Category Archives: Stories

The Fog

By Rob Jones "TheMacJedi" | February 22, 2007

I had some work to do today really late. As I left one client (after dark) and headed towards another the fog had begun rolling in.
About a mile from the clients house I had to slow to about 20 mph. The fog was so bad it was like there was a 40 ft shield around [...]

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Celebration and Consolation. The Story of a Subway sandwich.

By Rob Jones "TheMacJedi" | August 26, 2006

Narration provided by sandwiches before they were eaten.
Today (8/26/06) me (a ham deli sandwich from tray 1) and 71 of my fellow sandwiches were hired for this Open House over at the Joneses to Celebrate the adoption of Sierra.
Everything started out pretty good, mostly family at first then a few friends. There was a slow [...]

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Our first flooded basement

By Rob Jones "TheMacJedi" | November 15, 2005

About 5 a.m. this morning we lost electricity during a storm. In the midst of all the rain, our sump pump well continued to rise.
At 5:45 a.m. I went down and looked at the height of the water in the well. It was about 6 inches from the top. I attempted to go back to [...]

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OUCH

By Rob Jones "TheMacJedi" | August 20, 2004

I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up.
I decided last night that I was going to take the day off from work because I wasn’t feeling well.
This morning I received a call on my mobile phone at 10:30 a.m., it woke me and I let it go into voicemail.
I decided to go ahead and get up, [...]

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Letter to my Aunt and Uncle (Dorothy and Ed Winn)

By Rob Jones "TheMacJedi" | June 1, 2003

This is the letter I sent to my Uncle ED Winn and Aunt Dororthy Winn in the Summer of 2003, 6 months before she passed away.
This letter was my way of thanking them for being part of the best Summer I’d ever had.
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Dear Ed and Dorothy:
A song came on this morning that reminded me of [...]

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My Eye Surgery.

By Rob Jones "TheMacJedi" | September 9, 2002

Tired of glasses, me too?
The gentleman with me in each photo is my friend Nick.

May, 2001-Top Photo / Bottom Photo-May, 2002
If you read “My wife’s new husband” story then you know wearing glasses ruined part of my fun at Disney World. When I got back I decided to do something about it.
While there are others [...]

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