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Ask Around

By Dennis E. Powell | Feb 05, 2025 at 9:03 PM

It is coincidence, not design, that makes my small contributions so far this year into what seem like an endless reminiscence. Even so, I am forced by circumstance to write about water heaters then and now.


A Coup is Only a Coup if it is a Coup

By E. Ryan Haffner | Feb 05, 2025 at 2:39 PM

Screaming “coup” doesn’t make it so, though it might help someone perform one in the future. These disproportionate reactions, even from ordinarily reasonable folks, will not help stop the real or imagined problems of the new American administration.


Coming Home

By Dennis E. Powell | Jan 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM

Saturday will mark 20 years since the chilly day I arrived at this peculiar little house on a peculiar little farm in the Appalachian foothills. When you meet people they always ask what brought you here, and in my case, there’s no particular answer. The currents of life, I suppose. It was a gamble, as life tends to be.


KiiBoom Phantom 81: The Loudly Quiet Keyboard

By Timothy R. Butler | Jan 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM A TestyTim.com Review

KiiBoom isn’t exactly a name that rolls off the tongue. The company’s Phantom 81 is what their name is not: smooth, with glossy acrylic keys and custom lubricated switches.


Scanning for Nuggets

By Dennis E. Powell | Jan 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM

In the early part of this century there was an imaginative musical ensemble, the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players.


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