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Full tilt stupid.
Careful what you wish for it may just come true.
Unexpected call.
Daughter called this afternoon a little overwhelmed with life at the moment. We talked for a bit. She said something about shopping for business card printing. Mentioned a price of $40-$50 per h...
A call.
My sis-in-law called this afternoon. It’s been awhile since she’s called. In the meantime my little brother had one of his two bad knees replaced. He has inherited Mom’s arthritis. He is seven y...
The plan.
Progress is being made. Daughter has finally built her own business. She went to school for a year. She got certified and received her state license. She has rented a room in a co-op wellnes...
Razor thin margin?
He lost the popular vote in 2016 by three million votes. He lost the popular vote in 2020 by seven million votes. Will he break his own record in 2024? He won the electoral college by twelve tho...
The only issue.
It’s not immigration. It’s not abortion. It’s not the economy. Or anything else. The main issue is, do you really want to hear, hear about, and have this dumbass front and center for the next f...
One down, one to go!
It’s been a little over a month since I’ve scribbled here. I finished three more books, the last of the pile. I’ve read “Billy Summers” by Stephen King and two more by John Grisham, “The boys Fro...
Two books, two birthdays.
In June both Daughter and Grandson had their birthdays, a week apart. Grandson is two. Two years without being sick and two years never having been sent to a daycare. I’d say, so far, so good. At...
Pronouns.
I haven’t heard my favorite- it! As in, “I believe it is a bit confused.” Or, “It seems a little mentally unstable.” Out of all the horrendous shit going on on this planet, this is the the thing ...
Expired?
I don’t remember exactly when it was, a year or two or three ago I made some biscuits from scratch. They turned out like little stones. Today I was going through Mom’s spice cabinet and noticed t...
2024? It's been awhile.
Daughter, Grandson and baby daddy were out here for ten days. I hate to say it but I was kinda glad when the chaos left. No, no, it wasn’t for any reason other than I was losing patience with bab...
A proud moment!
Daughter called this morning. She had just passed her licensing exam for her massage therapy training. She is now a Missouri state certified massage therapist. And she has already been hired by w...
And on this day.
And on this day nine years ago was the first of five trips out here to check on Mom or to save her from being kidnapped from the hospital and placed in “rehab”. The fifth trip was May 2017 after ...
Three years.
Three years ago today I got the call from the stroke center that informed me that Mom had died. She had survived the emergency surgery (the surgeon had called me at 2am to tell me the blockage ha...
Still warm.
I finished reading “Seveneves” by Neil Stephenson and “The House at the End of the World” by Dean Koontz. That makes 19 books read so far this year. The temp today was 88 degrees. A couple of da...
Two months since I've scribbled here.
I’ve finished reading the stack of re-reads I’d gathered. And now I’m back to current novels. I’ve just finished reading “Holly” by Stephen King. And that makes seventeen books read so far this y...
Done with it.
It only took 35 minutes, five transfers, and four people but I cancelled whatever it was I’d signed up for. I’m not going to sign up for anything else. I’ll keep on shredding whatever comes in th...
monsoon struggling
There were temperature records set: 31 days over 110 degrees, hottest overnight temperature ever at 97 degrees, hottest average 24 hour day at 104 degrees. right now, at 4:41pm, 110 degrees Thre...
Still sitting here.
It’s been two months since I’ve updated here. Just not much more than the usual nothing going on around here. I’ve finished reading “The Curator” by Owen King and “Quicksilver” and “The Big Dark ...
Bi-annual doings . . .
I finished reading “The Last Chairlift” by John Irving and “Old Babes in the Wood” by Margaret Atwood. Now I’m reading a new Owen King I found when I returned the other two books. Yes, that King...
Same old, same old.
It’s been six weeks since I’ve scribbled in here. What’s new? What isn’t? I found two new books by two favorite authors at the library. John Irving and Margaret Atwood. The last trip to the weed...
Climate chaos?
February is over. Normally it would have been warmer. The first ninety degree day of the year usually arrives in February. This year there wasn’t even one eighty degree day during February. And a...
Two more items.
For decades I’ve had two items on my “wish list”. I finally pulled the trigger and bought them. I bought the Silva Ranger 2.0 compass from Amazon for $57.77 and a Leatherman Wave+ from REI for $1...
Warming up!
December and January temperatures were 5 to 10 degrees on average lower than normal. And now we’re finally returning to normal temps. It is supposed to be up in the mid-seventies through the upco...
ChatGPT, Conversation #2
I think I’m going to need to be stoned to continue along this path. Really fucking high. Check this out: *Are you familiar with the three laws of robotics? * Yes, I am familiar with the three law...
