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This is one of the memorable and most absurd comedy scenes in movie making history. In Mel Brooks’ Blazing Saddles Cleavon Little , the newly appointed sheriff, takes himself hostage by pointing his own gun at his own head. The old woman cries,

“Somebody save the poor boy!”

To this day woke Google…

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In the early years of the United States, the folks often celebrated the country’s birth on the anniversary of the Surrender at Yorktown on October 19, 1781 and on July 4^th until that day was made the official Independence Day holiday by Congress in 1870. Say What?

Yes. It only took nearly 100 years for the warring…

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For good reason Autodesk Civil 3D and our Framework for Civil 3D products generate most of the focused content for the posts and the post series published here. Customers say that this regular and in-depth content helps them deal with the many complexities of the production use of Civil 3D. To those that email me with encouragement and criticism alike - Thank you.

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It is the US Army’s birthday month once again. The US Army will be 250 years old this month. That is a pretty big deal. If you didn’t pay attention in US History back in the day, you may not remember that the US Army was officially formed by the Second Continental Congress on June 14^th 1775.

The same Continental Congress adopted the first US flag on June 14, 1777.

June…

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All the way into my thirties the smell of wood smoke in the night would always wake me up suddenly. Maybe not exactly a case of PTSD, but nonetheless weird - like waking up in a sudden start from a nightmare.

I don’t like fires, fireplaces, and probably, most of all, I dred chopping wood. Ok. I grew up in a wood heated house. Before I was 16, I had already chopped, hauled, and stacked my…

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