Tom’s Substack

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Life through the eyes of a Tonto fan. Essays may be thoughtful or humorous, but are intended to provoke new thoughts. Notes are usually rants or brain farts. "Have fun today" is my Pole Star.

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About Tom Calabretta

Navy Vet who is easily bored, I was a television technical director, been a spy, a retail store manager, an insurance executive, a software database analyst, a school recruiter, a hair products distributer and a website consultant.

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