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  • Thanksgiving 2009

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    Here we are at another Thanksgiving Day holiday. I should be feeling carefree and wonderful but I am not. It's not because I'm going to work today but because of the recent unpleasantness I had. I'm trying to move on but I have to admit [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2009, 11:12am EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • Rules of Life

    Number of comments: 4


    Life is as serious as it is and especially lately for me. My Mom and my best friend are in the early stages of dementia.  Some of my good friends are undergoing grueling cancer treatments.  And I was recently the target of homophobic hate on my [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 11:52am EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • Hate

    Number of comments: 7
    I recently deleted a post about someone who invaded my Facebook account and directed his homophobia at me out of respect for a friend of mine whose account he used.  However, I want this person to know he doesn't control my life.  I also want this person to know that' [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 11:47am EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • Top Ten Reasons Why I Don't Like Living in Delaware

    Number of comments: 2
    Alright, yesterday I listed the Top Ten Reasons Why I Like Living in Delaware.  Today I list the Top Ten Reasons Why I Don't Like Living in Delaware.  You know there had to be some.  By the way, these lists will be revised from time to time.


    [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:33pm EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • Top Ten Reasons Why I Like Living in Delaware

    Number of comments: 4
    Below are listed the top ten reasons why I like living in Delaware (Sussex County, coastal area.)  Tomorrow I will list the top ten reasons why I DON't like living in Delaware.




    Top Ten Reasons Why I Like Living in Delaware

    [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:59am EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • The Leather Anniversary

    Number of comments: 2
    The Leather Anniversary is the traditional 3rd year anniversary. Somehow leather doesn't seem appropriate at this time of my life (although it was VERY APPROPRIATE earlier in my adult life) so I will go with the more modern crystal or glass anniversary.




    What am I celebrating' [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 11:50pm EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • You Think It's Easy?

    Number of comments: 6
    Bill and I have been together 45 years. Some friends ask us “How do you do it?” Well, I’m here to tell you that it is not easy. It is ALWAYS a work in progress.




    What happened this morning is a perfect example. Bill wanted [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 9:51am EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • Joy

    Number of comments: 3
    I'm not a poetry type guy, as my good friend Nitewrite can attest.  But I happen to come across this bit of poetry this morning and it seemed to express just how I feel most days:

    Joy is everywhere;
    it is in the earth's
    green covering of grass:
    [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 10:24am EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • Hurricane Ida Aftermath

    Number of comments: 2
    This is Day Two of the remains of hurricane Ida hit on the Delmarva Peninsula where I live.




    The wind and rain is whipping around outside. My house is creaking and groaning under the assault. This is getting so old.
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 10:52am EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • Thoughts on a Rainy Thursday

    Number of comments: 2
    As the rain and wind swirl around outside the six foot long windows of my home office, I am reminded again of how fortunate I am to live in my warm and cozy home here two miles from the Delaware Bay.


    Yesterday my friends Bob and Jim stopped [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 10:06am EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • Carrot Cake

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    “You haven’t made carrot cake in quite a while. The Cracker Barrel doesn’t serve it any more. I miss it.” by friend and neighbor Barbara says as we celebrated my birthday lunch at the Summerhouse in Rehoboth Beach on Monday.


    “You’re right, I haven’t. I think I it [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 11:26am EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • Birthday Lunch

    Number of comments: 2
    "Could I take you for lunch today on your birthday?" asked my friend and neighbor Barbara.

    "Yes" I quickly replied since I hadn't eaten lunch yet and my stomach was growling.

    "Have you ever been to the Summer House in Rehoboth?" she asked.

    "No.  Do they serve anything'" [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 6:33pm EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • Happy Birthday

    Number of comments: 4
    Sixty eight years ago, at 9:30 am on a Sunday morning, at the Chester County Hospital, in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Ronald Walter Tipton made his entrance into this world. That would be me.



    I was the first born child and son of Isaac Walter [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 1:02am EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • The Meeting

    Number of comments: 4
    This afternoon I had a meeting with the owner of the hotel where I work. The hotel manager also sat in the meeting.



    It was a very frank meeting. "Frank" means that we said what was exactly on our minds. I asked why an ad was [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 7:21pm EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • This Stinks

    Number of comments: 4
    “You should talk to him.”




    “We don’t want to see you leave.”



    “You don’t speak up for yourself.”



    These were all comments made to me this morning by my partner, a good friend and a co-worker, not necessarily [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 1:36pm EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • Job Posting

    Number of comments: 10


    Last night at work I was informed my my manager that my job will be posted in today's local paper. 

    My birthday is next Monday, November 9th.

    Happy birthday Ron.' [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 9:47am EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • Mom's Old Dresses

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    Bill and I took off early this morning for Pennsylvania to visit my brother Isaac. My Mom was staying with him up until October 17th, 2009. At that time my other brother John and his wife came up from their home in a rented van and took our Mom back [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:26pm EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • Special Tips for Hiring Woman

    Number of comments: 9
    In my latest copy of "Bathroom Reader", I came across this interesting directive put out during the height of World War II on tips for hiring women in the workplace, due to the shortage of men, most of whom were off fighting the war. 

