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Sunday, May 26, 2013
Eagle Archives: Standard, aka junk, mail goes back to 19th century http://tinyurl.com/oye7pyo
Eagle Archives: Standard, aka junk, mail goes back to 19th
century http://tinyurl.com/oye7pyo
By Kevin E. Dayhoff, May 23, 2013 http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/neighborhoods/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0519-20130519,0,823668.story
Labels: Dayhoff
Media Explore Carroll, Dayhoff
Media The Tentacle, Environmentalism,
Paperless,
Self-employed
The nation's first countywide free rural postal delivery
service got off to a shaky and contested start Dec. 20, 1896, in Carroll County.
According to multiple media accounts, including the
Baltimore Sun, "One of the first pick-ups postal clerk Edwin Shriver had
on the inaugural day of Carroll County's Rural Free Delivery service was a
greased pig…"
"I'm sure he (the customer) did it as a joke,"
said Shriver. "But I slapped a 42-cent stamp on its rump and delivered it.
That pig squealed the whole way."
A little over three years later, Charles Emory Smith, the
39th postmaster general of the United States and a journalist by trade, visited
Westminster on April 30, 1900.
If Smith were to come back today, he would find the current
state of affairs of the Postal Service look more like that haze produced by the
forest fire.
These days, the future beautiful vista at the post office is
less than clear, if my last visit there is any indication.
After I opened my box, I let out a squeal much like that of
that greased pig in December of 1896. I quickly realized that I had once again
fallen prey to the modern scourge upon the postal system that has significantly
impacted our lives today, junk mail, or as it is politely referred to by the
postal system, "standard mail."
Don't complain about the flood of unsolicited mail.
"The Postal Service is hoping to deliver even more," according to an
article in the New York Times last September.
"Faced with multibillion-dollar losses and significant
declines in first-class mail, the post office is cutting deals with businesses
and direct mail marketers to increase the number of sales pitches they send by
standard mail…"
Now isn't that just special … Unbelievable… http://tinyurl.com/oye7pyo
Read the entire story here: http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/neighborhoods/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0519-20130519,0,823668.story
See also:
Kevin Dayhoff - The Tentacle: Fighting the “Stuff Monster”
The Dayhoff
Paper Reduction Act of June 20, 2012, Fighting the
“Stuff Monster” http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5178
The mindless meanderings of a mad writer. Kevin E. Dayhoff
June 20, 2012 http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2012/08/kevin-dayhoff-tentacle-fighting-stuff.html
The Tentacle http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41
http://twitpic.com/hnwxx
There comes a time in a person’s life when one needs to get
a fresh supply of trash bags, buy a new heavy-duty paper shredder, back the
pick-up truck to the basement door, get out the large party-size coffee maker,
and clear the clutter.
For me, periodically fighting the “Stuff Monster” has been a
survival tool – or I would have been the tragic-lead character in a serial
reality horror show on hoarding a long time ago.
Yet, in my personal journey of a life-long struggle with the
“Stuff Monster,” the deck has always been stacked against me.
For, you see, my situation has been exacerbated by the fact
that I have been self-employed all my life. Many colleagues have been able to
fight the “Stuff Monster” much more easily because all the filing cabinets full
of papers and pallets of boxes in records storage, has been the responsibility
of their respective employers.
Well, with me – since the late 1960s – I’ve been my own
employer and keeping records, documents and stuff has always been my
responsibility.
And, of course, for the last 35 or so years, in addition to
art and farming, I have continuously served on any number of local, county or
state boards, committees or commissions – and for many years, as an elected
official – all of which was accompanied by my bringing home papers, documents
and records by the wheelbarrow load.
[….]
I am trying to go as paperless as possible.
My paperless initiative is in part, because technology has
advanced to the point that I can now handle many office and administrative
functions more efficiently - without paper.
However, my reasons for going as paperless as possible are
in part, as a matter of practicality. Above and beyond the fact that we travel
a lot and are simply not at home to get hardcopy paper-mail at our post office
box; at my advanced age, handling mountains of paper day-in and day-out has not
gotten any easier.
