Like many people, Americans, especially I have been chasing down my ancestral roots for several years. I’ve already recorded one episode on this topic. Number five from Ireland to America, if you haven’t already listened to it, but this episode is a little bit different. It’s about taking that one step further. Ancestry.com the most […]
Many years ago, when I was a teen, I think 16 or 17, I took a trip to Waco, Texas with my sister. We spent a couple of days visiting friends. And as part of the trip, I ended up attending Baylor university for a couple of days as a sort of tag, along with […]
Like many opera fans. I have spent years trying to attend as many live operatic performances as I can. This often requires traveling to different cities or States either by plane or by taking a long road trip. So far, I’ve been able to see several operas by a few respectable companies, including the Houston […]
(Photo credit: Cory Weaver / San Francisco Opera). You’re listening to Micron. A one-man podcast with weekly episodes about life, learning, laughter, and the people who make this world an interesting place. I am your host, the writer, editor, and producer, the man with the mic… Ron Stauffer. Micron is a podcast by me, but […]
You’re listening to micron a one man podcast with weekly episodes about life learning laughter and the people who make this world an interesting place. I am your host, the writer, editor, and producer the man with the mic. Ron Stauffer micron is a podcast by me, but it isn’t about me. It’s about what […]
This is part three in a three episode series. About my time working in the food service industry. In the past, I worked in three different roles at three separate establishments. I was a waiter at a 1950s themed diner, a banquet server at a hotel and conference center and a bus boy at an […]
This is part two in a three episode series. About my time working in the food service industry. In the past, I worked in three different roles at three separate establishments. I was a waiter at a 1950s themed diner, a banquet server at a hotel and conference center and a bus boy at an […]
This is part one in a three episode series. About my time working in the food service industry. In the past, I worked in three different roles at three separate establishments. I was a waiter at a 1950s themed diner, a banquet server at a hotel and conference center and a bus boy at an […]
After my wife and I were married in 2005, we received all kinds of unsolicited advice from lots of people, advice on marriage, parenting, financial advice, and more. It’s funny. I got a lot of advice from highly opinionated people whose opinions I didn’t want. And very little advice from humble people whose opinions I […]
Episode Transcript For most of my adult life, Christmas has been a terrible holiday. I’ve tried to avoid at almost all costs to me. Christmas was an emotionally fraught, stressful, expensive holiday filled with unfair experts, stations, large financial investments, and almost unbearable social pressure that just made me miserable. Christmas to me, presented an […]