    To my regular female [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 6:43pm EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • Mom's New Dress

    Number of comments: 6

    Mom is now living with my brother John and his wife Barbara in South Carolina. They came up to her home in Pennsylvania to pick her up and take her back with them to their home for the winter.




    My brother [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2009, 4:41pm EST
    by Ron Tipton

  • Halloween In Rehoboth Beach 2009

    Number of comments: 1
    Halloween in Rehoboth Beach this evening wasn't what I thought it would be.  Maybe it because I went to the wrong party.  Maybe it was because I'm now thirty years older than the last time I went out on Halloween night with my good friend Big Bob.  Big Bob went [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 10:41pm EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • Halloween 2009

    Number of comments: 2


    The last time I went out on the town for Halloween was 1979.  I'm going out tonight. As in 1979,  I'm going out with my friend Big Bob, the same friend who I went out with back in 1979.  At that time I lived in Philadephia.  Big [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 11:43am EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • Taking Sides

    Number of comments: 4

    During my long life (67 years) I have encountered the situation of friends of mine having a falling out with each other. When this has happened, I have never taken one side over the other. Sometimes I felt as if I was expected to take sides. [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 8:46am EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • Then and Now

    Number of comments: 2


    Here is one of those posts that provide an insight into my personality and life. Again, this is an idea I stole from a friend of mine because I'm just not that creative or original. But it is fun:




    THEN -' [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 10:37am EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • Ruminations About the Class Reunion

    Number of comments: 6
    Well, here it is a week later already and my 50th class reunion is now history. This time last week, my neighbors and friends Jack and Judy (Judy being a former classmate) and I were barreling our way up Rt. 1 and I-95 to Pennsylvania in Jack's Lexus. Last weekend' [...]
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    Posted: October 24, 2009, 12:24pm EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • A Day at the Beach

    Number of comments: 2


    Today I did something I haven't done since I retired to the Rehoboth Beach area of Delaware in November of 2006.  I walked on the beach. 

    That's right, I left the boardwalk and put my sneakered feet on the sand at the beach.  [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 10:14pm EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • Mom Moves South

    Number of comments: 0
    On the same day I arrived in Pennsylvania (last Saturday, October 17th) for my 50th class reunion, my brother John and his wife took Mom back with them to their home in Greenville, South Carolina.





    Mom is going to spend the winter [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 10:24am EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • Class Reunion a Success!

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    The Nor'easter rains that blanketed the eastern coast yesterday did not dampen the success of my 50th high school class reunion. The reunion was a resounding success!




    My neighbor and fellow classmate Judy and her husband Jack stopped by my house yesterday' [...]
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    Posted: October 18, 2009, 10:06pm EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • Anticipating the Class Reunion

    Number of comments: 4
    This Saturday my 50th class reunion takes place at the Whitford County Club in Downingtown, Pennsylvania.




    I've attended the 20th, 25th, 35th, 40th and 45th reunion. But it is the 50th reunion is the reunion that I'm looking most forward to attending. [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2009, 10:07am EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • Still on a High

    Number of comments: 3
    Two days after the National Equality March in Washington, D.C., I'm still on a natural high. Of course that is the best kind of high one can attain (not that I would know of any other "highs.")




    My friend Bob and I' [...]
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    Posted: October 13, 2009, 10:13pm EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • After the Equality March

    Number of comments: 2
    What a day! The weather was just perfect. The skies above were crystal blue punctuated by white puffy clouds. The temperature hovered around 65 degrees and a slight breeze. We could not have asked for better day to have a march for equality for the GBLT community in our nation's' [...]
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    Posted: October 11, 2009, 11:58pm EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • The Morning of the Equality March

    Number of comments: 2
    In a few short hours I catch the bus for the trip to Washington D.C. for today's March for Equality.




    Thirty years ago on October 14, 1979 I also caught a bus on an early Sunday morning. This bus left from center' [...]
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    Posted: October 11, 2009, 6:21am EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • National Equality March

    Number of comments: 4
    The planets have aligned and I can go to the National Equality March in Washington D.C. this Sunday, October 11, 2009.



    Ironically, the last and only time I ever march in a national demonstration of any kind was the very first gay rights March which [...]
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    Posted: October 09, 2009, 11:02pm EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • Obama Nobel Prize A Disaster, "No Upside," "The Damage Is Done" Says Morning Joe Crew (VIDEO)

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    Watch as Joe Scarborough tries to prevent his head from exploding when he learns that President Obama has won the Nobel Peace prize. Poor Joe, he just can't process any news that doesn't fit in with his narrow Republican wingnut view of the world.
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    Posted: October 09, 2009, 10:50am EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • Domestic Discord

    Number of comments: 2
    One would think that after 45 years of living together, two individuals could work things out and not have so many disagreements. If one would think that as it applies to me and my relationship with my Life Partner Bill, one would be wrong. Again, Bill isn't speaking to me.' [...]
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    Posted: October 07, 2009, 11:00pm EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • Religion

    Number of comments: 5
    Here is the first of my many future posts on religion. Yes, I have decided to take on the BIG SUBJECT, religion.



