Gordon E. Miller

I've been meaning to put up something about my Grandfather, my mom's dad, who gave me my "G". He died when I was a kindergartner, (b1877, d1952) but I have vague memory of him digging deep in his suit pockets for goodies, and even a fuzzier memory of him carving an acorn pipe and a willow whistle for me in a park in Mercer, but this may be from stories from mom. We have that old wire recording of his voice singing a Canadian Indian song, for he came from Washago, Ontario.

He was an artistic man, and at this time court stenographer at the courthouse in Mercer Pennsylvania, the county seat, which seemed to be quite a distinguished position. I looked up an old map of the area and it is remarkable to see that all the roads went out from Mercer like the spokes of a wheel to all corners of the county.

We have some interesting art work that he drew in 1913 when he apparently attended "The Stevenson Art School at Wood Dr. and Third Ave." in Pittsburgh. He liked to draw little ant-like figures along with witty comments. Here is "Sharps and Flats"



Here is the front and back of what you might call a courting postcard to (my Grandmother) Miss Eleanor Kohler with a cartoon about Smith's dress shop. No date on it.



Next, check this newspaper clipping from 1937 of a notable murder trial with a court scene showing Gordon seated in front of the Judge.

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MS stupidity

Although Microsoft has done better in recent offerings, they still just can't help itself in its dumb and condescending comments and error messages. For one thing, they always sound as if the computer is actually talking to me. Or blaming me! Stop it!

This error message is more like a therapy session!
No, you bozo, I didn't forget. The keyboard repeated, or I hit two keys at once, or whatever.


When you request a receipt for an email, and it comes back to you, microsoft Outlook Express feels the need to put this message on it:

This is a Return Receipt for the mail that you sent to xyz@abc.com

Note: This Return Receipt only acknowledges that the message was displayed on the recipient's computer. There is no guarantee that the recipient has read or understood the message contents.

Duuh? I thought it was guaranteed that the recipient has read every word and understood it. (?) I get replies to emails that prove some recipients don't understand a word I wrote.