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When Parents Live Many States Away

Posted onSeptember 5, 2021September 7, 2021Leave a comment

Sue and I got married in Texas, no family present. Only Friends. I know this irked some, but as it turned out, it was the only way to be fair to everyone.  I worked for Texas Instruments for awhile. Eric Read More …

CategoriesAdult memories

Ready to Leave Wisteria Way, McKinney

Posted onAugust 23, 2021August 23, 2021Leave a comment

Kurt went ahead to Alexandria to work at MRJ while the boys and I stayed in McKinney. Read More …

Categories1994

Leave Texas for VA

Posted onSeptember 2, 2021September 20, 2021Leave a comment

Take job at MRJ.  Drive with Sirius and boys in a U-haul truck with Nissan on trailer from TX to VA.

Categories1994, Moving On

Kurt and Sirius

Posted onAugust 23, 2021Leave a comment

Sirius was our Great Pyrenees who came up from Texas to Maryland with us.

Categories1994

Penderwood Drive 1994

Posted onAugust 23, 2021Leave a comment

We moved from Texas to Virginia to live in this interesting post WWII cottage on 1/2 acre that was featured in Better Homes and Gardens magazine for the innovative floor additions–2 additional floors were added, the attic becoming a bedroom Read More …

Categories1994

The Gambit That Backfired

Posted onSeptember 5, 2021September 7, 2021Leave a comment

Mom knew that once you retire, you tend to stop…stop doing. Stop thinking, just stop. Oh please. After Dad retired…for the third time, Mom had a great plan. She decided that she was going to coerce him to go back Read More …

CategoriesAdult memories

MRJ CV

Posted onSeptember 12, 2021September 19, 2021Leave a comment

MRJ Technology Solutions Senior Computer Analyst 1994 – 2002 (8 years) Senior Scientist, responsible for algorithm development and for engineering and analysis of complex systems, physical science and information technologies. Principal Engineer. Data warehouse architecture and development, environmental systems, architecture, Read More …

Categories1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, employment, Virginia

MRJ-Veridian Photos

Posted onSeptember 7, 2021September 20, 2021Leave a comment

Shaved off his mustache, I see.

Categories1994, employment, Virginia

Oakton Research

Posted onAugust 25, 2021September 16, 2021Leave a comment

1995 Oakton , VA  MRJ 1995 Studying unsupervised learning systems, video analysis for bioluminescence 1996 Oracle Spatial and introduction to 9 1998 Thin Layers of bioluminescent copepods 1999 Maritime Boundary Median Line Generation 2000 -2002 MRJ/Veridian as Senior Engineer/Senior Computer Read More …

CategoriesResearch

House Drinks

Posted onSeptember 5, 2021September 7, 2021Leave a comment

I don’t know about before, but by the time we returned from Texas, [there was] the House Drink –would you care for a Manhattan? Dad was the kitchen lifter for Mom, picking up the heavy stuff with her right at Read More …

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