by Scott Darlington | Aug 19, 2016 | Vacation
We arrived at our vacation cottage in Old Orchard Beach, Maine on Saturday, August 6th, with a sense of excitement. Vacation at Last! I’ve been coming to Old Orchard Beach since I was five years old. It’s become a nostalgic place for me. For that matter,...
by Scott Darlington | Aug 2, 2016 | Vacation
My hockey buddies think it’s funny when I say I’m going on vacation for two weeks. Their retort, as you might expect, is that I’ve been on permanent vacation since I retired. In many ways, they’re right. My days consist mostly of stuff I want...
by Scott Darlington | Jul 30, 2016 | General
I’ve known for many years that I’d enjoy retirement. I even had a countdown timer on my whiteboard which I would update every morning when I got to the office. Although that fell by the wayside when I became an official work-from-home employee, retirement...
by Scott Darlington | Jul 12, 2016 | General
One of the things that caught me by surprise after retiring was a simple question: Who am I? First, though, some background. How I Decided to be an Electrical Engineer I knew in Grade 3 that I wanted to be an electrical engineer. My father had introduced me to...
by Scott Darlington | Jul 11, 2016 | Music
Taking music lessons has been a real ear-opening experience, far more so than I expected. For example, I’ve come to appreciate the sublime beauty of music more so than before. As a novice piano student, I’m learning fairly simple pieces. Still, they have...
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