Upstate New York

It did look and feel like Fall today. Actually, it looked and felt that why probably more than any other day we have had. Of course, Cindy said we weren't actually in Fall yet. I don't think that is right. It actually felt like the beginning of Winter, and I know we are far away from that. It will be December before we know it and we will be wondering where the year went. Perhaps some people are already thinking about that. What a cliche.

I saw a musician that I had never heard about today on a recording of the Jimmy Fallon show. He was strange and his dad worked for IBM like me. Maybe the children of IBMers suffer from a desire to be a bit strange. That sounded a bit too autobiographical. He was originally from Endicott, New York, where one of the main offices of IBM is located.

When I was a boy, I recognized a lot of the cities spreading north and west from New York City. For instance, the Petries on the Dick Van Dyke Show lived in New Rochelle, a small town which apparently was one of the original Huegenot communities in America. Then you have White Plains, Armonk and Endicott, which were offices of IBM. My dad had to go there often when he worked for IBM. I am surprised we never ended up there at one time or another.

Boy, I would have been a rebel up there. I probably would have got my butt kicked quite often. I would have either got tough or beaten up. All in all, it's probably better that I stayed in Georgia.

Well, Go Generals!