» On 4/04/2023 06:15:00 AM Mountain Standard Time, Alan wrote:
Q: Who became a blogger 27 years ago today? 

A: I started hand-coding an online personal journal in early 1996, before the term "blog" was coined (late 1997), and long before automatic blogging software was invented (1999). Between 4/4/1996 and 9/22/2001, regular installments of "The Snoozeletter" appeared in cyberspace, on the now-defunct apc.net/ia subdomain. The journal transitioned over to Blogger's content management system in early 2004, at snzltr.blogspot.com

As you can see, I had a quaint idea of what the navigation links should look like, with the oldest entry on top. ;-)

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» On 4/03/2023 06:00:00 AM Mountain Standard Time, Alan wrote:
Zoomiversary #3, 03April2020 - 03April2023. 

The first ZoomFest was among four members of our Westfield [MA] High School track team. We've kept in touch over the years, but the pandemic brought us a lot closer together, in a series of semimonthly Zoom meetings. The group quickly expanded to six, and then ten, regulars, and often included special guests, like our spouses, partners, kids, pets, and even our old coach. The next get-together is this coming Friday, with participants Zooming in from Lakewood Colorado, Mesa Arizona, Philomath Oregon, Suffield Connecticut, Niwot Colorado, Fougères France, San Diego California, Virginia Beach Virginia, and Swampscott Massachusetts. Special thanks to Jim Gusek, who sparked the whole idea, and to COVID-19, for creating this unexpectedly welcome side benefit.
--L-R: Jim Gusek, moi, Patrick Kamins, Michael Rood, Bert Cashman, Robert Grace, Michael Kay, Stephen FitzGerald, Bruce LaPointe, and Bill Walthall. Yearbook portraits underneath!


Back in the day, L-R:

Founding members of Westfield High's Cross-Country team in the Fall of 1968, L-R:
Al Baird, Coach Reign Rix, Jim Gusek, (Bob Grace), Dan Fountain, Bert Cashman, Mike Rood.

WHS Track, Spring 1969, Row-Column, Front-Back: Bert Cashman 1-1, Bob Grace 1-2,
Mike Kay 2-2, Al Baird 2-9, Bill Walthall 2-10, Steve FitzGerald 2-12, Mike Rood 3-1,
Bruce LaPointe 3-2, Jim Gusek 3-9. (Pat Kamins graduated in 1968.)

Glory Days, Friday Night Lights

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