Curiously, after almost 40-years of office administration,
if you hand me a piece of paper, in several hours, I have no clue as to where
it is. However, I always seem to be able to find electronic paperwork… Caroline
will tell you that I have come to like reading online so much that I scan-in
letters and writing-newspaper-research materials just so that I can read it on
the computer…
Moreover, a large part of my decision to go paperless is a
product of my environmental activism, which in part springs forth from faith
beliefs…
Whatever - - I am a geek and although a few electrons may be
inconvenienced; paperless is far more efficient…
That said, LOL – the initiative sure has had some
interesting moments – and a few profound failures; however, it has been for the
most part, quite successful…
Kevin E. Dayhoff June 20, 2012 The Tentacle http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41
The mindless meanderings of a mad writer. Click here for a larger image: http://twitpic.com/hnwxx
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Say no to Memorial Day sales
Memorial Day 2013 To those who serve thank you
Please remember why we have Memorial Day. It is not to buy 3
tires and get one Free. Thank you Veterans http://tinyurl.com/7pbef68
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I try to keep track of businesses that have Memorial Day
sales Then try to never-ever do business with them.
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For more stories on Memorial Day, on Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack
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Military Vietnam Kenny Ron http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/search/label/Military%20Vietnam%20Kenny%20Ron
Military Vietnam Magsamen-Frederick http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/search/label/Military%20Vietnam%20Magsamen-Frederick
Military Vietnam Mulkey Herbert http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/search/label/Military%20Vietnam%20Mulkey%20Herbert
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Eagle
Archive: For Memorial Day, we recall a fallen soldier who made sure we
remembered others By Kevin Dayhoff, May 26, 2012 ... on the granite Vietnam
Memorial, in Washington. More ... County. After attending Memorial Day ceremonies
at the Westminster ... Cemetery on May 28, Kevin Dayhoff may be found at the
Carroll County Vietnam Memorial Park on Willis Street ...
Eagle
Archive: Wampler's life of service made him an apt participant on Memorial Day
By Kevin Dayhoff, May 19, 2012 ... and proud veteran. He was the Memorial Day parade
marshal for more than 44 ... missed, but not forgotten. This Memorial Day,
I'll be saying a prayer for ... sacrifice for our country, Kevin Dayhoff may
be reached at kevindayhoff ...
American
Legion Miss Poppy 2012, marks Memorial Day June 2, 2012
... represent "Miss Poppy" for the observance of Memorial Day.
In the United States, the poppy is most often worn on Memorial Day.
Pat Davis, who is assisting the ... this," said Amass of Krauss. Kevin Dayhoff
By Kevin E. Dayhoff, June 2, 2012 ... Westminster for the
expanded 145th Memorial Day parade and ceremonies. Main ... had been the focal
point of many Memorial Day observances in Westminster ? after ... May 30, 1868.
This year's Memorial Day address was delivered by Navy Commander ...
Eagle
Archive: Remembering the Maine, and a local Spanish American War casualty By
Kevin E. Dayhoff, February 26, 2013
... to visit the USS Maine Memorial Plat in the middle of
... Cemetery. The Maine Memorial area, surrounded by ... It was on the second day of
military operations ... Well," and, to this day, the battle is
commemorated ... south in February Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at…
By Kevin E. Dayhoff, Story January 28, 2013
... cemetery when they attend the annual Memorial Day parade.
The annual observance ... before, make plans to attend the Memorial Day ceremonies
in Westminster. This ... the Westminster Cemetery, Kevin Dayhoff may
be reached at
By Kevin E. Dayhoff, January 12, 2013 ... A. P. Schultz, Monuments
and Tombstones ... The good ole' days were indeed hard ... often took several days,
and it was made ... microwave oven, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at
... A. P. Schultz, Monuments and Tombstones ... much easier than day-to-day life
in ...
