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Todays travel and an incident that concerns me.
I hit the road today at 8am and made pretty good time. Stopped at 5PM in Cranberry PA a suburb of Pittsburgh. I did over 600 miles and...
Russ Newton
May 31, 20211 min read
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Next Three weeks of travel
I am heading to Maryland tomorrow to visit with Matt Miller. Matt and I were pressman at the Army Times in Springfield, VA. My last...
Russ Newton
May 31, 20211 min read
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Good friends and Good food go together well.
Had a wonderful time with Zach Johnson and his girlfriend Lauren Castillo. Good to meet Lauren and catch up with Zach. We had a great...
Russ Newton
May 29, 20211 min read
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Chris Avetisian and Russ in San Francisco on a beer pub crawl in 2018
Note I am heavy in this picture. Right before I started my ALS diet plan! Chris and his lovely wife Sonia
Russ Newton
May 26, 20211 min read
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My Travel Plans
I plan on driving to Maryland to see an old friend Matt Miller. Then from there I will head to Nashville to see my son, Matt. then I am...
Russ Newton
May 25, 20211 min read
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Gratitude part two. Thank you Jim for helping me out yesterday!
Jim Pagel So welcome to my world for a few minutes. I have one really frustrating problem now that I can't speak. I need to schedule...
Russ Newton
May 25, 20212 min read
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Happened again!
Last night when I went to bed I took one of the two medicines I have to slow down ALS. It comes in a pill format. I am trying to use my...
Russ Newton
May 22, 20211 min read
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Me and my car on our last day in San Antonio.
I just had the car washed and then he patched up almost all of the various dings a bruises you get when you put 40,000 miles on a car in...
Russ Newton
May 21, 20211 min read
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A foolish move perhaps.
So after yesterdays attack on my ability to breath most people would not go back and drink the same drink that caused it. But I am a...
Russ Newton
May 19, 20211 min read
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Russ Newton
May 19, 20210 min read
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Russ Newton
May 19, 20210 min read
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No Air.
So today I made a fruit smoothie to eat. I used blueberry's and raspberry's and whole milk. I blended it up then drank it over about 15...
Russ Newton
May 18, 20211 min read
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Me in my last hourly job before Managment.
This is a picture of me working at the Army Times in Springfield, VA back in the early eighties. I left shortly after this picture and...
Russ Newton
May 16, 20211 min read
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Old friends
Bob Brouillard use to be the Maintenance Manager for me when I was Packaging Manager at the Orlando Sentinel. I had most of my philosophy...
Russ Newton
May 15, 20211 min read
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Matt saved my life last night.
So it started when we were on the East side of town where I grew up. Matt said he and Julie wanted to make me dinner, what would I like....
Russ Newton
May 12, 20211 min read
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A visit to Matthews Grandfather, 93 years old and still going strong!
So Matt and I drove over to Don Gehrmann's house yesterday for a quick visit. Don was a famous mile runner back in the 40's and 50's, if...
Russ Newton
May 12, 20211 min read
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The Best Team I ever worked with!
Was at California Community News from 2000 to 2005 roughly. The first picture is Steve Bentz he was the Manager over Warehouse and...
Russ Newton
May 9, 20212 min read
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A short video for all if you have the time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rac_0Y18tY
Russ Newton
May 8, 20211 min read
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This appeared in today's Washington Post.
Opinion by Liz Cheney May 5, 2021 at 4:05 p.m. CDT Liz Cheney, a Republican, represents Wyoming’s at-large congressional district in the...
Russ Newton
May 6, 20214 min read
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No words today.
BOOM. By @BillBramhall .
Russ Newton
May 4, 20211 min read
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