I’m a fan of obvious questions that usually don’t get asked. Or at least not typically asked out loud. I think more of these obvious questions should be asked out loud, regardless of how silly they may sound. Which is why the question “A henge? Well, what’s a henge?” has always stuck with me. Someone brings up Stonehenge and I’m repeating the question that Michael Flanders asked years ago. Usually with my inside voice.

The topic of Stonehenge came up recently and, instead of keeping the question inside, I asked it out loud. “What’s a henge?”. Lene had her phone handy before I could get to the Internet.

“It’s a neolithic earthwork with a circular or oval mound with a ditch on the inside. It’s assumed to be used for ritual purposes as the ditch isn’t on the outside for defense.”

Early in my career I learned that being selfish could be a good thing. It turns out that being personally selfish doesn’t have to be at the expense of other people.

I was one of the proverbial teenagers who could fix your computer. Very early desktop computers ended up on my desk at home and I was fascinated by them. I read all that was available - from manuals to books to magazines. I tried every piece of software I could get my hands on - from the software my parents used at their jobs, to games, to utilities to, to the listings printed in magazines, to… well anything. I broke those systems many times over. Which meant I became good at fixing them as well. I gave myself an education that couldn’t be had any other way at the time.

It’s no wonder that a large part of my early career was in PC support. I installed, upgraded, replaced, and fixed computers. I helped people use their computers. I was working in Hospitals back then - and it was a new frontier.

It has been quite a while since I’ve had my own website. A long time since I last pushed posts to a blog. For a couple of years I posted at The Longer Web. I’ve kept it around for old times sake. It certainly looks like what it is… a blogger site created a decade ago.

… and yes… I may revisit and reuse some of those posts as I go along. Call it digitally recycling.