Yeah, I’m kind of phoning this one in. We were having an open house today, and Dane & I slid out a little early under the pretext of getting his cell phone situation resolved. He now has a spanking new Samsung Galaxy S8. I think he’ll be happy for awhile. After that, we headed downtown for …

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It’s been a long week and a short week all at the same time. Started off the week with Memorial Day and a trip to go see my folks, then it seems like I spent the rest of the week preparing to take a certification exam, which I got around to today. Some certification exams …

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Sometimes the online discussions are an exercise in frustration. I’m on a Facebook forum centered around my hometown of Salina, Kansas. Salina is a fairly conservative community, with a large working-class population. There are a number of college-educated folks there, but there is a significant population of folks that didn’t pursue much education beyond high …

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Kids make the difference. I’m sitting here, wrapping up a decent little indie flick on Netflix called “Goodbye, World”. A virus infects all of the tech, takes everything down, and the world goes to hell for a number of people. The things I notice are the ties that bind. Friendship can stand any umber of challenges. …

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Somedays I find myself wondering “How many wheels are there on this bus?”. It might be a shorter list of people that didn’t have undeclared contact with the Russians prior to Trump being sworn in. Right now I’m listening to a recap of Sean Spicer’s daily press conference regarding Trump’s overseas trip, where he may …

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Memorial Day, 2017. A day of remembrance. I can’t say I’ve had a number of relatives die in support of the Republic. I have one great (5 greats) that dies during the Civil War, John Hendrix Goodheart, that died in Tennessee in 1862. I know he was a Union soldier. Can’t say whether he died …

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Weekends. Weekends are a little weird, and three-day weekends have more potential for weirdness. Memorial Weekend here in Lawrence, Kansas also coincides with this year’s Busker Fest, which means downtown Lawrence is chock full of street performers and patrons of street performers. I have a ride to a dancer/performance artist from Boston today. Nice young …

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Looking for the TPS reports , with the new covers… and my lack of flair. So, I’m a little pissed off now, after getting into a confrontation with some self-righteous piece of shit about Christianity. Damn… it pisses me off and I want to unload, but I’m going to contain myself. My faith is my …

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“All in all, it’s just another brick in the wall” – Pink Floyd So, it’s Friday, May 26, 2017. Looks like the Washington Post is going to have another breaking overnight story about this administration. Yeah… they’ve got their scapegoat. Just watch. Soon the entire Trump family is going to turn on Kushner, and he’ll …

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Just saw Shaquille O’Neill’s right foot on national television. I really didn’t need to see that. There are any number of things that I have seen and likely will see in my life that, in the end, I’m going to wish I hadn’t seen. I guess it’s safe to say that there are going to be …

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