Charles
Fisher Sr., 95, attorney and last surviving co-founder of Carroll Hospital
Center, dies By Kevin Dayhoff, June 26, 2012 ... Department of Public
Welfare during the day, and attended classes three evenings ... head of
Westminster's annual Memorial Day parade with other local
veterans ... John Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions
may be sent to St ...
By Kevin Dayhoff, May 26, 2012 ... will be remembered on the
first Memorial Day since his death in January ... Dulaney Valley Memorial
Gardens' Memorial Day observance, in Timonium ... Valley has conducted an
annual Memorial Day observance since 1967. The memorial ...
By Kevin Dayhoff, September 9, 2011 ... cookouts over the
three-day Labor Day weekend, men and women ... have any memory
of that day or weren't yet born ... attend one of the several memorial services
that will take ... 11 anniversary, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at
kevindayhoff ...
By Kevin Dayhoff, November 1, 2011 ... Shellman founded
Westminster's Memorial Day Parade in 1868 ? today believed ... the longest
continuously running Memorial Day parade in the country. She ... Arlington
National Cemetery," the Memorial Day poem for Antietam Battlefield
and ...
By Kevin Dayhoff, Carroll Eagle and Steve Kilar, Baltimore
Sun, January 12, 2012 ... Base. "This is a tragic day for
(Seidler's unit), and ... Interment will be later that day at Arlington
National Cemetery ... join the military. In the days following news of
Seidler ... payable to: The Matthew Seidler Memorial Fund, c/o Susquehanna Bank
...
By Kevin Dayhoff, January 7, 2012 ... no additional details
were released. "This is a tragic day for (Seidler's unit), and
especially for Matt's family ... the pride we'll feel when we see Matt's name
on the EOD Memorial Wall at Eglin Air Force Base will not extinguish
the sorrow ...
[20130525 Say no to Memorial Day sales]
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Memorial Day To those who serve thank you http://tinyurl.com/o6msbgl
Labels:
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Dayhoff
writing essays Vietnam, Military
Memorial Day, Military
Vietnam CC Memorial, Military
Vietnam CC Memorial names, Military
Vietnam Kenny Ron, Military
Vietnam Mulkey Herbert
For more stories on Memorial Day, on Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack
click on: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/search/label/Annual%20Memorial%20Day
http://tinyurl.com/o6msbgl
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For more stories on Memorial Day, on Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack:
Memorial Day To those who serve thank you http://tinyurl.com/o6msbgl
Annual Memorial Day: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/search/label/Annual%20Memorial%20Day
Military Memorial Day: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/search/label/Military%20Memorial%20Day
Dayhoff writing essays Vietnam: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/search/label/Dayhoff%20writing%20essays%20Vietnam
Military Vietnam Carroll County MD Memorial http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/search/label/Military%20Vietnam%20CC%20Memorial
Military Vietnam CC Memorial names http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/search/label/Military%20Vietnam%20CC%20Memorial%20names
Military Vietnam Kenny Ron http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/search/label/Military%20Vietnam%20Kenny%20Ron
Military Vietnam Magsamen-Frederick
Military Vietnam Mulkey Herbert http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/search/label/Military%20Vietnam%20Mulkey%20Herbert
*****Eagle Archive: Remembering the Maine, and a local Spanish American War casualty
Story | February 26, 2013 | 6:22 AM
... to visit the USS Maine Memorial Plat in the middle of ... Cemetery. The Maine Memorialarea, surrounded by ... It was on the second day of military operations ... Well," and, to thisday, the battle is commemorated ... south in February Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at .
Eagle Archive: Community's history comes to rest at Westminster Cemetery
Story | January 28, 2013 | 6:42 PM
... cemetery when they attend the annual Memorial Day parade. The annual observance ... before, make plans to attend the Memorial Day ceremonies in Westminster. This ... the Westminster Cemetery, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at
Eagle Archive: Chief ingredient of colonial cooking was hard labor
Story | January 12, 2013 | 11:50 AM
... A. P. Schultz, Monuments and Tombstones ... The good ole' days were indeed hard ... often took several days, and it was made ... microwave oven, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at ... A. P. Schultz, Monuments and Tombstones ... much easier than day-to-day life in ...
