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The other end of life

Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 26, 2011

An emotional editorial by Shawn Olson about old age originally printed in the Messenger.

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Preparing Your Website

Posted on Dec 10, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

Considerations when starting a web site.

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It all begins on a bad day

Posted on Mar 4, 2004 | Last Updated Nov 5, 2011

Chapter 1 of The Hermit Colony, a satirical story about a man named Jeremiah Williams.

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2013 in Review

Posted on Feb 26, 2014 | Last Updated Jan 16, 2023

Newsletter about 2013, including various losses in our family and other news.

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A Perspective on Futurism

Posted on Dec 7, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 2, 2011

Compilation of facts and thoughts on futurism origin and effects.

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January, 2011 Newsletter

Posted on Jan 9, 2011 | Last Updated Jul 27, 2013
Brain MazeSanta's Meal to Slay For

Newsletter from Shawn Olson on January 10, 2011.

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Five-Lined Skink

Posted on Jul 2, 2006 | Last Updated Nov 9, 2011
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Photos of the Five-Lined Skink, a blue-tailed lizard in Missouri, United States.

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Flies on Cattails

Posted on Oct 18, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011

Some photos on cattails in November.

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Education in Debt

Posted on Dec 30, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

The assumption that a diploma means educated is not well founded.

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Dreamer's Isle

Posted on Dec 30, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011

The second painting in Shawn Olson's Dreamers series.

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