Tag: Food & Lifestyle
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AI Impact -What’s Next Part 1
Reading Time: 3 minutesA Perspective After 40 Years in Technology AI isn’t as new as the headlines suggest. While it feels like it arrived overnight, the foundations have been around for decades, mostly in specialized labs for testing and experimentation. We’ve actually been using early forms of AI for years; think of “Hey Siri” or…
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God, Stan (SATAN) and Creation
Reading Time: 4 minutesSetting the Scene (God and Stan) GOD: Let’s get started. Stan, your face is really testing my divine patience already. SATAN: Stop with “Stan.” It’s Satan, the fearsome, cosmic villain, not your local Jewish donut guy. GOD: Slow down, Stan, fine, Satan. No Jews yet, but I’ve got a plan. Let’s stick…
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News Letter Week Of 23-March-2026
Reading Time: 2 minutesBeing Kevin: Weekly Newsletter from Rio Tech, books, musings, Retirement, and Life in Brazil About Kevin, I spent 40 years in FinTech before retiring to Rio de Janeiro to trade software releases for a front-row seat to the beautiful absurdity of life in Brazil. This blog is my digital porch, a place…
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Life is a Balloon
Reading Time: 3 minutesYou can look at life as one big balloon. When you are born, it is the first breath into the balloon, and with each day, more air goes in. Consider the ages 0-2, you learn more in those ages than you will in the next several decades, all adding air to the…
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My Cluttered Crazy Head
Reading Time: 2 minutesThese things just pop into my head, no real rhyme or reason, they just do. I have heard many times, “What goes through your head?” and “What’s wrong with you?” That is my favorite. Believe it or not, sometimes I just wake up and stuff just comes to me. Here are a…
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The Descent To The Dark Side
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt was getting late, and loneliness was setting in. Memories of past warmth and comfort made him crave that scent, longing for the embrace he so often sought to banish feelings of emptiness. Those desires, driven by his need for connection, needed to be filled. Should he go it alone at home…
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A Reblog From Gustavo – A Must Read
Reading Time: 3 minutesTranslation To all of humanity, to the mothers of the world, to Doctors Without Borders, to journalists with dignity, to governments that still believe in justice:My name is Millions. I have no known nicknames nor important accusations. I am an ordinary Cuban. A daughter, a sister, a patriot. And I write this…
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Weekly News Letter – Week Of 16-March-2026
Reading Time: 3 minutesBeing Kevin: Weekly Newsletter from Rio Tech, books, musings, Retirement, and Life in Brazil A Note from the 19th Floor I’m Kevin, a retired tech pro now living my best life in Rio de Janeiro. Whether I’m driving my wife crazy, working from the 19th floor, or stopping at a beach bar…
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The True Sandlot
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Sandlot isn’t a horror movie, but it sure felt like one if that’s where you first learned to play, and every pitch came with a jolt of nerves. To most, the term is synonymous with the heart of the game itself. You’ve seen it unfold in city streets as stickball, or…