American Legion Miss Poppy 2012, marks Memorial Day
Story | June 2, 2012 | 8:55 PM
... represent "Miss Poppy" for the observance of Memorial Day. In the United States, the poppy is most often worn on Memorial Day. Pat Davis, who is assisting the ... this," said Amass of Krauss. Kevin Dayhoff
Meaningful march for Westminster's Memorial Day
Story | June 2, 2012 | 8:49 PM
... Westminster for the expanded 145th Memorial Day parade and ceremonies. Main ... had been the focal point of many Memorial Dayobservances in Westminster ? after ... May 30, 1868. This year'sMemorial Day address was delivered by Navy Commander ...
Memorial service at McDaniel recalls Case as passionate educator, adventurer
Story | September 8, 2012 | 7:10 PM
... people took time from their Labor Day weekend to fill Big Baker Chapel ... Sept. 1, paying respects at a memorial service for the late Dr. Sam ... and a friend completed an 18-day trek through the Mount Everest ... Commissioner David Roush.At a memorial service for Herlocker in March ...
Eagle Archive: For Memorial Day, we recall a fallen soldier who made sure we remembered others
Story | May 26, 2012 | 12:36 PM
... on the granite Vietnam Memorial, in Washington. More ... County. After attendingMemorial Day ceremonies at the Westminster ... Cemetery on May 28, Kevin Dayhoff may be found at the Carroll County Vietnam Memorial Park on Willis Street ...
Eagle Archive: Wampler's life of service made him an apt participant on Memorial Day
Story | May 19, 2012 | 4:14 PM
... and proud veteran. He was the Memorial Day parade marshal for more than 44 ... missed, but not forgotten. This Memorial Day, I'll be saying a prayer for ... sacrifice for our country, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff ...
Eagle Archive: A history of change is a constant thing at McDaniel College
Story | September 8, 2012 | 2:43 PM
... College was quieter than usual on the Labor Day holiday.Lately, a trip around the track ... joined more than 500 folks who attended the memorial service for the late Sam Case, who died ... McDaniel College, with a flashlight, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff@gmail ...
Eagle Archive: Big Baker Chapel hangs as an ornament of Westminster history
Story | November 24, 2012 | 7:16 PM
... Little) Baker Chapel and Ward Memorial Arch, Westminster City Hall ... Va." "A major event one day during the summer of 1957 was ... crosses from (Big) Baker Memorial Chapel and Baker Chapel ... of Big Baker Chapel, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff ...
Charles Fisher Sr., 95, attorney and last surviving co-founder of Carroll Hospital Center, dies
Story | June 26, 2012 | 11:45 AM
... Department of Public Welfare during the day, and attended classes three evenings ... head of Westminster's annual Memorial Day parade with other local veterans ... John Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to St ...
Westminster's Matthew Seidler among honorees at Memorial Day observance
Story | May 26, 2012 | 2:29 PM
... will be remembered on the first Memorial Day since his death in January ... Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens' Memorial Dayobservance, in Timonium ... Valley has conducted an annual MemorialDay observance since 1967. The memorial ...
Remembering events of 10 years ago is a duty for future generations
Story | September 9, 2011 | 7:00 AM
... cookouts over the three-day Labor Day weekend, men and women ... have any memory of that day or weren't yet born ... attend one of the several memorial services that will take ... 11 anniversary, Kevin Dayhoff may be reached at kevindayhoff ...
Shellman House goes from historical to ornamental
Story | November 1, 2011 | 12:25 PM
... Shellman founded Westminster's Memorial Day Parade in 1868 ? today believed ... the longest continuously running Memorial Dayparade in the country. She ... Arlington National Cemetery," theMemorial Day poem for Antietam Battlefield and ...
