer metrics. It currently holds the top spots for the fastest supercomputers in the world and it has more supercomputers in the top 500 list than
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photography
2017-07-22 11:29
Google dreams
A Google app creates dream images from photos. It was made public in 2015 and enjoyed some short lived buzz. I had forgotten about it until this morning when some random abstract art picture reminded me
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travel
2017-07-16 20:33
Route 66 Revisited
The outdoor landscapes of my youth were the green fields of Ohio and the Appalachian mountain forests of Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia. The desert landscapes of the American southwest are a world
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travel
2017-07-15 14:50
Up, up and away
. It is a beautiful day for a balloon ride. I have been in planes and helicopters. I have been skydiving several times. I have been to the top of skyscrapers. I have been to the tops of mountains. I have
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colorchallenge
2017-07-10 22:25
Colorchallenge Monday Red
It's hard not to be excited by 3D movie glasses
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mandarin
2017-07-10 11:11
Learning Mandarin
In one of my first posts, I mentioned that I am learning Mandarin Chinese. I am taking an evening class at Houston's Rice University ( my granddaughter thinks it's hilarious that I am learning Chinese
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music
2017-07-10 02:40
Listening to the music of Matt Haeck
In May we went to a house concert featuring Matt Haeck. I had never heard from him, but I am always open to listening to new music and on the recommendation of a friend, we went to the show. It was an
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science
2017-07-10 01:52
Phone App to detect skin cancer
A recent Scientific American article focused on recent advances in deep learning techniques that are revolutionizing advances in machine vision. While the advances play out across a range of fields, the
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