On a little afternoon walk with my son.

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And you thought your last teleconference was rough!

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It was Mrs. White with the revolver in the ballroom. #winning

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In May, 2000, I was blogging about the ‘I Love You’ virus, hacking URLs, PG Wodehouse, and Pez poetry

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My brother set my parents up for a Mother’s Day video call.

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Seton Hill graduates its last “New Media Journalism” major this year.

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