Funeral services Jan. 17 for Westminster airman killed in Afghanistan
Story | January 12, 2012
... Base. "This is a tragic day for (Seidler's unit), and ... Interment will be later that day at Arlington National Cemetery ... join the military. In thedays following news of Seidler ... payable to: The Matthew SeidlerMemorial Fund, c/o Susquehanna Bank ...
Westminster airman killed by explosive device in Afghanistan
Story | January 7, 2012 | 3:18 PM
... no additional details were released. "This is a tragic day for (Seidler's unit), and especially for Matt's family ... the pride we'll feel when we see Matt's name on the EOD Memorial Wall at Eglin Air Force Base will not extinguish the sorrow ...
Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/ Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff Twitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net Explore Carroll: www.explorecarroll.com The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Federal employee union wants members to keep health plan rather than adopt Obamacare | The Patriots Network
Federal employee union wants members to keep health plan rather than adopt Obamacare | The Patriots Network:
The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) opposes legislation (H.R. 1780) that will push federal employees out of the FEHBP and into the insurance exchanges established under Obamacare. Ironic? If it isn’t good enough for the civil service, why is it good enough for the American public?
So who is the NTEU? Since 1938, NTEU has been driven by the principle that every federal employee should be treated with dignity and respect. In that time, NTEU has grown to represent some 150,000 bargaining unit employees in 31 federal agencies and departments... http://patriotsnetwork.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/federal-employee-union-wants-members-to-keep-health-plan-rather-than-adopt-obamacare/
'via Blog this'
The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) opposes legislation (H.R. 1780) that will push federal employees out of the FEHBP and into the insurance exchanges established under Obamacare. Ironic? If it isn’t good enough for the civil service, why is it good enough for the American public?
So who is the NTEU? Since 1938, NTEU has been driven by the principle that every federal employee should be treated with dignity and respect. In that time, NTEU has grown to represent some 150,000 bargaining unit employees in 31 federal agencies and departments... http://patriotsnetwork.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/federal-employee-union-wants-members-to-keep-health-plan-rather-than-adopt-obamacare/
'via Blog this'
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U.S. Military: We Could Have Saved Ambassador Stevens #Benghazi
U.S. Military: We Could Have Saved Ambassador Stevens.
#Benghazi
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/05/us_military_we_could_have_saved_ambassador_stevens.html#ixzz2UJoJK4SS
U.S. Citizens to us Military: No shit Sherlock. We figured this out a long time ago. What we want to know is why nothing was done and who’s responsible. (As if we don’t know the answer to this already, too!)
Hat Tip: http://www.ihatethemedia.com/us-military-we-could-have-saved-ambassador-stevens?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ihatethemedia+%28I+Hate+the+Media%29
#Benghazi
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/05/us_military_we_could_have_saved_ambassador_stevens.html#ixzz2UJoJK4SS
U.S. Citizens to us Military: No shit Sherlock. We figured this out a long time ago. What we want to know is why nothing was done and who’s responsible. (As if we don’t know the answer to this already, too!)
Hat Tip: http://www.ihatethemedia.com/us-military-we-could-have-saved-ambassador-stevens?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ihatethemedia+%28I+Hate+the+Media%29
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Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ or http://kevindayhoffart.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.com/ Kevin Dayhoff Westminster: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/ or http://www.westgov.net/ = www.kevindayhoff.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff Twitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net Explore Carroll: www.explorecarroll.com The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com
Friday, May 24, 2013
Eagle Archives: Standard, aka junk, mail goes back to 19th century http://tinyurl.com/oye7pyo
Eagle Archives: Standard, aka junk, mail goes back to 19th
century http://tinyurl.com/oye7pyo
By Kevin E. Dayhoff, May 23, 2013 http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/neighborhoods/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0519-20130519,0,823668.story
The nation's first countywide free rural postal delivery
service got off to a shaky and contested start Dec. 20, 1896, in Carroll County.
