Gary GruberMar 12, 20234 min readDuzrd Doors (Jim Uses Them)Most of my nightmares are so vicious, so despicable, and so patently evil that they would make “Nightmare on Elm Street” look like a...
Gary GruberMar 11, 20234 min readIn Your Own BackyardI've always enjoyed challenging myself to ‘see’ as hard as I could in my own backyard first -- before wandering out into the world to...
Gary GruberMar 1, 20233 min read“I Wanna Get Laid”In 1993 I was working as a long-term substitute Language Arts teacher at Jefferson Middle School in Indio CA. Teaching was a very natural...
Gary GruberFeb 27, 20233 min readDrawer of DreamsWhen I was a child, mom and dad would take me to New York to visit my grandparents. They lived in Brooklyn (Bedford-Stuyvesant) and were...
Gary GruberSep 28, 20223 min readA Tuna Fish Sandwich Saved My LifeMy father and his brother both landed on Omaha Beach on June 6,1944. He was 19 years old. When I think back to where I was (and who I...
Gary GruberSep 21, 20224 min readMake it hurtThe simple fact that prison is not the most tedious and boring place in the world (as it was through the 1950’s) is an indication of why...
Gary GruberAug 22, 20222 min readThe Holiday InnIt was the summer of 1969 and I needed a job to make a little cash. I had just finished my second year of school at Wilkes College – a...
Gary GruberMay 24, 20224 min readGonzo SkydivingAt 4500 feet the glider pilot signaled to me it was time. We put our hands on the top of the cockpit canopy and pushed up hard against...
Gary GruberMay 16, 20223 min readOn Drawing A Line In The SandThere will be unequivocal moments in everyone’s life when they must make a decision that will dramatically affect their existence moving...
Gary GruberMay 13, 20226 min readOn The Purpose of LifeThe physical hardships of aging, while daunting, provide a sort of exclamation mark on your life at this point in time. When you begin to...
Gary GruberMay 8, 20224 min readCamel Sex in PittsburghWhile I didn’t understand its significance at the time, watching two camels having sex in Pittsburgh has had a profound effect on my...
Gary GruberMay 7, 20225 min readNeighborsWe are fortunate to have had such magnificent neighbors for the 30+ years since we built our home, I thought I’d share some of the...
Gary GruberApr 30, 20225 min readThe Last 72 HoursThe “F” word, Yep, I use it all the time. The “N” word, Yep, I've used that too. But the “C” word! The “C” word! I've never used it and...
Gary GruberApr 24, 20224 min readPerseverance “Surround yourself with people better than you are.” My brother-in-law, the wisest man I know, told me that 50 years ago. I have always...
Gary GruberApr 18, 20226 min read“We May Have to Remove Your Colon…”The words went right over my head as they prepared to move me into surgery. When the doctor said “You are beginning to go septic”, I knew...
Gary GruberApr 15, 20225 min readOn the BorderIt’s been so long, but the memories are still here. It was somewhere on the border between New York and Canada. Four of us made the trip...
Gary GruberApr 13, 20223 min readThe Invisible TreeComplacency has always been my biggest nemesis. Seeing as a person is different from seeing as a photographer. I always try to keep my...
Gary GruberApr 10, 20224 min readHe-Man SushiEvery two years I make the trip into Riverside / Corona to requalify for my CCW (concealed carry). Firearms Training Associates in...
Gary GruberApr 7, 20226 min readNothin’ But the Moon…Anyone who tells you they ain’t scared jumping out of a plane at 12,500 feet at midnight for the first time with nothing but the moon to...
Gary GruberApr 3, 20225 min readTeamworkOnly three times in the 25+ years I spent as a software architect was I a member of a team of developers who epitomized the notion of a...
