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Author Archives: Bill Paine
The Reverend Molly McGreevy, 1936-2015
Early this morning, All Saints Day, my Aunt Molly McGreevy died after a long decline. Molly was my father’s sister, six years his junior in age. In many ways they were alike, especially in their ability to see and appreciate … Continue reading
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A trip to Citi Field
This past Saturday afternoon, Andrew and I attended a New York Mets baseball game at Citi Field. It was a cold and wet day (the game had been postponed from Friday night due to rain and wind), but we braved … Continue reading
Cooking again
After a year on the LeanChefs plan, I’ve decided it is time for me to take the training wheels off my diet and start managing my own food again. So, beginning last week, I ended the plan. LeanChefs did a … Continue reading
Life, the Universe and Everything
Wow. I’ve really neglected this. Sorry! Time for me to update you on the past 10 months… First, the diet plan. The very good news here is that I’ve gone from a starting point of roughly 300lbs down to 245lbs, … Continue reading
October 2014 NWTA
Over the weekend of October 23-26, I participated in my sixth New Warrior Training Adventure staffing for the Mankind Project. Above you see the group photo of the staff and newly initiated brothers taken at the end of the training. … Continue reading
Leaner and Meaner
Most of you know that I’m seriously overweight. At my worst, I tipped the scales at 300 lbs, easily 100 lbs more than I should be for my height; since then, I’ve hovered around 295. In the wake of my … Continue reading
Flat Rock Vacation
My brother Andrew and I are upstate on Lake Champlain again, enjoying a little time off at Flat Rock Camp by kind invitation of Marian Bradley, one of our honorary aunts (childhood friend of my Aunt Molly), who is renting … Continue reading
A Close Call
I had a bit of a scare this past Saturday. While walking down the street towards my local subway station, I collapsed to the sidewalk, actually passing out for several seconds. Thankfully, my brother Andrew was with me, and he … Continue reading
Winter in Forest Hills
Even New York City looks beautiful just after a snowfall. I took this picture on my way to the subway station this morning. Of course, what you don’t see are the stuck cars and cursing drivers on the highway behind … Continue reading
New Internet Provider
I’ve been online, in one form or another, since the mid-80’s, beginning with services like CompuServe, Prodigy and others. Back then, all of these were closed networks that were not linked to the internet—access was through dedicated dial-up connections for … Continue reading
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