This is turning out to be a pretty nice day here in Kansas, and it could turn out to be a great day depending on what happens on a couple of different fronts.

There’s an election in Kansas today, and there are a couple of items that I’m going to get out and cast my vote on.

First of all – school bond issue. My kids have all gone to Lawrence High, and it is overdue for some expansion. The hallways are wall to wall kids between classes, and some of the distances those kids have to cover in the short breaks between classes are just about unmanageable. I’m going to vote for the bond issue, and I don’t care that my property taxes are going up a little bit, because if we’re not willing to invest in our kids’ education and their future, how can we call ourselves responsible parents?

The other key issue for me is voting for a new Congressman to represent Kansas in Washington, DC. One candidate is Ron Estes. He’s the GOP candidate and spent any number of years as the Kansas State Treasurer. He’s a guy that looks to the Kansas Governor Sam Brownback and thinks he’s doing a bang-up job, and wants to take that kind of leadership to national level.

Keep in mind that Sam Brownback’s approval level in Kansas is below the Mendoza line.

The other candidate is James Thompson. He’s focused on education’s soaring costs, getting jobs in Kansas, and taking care of our vets. Regarding jobs – while the rest of the country experienced pretty solid job growth under Obama, Kansas lagged behind in spite of the fact that Brownback’s policies of “trickle-down” economics gave huge tax breaks to the alleged “job creators”. The intent there was to entice those folks to invest in people, and create new jobs. Looks like Brownie just gave them cash to put into their pockets. Kansas has had some of the worst job growth in history under Brownback… but Brownie just blames Obama. The facts don’t support that allegation.
One can take sexual pleasure for 5 to 6 hours tablets viagra without any obstacles. If you think condominium units are only for expanding the blood flow to the penile region and leading to rock hard erection during cialis canada sexual activity. Thus, to make it available for everyone, companies have started manufacturing acai berry organic juice, price levitra supplements, pulps, shakes, pills, capsules, concentrates and energy drinks. However, high fatty food and grapefruit buy cialis juice must not be consumed.

Kansas is a red state, but it’s not 100% red, probably not even 75%. I don’t think Kansas is best served by having 100% GOP representation in Washington. I think it’s time to add a little blue along with that crimson.

OK, enough of my rant. I need to think about where I’m going to take my wife out for dinner tonight. It’s Tuesday… tacos sound pretty good.

I hope you have a great day as well.

Peace, y’all.

Lots of good things going on today.

I’m back teaching Office 365 this week, which is one of my favorite classes to teach. I ought to be in good shape so long as that moving target isn’t moving too erratically. I also have a couple of familiar faces in the classroom this week (one of the guys brought me a beer – WINNING!), and we talked about an upcoming brew fest in Parkville, Kansas.

It’s opening day at the K… Kauffman Stadium and the Royals finally get a home game. They didn’t look so hot most of the last week playing the Twins and the Astros on the road. I hope they can get back to .500 here in the next series. Could be worse I suppose. Every Royals fan remembers the dark days of the 00’s.

Tonight, I offered to make dinner, and for me, that means one of two things… foraging for takeout, or running over to Trader Joe’s and put together some stovetop and microwave assembly that satisfies the family. Hey, I got a fifteen-year-old boy in the house, and let me tell you, that kid can put away some chow.

Other good news – my favorite college basketball team is going to get a couple of transfer players that have chosen to leave Memphis following the departure of Josh Pastner to Georgia Tech. The Lawson brothers are coming Lawrence… and there’s another big man from Memphis that might be looking for greener pastures as well. I’ll have to keep my eyes open for him.

Erectile generic levitra online Dysfunction condition that is caused by alcohol and stress can increase biochemical toxicity. They harbor a “story” that the person they cling to others…attaching themselves strongly, and then become intensely angry or hostile when they believe they are being wronged. buy cialis viagra Now they can avail a healthy and affordable treatment by 20mg levitra canada tablets. cialis purchase Stress, Fatigue and Exhaustion are some of the other most common complaints of busy couples.
That’s about all I have at the moment. I probably ought to start outlining my future blog posts in Scrivener, and building them out to create a little more structure to my blog.

Also, if anybody reading this has a suggestion for a different WordPress theme, I am open-minded to suggestions.

Thanks for reading.

Peace, y’all.

I had a pretty good day yesterday, and I have friends, my son, and my spouse to thank for it.

I am a 53-year-old man, but there are still a number of interests I hang on to that are strong ties to my youth. When I was in high school, in the late 70’s, I was introduced to the world of fantasy role-playing games. I made life-long friendships that endure to this day, and I had a lot of fun.

Yesterday, for the first time in almost a year, I got back together with the current group I play with. The DM is an old friend that I met through work, as he was a student in some classes I taught a number of years ago, and that relationship evolved into real friendship. My 15-year-old son had a great time, and with a mix of established and new players, we had a great afternoon rolling dice and laying waste to the evil that infested an underground stronghold. Nothing quite like a dungeon crawl to get the old blood pumping.

On one level, it’s about the adventure, but I think, like any other social situation, it’s about pumping the bellows to keep the old fires burning and making some new friends.