According to multiple media accounts, including the
Baltimore Sun, "One of the first pick-ups postal clerk Edwin Shriver had
on the inaugural day of Carroll County's Rural Free Delivery service was a
greased pig…"
"I'm sure he (the customer) did it as a joke,"
said Shriver. "But I slapped a 42-cent stamp on its rump and delivered it.
That pig squealed the whole way."
A little over three years later, Charles Emory Smith, the
39th postmaster general of the United States and a journalist by trade, visited
Westminster on April 30, 1900.
If Smith were to come back today, he would find the current
state of affairs of the Postal Service look more like that haze produced by the
forest fire.
These days, the future beautiful vista at the post office is
less than clear, if my last visit there is any indication.
After I opened my box, I let out a squeal much like that of
that greased pig in December of 1896. I quickly realized that I had once again
fallen prey to the modern scourge upon the postal system that has significantly
impacted our lives today, junk mail, or as it is politely referred to by the
postal system, "standard mail."
Don't complain about the flood of unsolicited mail.
"The Postal Service is hoping to deliver even more," according to an
article in the New York Times last September.
"Faced with multibillion-dollar losses and significant
declines in first-class mail, the post office is cutting deals with businesses
and direct mail marketers to increase the number of sales pitches they send by
standard mail…"
Now isn't that just special … Unbelievable… http://tinyurl.com/oye7pyo
*****
Kevin Dayhoff - The Tentacle: Fighting the “Stuff Monster”
The Dayhoff
Paper Reduction Act of June 20, 2012, Fighting the
“Stuff Monster” http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5178
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Kevin E. Dayhoff
June 20, 2012
The mindless meanderings of a mad writer.http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2012/08/kevin-dayhoff-tentacle-fighting-stuff.html
The Tentacle http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41
http://twitpic.com/hnwxx
There comes a time in a person’s life when one needs to get
a fresh supply of trash bags, buy a new heavy-duty paper shredder, back the
pick-up truck to the basement door, get out the large party-size coffee maker,
and clear the clutter.
For me, periodically fighting the “Stuff Monster” has been a
survival tool – or I would have been the tragic-lead character in a serial
reality horror show on hoarding a long time ago.
Yet, in my personal journey of a life-long struggle with the
“Stuff Monster,” the deck has always been stacked against me.
For, you see, my situation has been exacerbated by the fact
that I have been self-employed all my life. Many colleagues have been able to
fight the “Stuff Monster” much more easily because all the filing cabinets full
of papers and pallets of boxes in records storage, has been the responsibility
of their respective employers.
Well, with me – since the late 1960s – I’ve been my own
employer and keeping records, documents and stuff has always been my
responsibility.
And, of course, for the last 35 or so years, in addition to
art and farming, I have continuously served on any number of local, county or
state boards, committees or commissions – and for many years, as an elected
official – all of which was accompanied by my bringing home papers, documents
and records by the wheelbarrow load.
[….]
I am trying to go as paperless as possible.
My paperless initiative is in part, because technology has
advanced to the point that I can now handle many office and administrative
functions more efficiently - without paper.
However, my reasons for going as paperless as possible are
in part, as a matter of practicality. Above and beyond the fact that we travel
a lot and are simply not at home to get hardcopy paper-mail at our post office
box; at my advanced age, handling mountains of paper day-in and day-out has not
gotten any easier.
Curiously, after almost 40-years of office administration,
if you hand me a piece of paper, in several hours, I have no clue as to where
it is. However, I always seem to be able to find electronic paperwork… Caroline
will tell you that I have come to like reading online so much that I scan-in
letters and writing-newspaper-research materials just so that I can read it on
the computer…
Moreover, a large part of my decision to go paperless is a
product of my environmental activism, which in part springs forth from faith
beliefs…
Whatever - - I am a geek and although a few electrons may be
inconvenienced; paperless is far more efficient…
That said, LOL – the initiative sure has had some
interesting moments – and a few profound failures; however, it has been for the
most part, quite successful…
Kevin E. Dayhoff June 20, 2012 The Tentacle http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41
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