Ed Harriger's Place

aka: This is the Home Page

 

Really, someday I intend to update these 3+ year old pages. As soon as I get motivated. I'm having a hard time with that since retirement. And then we bought a big screen T.V., 50" model, so now we can watch all the movies we could never see on the fading screen image of our old 32" Sony analog model. This may further delay updates - - I mean, I can watch all my Sci-Fi's over again.(click) and again (click) and again...

Me, sitting at the dinner table with my laptop in front of me. I have a desktop computer, but hardly ever use it these days. Like me, it is becoming an antiquated thing at 200 Mhz. Ah... for the good old days.

Anita, a rushed close up. She was busy doing housework and I popped in with the camera. It was hurry up and get a picture or get mowed down while she was straightening the bedroom.

This is Robert "Bob" Cat. Mr. Bob, as I call him, is big - about 25 lbs. He is the only one left of three cats. The other 'boy' cat, Tiger, ran away or got himself ate by something while after Oct. 15, 2005. That was the day he left the house and never came back. The other cat, Rags, who was 17 when she passed on, had a stroke and died in the back yard. Her passing was of benefit to the hungry racoons who found her remains. She (or what was left of her) is buried in the side yard.

Oh yeah, this is our 50" Vizio Plasma. I did a lot of research, and plasmas are good but seem to have a problem with image burn in. I don't game on the television, so that should not be a problem. I figure, at $1500 vs. $2700 for comparable LCD, it's worth a gamble. The TV this one replaced was a 32" Sony analog which was over 20 years old, and had no discernable picture image remaining.

I'm headed for 62, a fair to middlin' Baptist who tries to attend church regularly.   I even answered a call to make and sponsor the web site for First Baptist Church Monterey.   I help author and maintain this site for First Baptist Church.  First Baptist Church of Monterey, Ca. is among the first churches on the Monterey Peninsula to have a  presence on the web.

I live in God's Country - Pacific Grove California, on the tip of the Monterey Peninsula.  On a clear day I can see up the coast of California, clear to Pigeon Point which is about 100 miles away.  When folks in the east have snow, we have sun shine and sultry weather.  When they have summer we have fog and cool days.   This draws a lot of people from the San Joaquin Valley in the summer.

Hobbies and Interests: Computing, net-surfing, reading science fiction, genealogy, bike riding (if I had a good bike), in-line skating (if I had skates), enjoying sunny days and smelling the flowers.  I usually step over bugs and other small things that crawl on the ground - God put them there for a reason.

I maintain websites for Monterey County Peace Officer's Association, Monterey County Sheriff's Advisory Committee, Retired Public Employees Association statewide web site, my personal site, and the one for our church, FBC Monterey.

This web page is a set of links I like - actually, my favorites. They are things I'm interested in, or places I go to find information about other things. I am always surprised by the things I learn on the way to looking up something else. I owe an eternal debt of gratitude to columnist Jack Anderson for introducing me to the concept of "Things I learned on the way to looking up something else." That is the essence of discovery.

I used to work at Pacific Grove Police Department, but I retired in January '98.  I was the Captain - aka: Assistant Chief of Police.  After watching what the Chief's job did to friends of mine who held the job, I decided I did not want to face that kind of stress and decided to retire.

Anita, my one and only wife, retired on 12/19/97 - If you live in the Monterey area, check out Pacific Grove Adult Education Center which has a great on-line catalog of courses for adults - a great place to take clases if you want to enhance your life, but don't want a collegiate atmosphere.

We are enjoying our retirement together. We spend a lot of time travelling. Our biggest trip so far was almost two months on the road - to Virginia and return. Lots of history, sights to see, and LOTS and LOTS of rain!!

Things in which I still have a post-retirement interest:

A word about disaster preparedness:  I am a firm believer in the Boy Scout motto: "Be Prepared".  Our emphasis in these parts is on earthquakes and storms. When a big disaster happens, we are usually going to be on our own for up to 72 hours - it takes that long for the emergency relief machinery to assess what happened and kick into gear.  If you want information on disaster stuff, Pacific Grove Fire Department has information available. Let me ask you one question: If something like an earthquake happend right now, would you have enough food, water, clothes, supplies, etc., to get by on your own for at least three full days? If you have a question about disaster preparedness send me an email and I will try to get you an answer.

 

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