    I was raised as a Baptist. As a child I enjoyed going to Sunday school. I even have a certificate for perfect attendance at [...]
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    Posted: October 07, 2009, 12:20am EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • Facebook

    Number of comments: 0

    I lost my Facebook connection.






    Friday morning, as is my usual routine, I turn my computer on to bring up Facebook and fill out "What's on your mind..." I get a message "Facebook is down for maintenance for a few" [...]
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    Posted: October 06, 2009, 10:43am EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • Class Reunion Update

    Number of comments: 4
    Well I finally finished inputting all the information on the class reunion questionnaire that I received from my former classmates.
    50th REUNION



    OF THE
    CLASS OF 1959
    WHITFORD COUNTRY CLUB
    DOWNINGTOWN, PA


    I updated the template I [...]
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    Posted: October 04, 2009, 10:52pm EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • I Want a Cat

    Number of comments: 1


    Tonight I met a cat that I fell in love with. Unfortunately he belongs to another.




    His name is Matt. He is a six year old big, fat, lazy, orange, male tabby cat.



    Matt belongs to [...]
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    Posted: October 03, 2009, 10:53pm EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • The Power of Prayer

    Number of comments: 8

    Today's posting is a little different for me. As though of you who know me personally, you know that I do not buy into "man-made" religion. Another way of describing "man-made" religion is that or the organized church. The organized Christian Church left me when I [...]
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    Posted: October 03, 2009, 10:36am EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • Class Reunion Questionnaire

    Number of comments: 2



    My 50th high school class reunion is taking place Saturday, October 17th at the Whitford Country Club in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. 

    I am the guy who is preparing and updating the reunion booklet.  I just received a passel of completed reunion questionnaires.  You [...]
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    Posted: October 02, 2009, 11:17am EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • Why I Blog

    Number of comments: 6
    Blogging: (blŏg-ging)




    . An enjoyable pastime:


    . A way of expressing emotions, ideas and opinions in a public realm:




    . A way of meeting like-minded people bypassing geographical or cultural barriers:



    . A form of self-medication:
    [...]
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    Posted: October 01, 2009, 12:41am EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • Why I Quit My Census Job

    Number of comments: 2
    This past winter when I heard from a friend that the U.S. Census Bureau was hiring workers for the 2010 census I thought this would be a wonderful opportunity for a part time job.





    For years I have been researching my family [...]
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    Posted: September 26, 2009, 11:06am EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • Reality is Settling In

    Number of comments: 2
    The reality of the condition of our former home is starting to settle in now. Back when we sold our home in November of 2006 I would never have predicted that our former home would end up as a "Grey Gardens" home. It is ironic because just a few weeks [...]
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    Posted: September 24, 2009, 12:05pm EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • Five Lessons in Life

    Number of comments: 0
    I don't usually post something like this to my blog but I thought this was well worth it.  A friend sent it to me by e-mail.  Good lessons in life.  Always remember, the best lesson in life is the Golden Rule.  Treat others the way you want them to treat' [...]
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    Posted: September 23, 2009, 10:59am EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • You Really Can't Go Home Again

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    Bill and I visited our former home in Pennsylvania today. We just got back home here in Delaware a few minutes ago. All I can say is that we're still in shock after discovering the advanced state of disrepair of our former home and property.
    [...]
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    Posted: September 22, 2009, 6:14pm EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • House for Sale

    Number of comments: 2
    I just heard that our old property in Pennsylvania is up for sale.  If I had the money I would buy it back in a second.

    Bill has never been happy at our new home in Delaware.  I am very happy at our new home in Delaware.

    My [...]
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    Posted: September 20, 2009, 9:18am EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • Never Too Many Flowers

    Number of comments: 0

    Bill and I got back from our weekly breakfast at Zorba's restaurant in Rehoboth Beach a short time ago. We're both full of buttermilk pancakes. What a wonderful way to start the day.




    The skies are clear, the temperatures are cool' [...]
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    Posted: September 19, 2009, 10:16am EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • Crazy Days

    Number of comments: 0


    I thought I was going to coast through this week after only having to work Monday night at the hotel. That didn't happen. Here's just a short list of all the unexpected things that happened that has worn this old boy out:


    [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2009, 10:25pm EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • Visit From an Old Friend

    Number of comments: 0


    Today I had a visit from an old friend and former co-worker from my Philadelphia bank days.




    The last time I saw Tom was in 1996. We used to work together from 1987 to 1994 at Fidelity Bank in Philadelphia. [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2009, 7:15pm EDT
    by Ron Tipton

  • Visit to the VA

    Number of comments: 2

    I missed my ride to the VA yesterday.




    As Bill and I sat waiting in the early morning murkiness that is the parking lot of the liqueur store located at Rt. 1 and Rt. 5, I had an ominous feeling that the [...]
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    Posted: September 15, 2009, 10:29am EDT
    by Ron Tipton
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