Eric Dalton

May 2, 2021

Shipping snafus

Well today is May 2nd and I’ve been patiently waiting for an order I placed with staples.com to arrive. The order was placed on April 26th and “shipped” April 27th with an ETA of April 29th. Go figure... it didn’t arrive and when I went to check the tracking number UPS just says the label has been created but nothing has actually shipp...
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March 26, 2021

Hope and Guns

Well over the past week I've had hope because I got the first shot of the Covid 19 vaccine and it's truly amazing how much it makes me feel like life is truly starting to return back to normal. Of course watching the number of cases on the east coast of the US and other metropolitan areas start increasing again because of variants conc...
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March 20, 2021

Girl Scout Cookies

Hey World, So this time of year is the end of Girl Scout Cookie season here in the US and as I’m originally from the east coast but now live on the west coast I’ve been able to order from multiple Girl Scouts to support friend’s daughters in both locations. This year I managed to double up on my order of these wonderful cookies and got...
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March 17, 2021

March 17, 2021

Well today I was finally able to schedule an appointment for the first vaccine shot against Covid-19. Yay! For once having a defective heart comes in handy. Now onto bigger and better things... I saw a post on Linkedin today about the Vasa ship that sunk in the 1600s off the coast of Sweden. It brought back some great memories of my tr...
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March 16, 2021

March 15, 2021

Well here we are, a full year through the pandemic from Covid-19 and we’re still a bunch of idiots that don’t know how to wear masks, don’t believe in science, and think our freedom from masks is more important than the life of another fellow human being. The country is a disaster, we’re spending more money than we have and the wealthi...
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March 12, 2021

Turning a year older and starting a blog

Hey World, I’m Eric. I just celebrated a birthday that puts me squarely in the late 40s age bracket and to be honest, it doesn’t feel like it. I’ve had friends I’ve known for years reach out in a variety of ways in today’s society to wish me a happy birthday and I’ve had complete strangers that I’m connected with through my job do the ...
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