MultiMarkDown Syntax

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MultiMarkdown, or MMD, is a tool to help turn minimally marked-up plain text into well formatted documents, including HTML, PDF (by way of LaTeX), OPML, or OpenDocument (specifically, Flat OpenDocument or ‘.fodt’, which can in turn be converted into RTF, Microsoft Word, or virtually any other word-processing format). There are a lot of cheatsheets available , but they are seem to leave off some critical details.  MMD is quite sensitive to syntax mistakes.  Here are some of the ones that … Continue reading →

Love is a Choice

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It has been a long time since I wrote an article of a personal or spiritual nature for publication.  However, I recently ran across an interesting article, Learning Love is a Choice Kept Me From Ruining My Relationship, that resonated with me. It pointed to a previous article, Forget About Feelings, Real Love Is A Deliberate Choice, which confirmed that feeling. These articles discussed a concept that I have based my marriage on, but never quite put into words. Mary … Continue reading →

Community Involvement

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Someone on Facebook made a comment implying that, instead of always complaining about local community issues, I should get off my rear end and start doing something about them. Well, this is just to give a hint of my involvement in trying to solve local community issues. … Continue reading →

U-Turns on Alum Rock

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The community living, working and commuting along Alum Rock Avenue has been dealing with construction issues related to the new Bus Rapid Transit system (BRT) system for over three years.   Recently they discovered that the street modifications came with some unexpected changes. The bottom line is that many are upset that left turns and U-turns, which they have depended on for decades are no longer an option, hindering their access to homes and businesses. Left Turns and U-Turns between US 101 … Continue reading →

Viva Calle SJ & VTA — Almost, but no cigar

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Sunday, the City of San Jose celebrated its second Viva Calle.  This year they opened six miles of streets to play around in. The route ran from Japan Town in the north, to Willow Glen in the south and Midtown in the west.  It was fun, but there were a couple of issues that we ran into.  Therefore the rating of “Close, but no cigar.“ Mary and I joined the route near the Shark Tank, where flower marker three is … Continue reading →