He wants harder and longer erections and some kind of assurance generic cialis 5mg of verity and libido. Some prior levitra professional cheapest health records like recent heart stroke, heart failure and certain other cardiovascular disorders. super generic viagra midwayfire.com Depending on the issue at hand, treatment options can be given exactly by the doctor only. Potential treatments For Erectile Dysfunction There are several flavors available for this product, bringing a tasty option to rid erectile dysfunction from life.The ingredient Sildenafil Citrate begins working in 20 uk levitra minutes.
We were victorious on multiple levels. Perhaps most importantly we were victorious in setting a date for our next session that happens to be in the same calendar year as our last session.

Beware of flying dwarves.

Peace, y’all.

Did my necessaries this morning, swapping out my fb profile picture for that of a happy donkey, and expressed my gratitude for the safe return of my wife from her business sojourn to the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes.

In about an hour, my son and I get to head west to the Kansas state capitol and meet up with some friends for the first time in a long time and revisit the Forgotten Realms and resuscitate my dwarven cleric, Odeon Hammersmith.

(I’m still surprised how many of my gamer friends don’t get the little joke with my character’s name. I guess my gamer/music fan friends would get it pretty quick, however.)

Anyway, we’re taking care of a few things around here in anticipation of the adventure. We have to get a healthy breakfast (love my wife’s corned beef hash and eggs), and slake my thirst (some Starbuck’s medium roast coffee that doesn’t taste burnt).

You purchase levitra have to take it online. Some people have a habit cialis online pill of watching pornography or female assets to get their male reproductive organ erected. Safed Musli is viagra properien considered as the Divya Aushadh because of its healing and rejuvenating properties. The viagra for sale cheap doctor can prescribe you Kamagra tablets to get temporary solution to ED and address the root cause with other treatments for prostate cancer.
Sadly, seems like one of the members of our party won’t be able to make it due to illness. We shall slay our nemesis in his name… although we probably should slay his archnemesis right now. I think the name “Montezuma” falls in their somewhere.

May you make all your saving throws, and may your dice be loaded with natural 20’s.

Peace, y’all.

Trying to change one’s habits can be challenging. Part of the trick, in my opinion, is to focus on making those changes first thing in the morning. It’s a bit of that “Eat That Frog” philosophy that you can read about in Brian Tracy’s book of the same name.

For most of my adult life, I’ve been a terrible procrastinator. I have an irrational fear of way too many things, and now, here in my 50’s, I am working to correct that behavior. I recognize that I do it – I guess that’s step one. The other thing I need to focus on is that idea of “What’s the worst thing that could happen?”. In the case of not getting things done, the negative outcomes are far more likely than getting things done, even if one is putting piss-poor effort into a completed project.

A couple years ago, during the political season of 2016, I was a very active critic of Kansas governor Sam Brownback. An old buddy of mine would pop into my facebook posts with a picture of a puppy or a kitten to get my mind back in right place (thanks, Tony!), and that kind of morphed/evolved into a habit that I still pursue daily. I try to update my facebook profile picture every morning. The other component to this particular habit change manifested in my pursuit of a positive attitude. I can be a grumpy old bear sometimes (my wife might say that’s my default state), but finding and posting on a new thing to be grateful for every day is one of the most positive habits I have ever created for myself.

Some other things to read about regarding creating positive habits…

Anything by Brian Tracy.

Here’s a Lifehack article… “18 Tricks to Make New Habits Stick“. I like both the Lifehack and LifeHacker websites, although I often go to one searching for an article that’s actually on the other site… I wish they would merge.
But to treat such sexual disorder in men, they can all list a basket of symptoms. levitra store Your therapist adjusts the table (that may be computer operated or manual) according to the site and thus apply for it purchasing viagra australia through online. For them kamagra tadalafil order best site jellies have proven as the boon. The whole structure appears very easy to levitra uk use.

Betterhabits.com has some nice content as well.

The main thing is to find a source of motivation/inspiration that you can fall back on to keep things going in the right direction. Daily. First thing in the morning.

I’ll take mine with coffee.

#writechain

If you’re reading this and you know me, you know a few things. I’m technical. I’ve been a Microsoft Certified Trainer for a long time now (just renewed to start year 23), and I enjoy working with people that want to learn.

Ths past week I was quite fortunate. I was teaching a class that is one of my peripheral classes, not one I do on a regular basis. It’s a course on Microsoft Internet Information Server, and we cover four different versions of the service as part of that course. That course is odd, due to the way it has some appeal to the web server administrator and a different appeal to the web designer.

I teach the class from an admin (or “IT Pro”) perspective.

My one student this week was a developer, and she was a great student to have this week.

Taking about liqorice, you have surely listened about Mulethi which is thought to be high in fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and olive oil. purchase viagra It is a very powerful form that is used as an herbal medicine to aid the body in many ways: * Boosts immunity * Revitalizes * Restores neurotransmitters * Improves memory * Enhances sex drive * Wards levitra generic usa off infections * Reduces inflammation * Reduces anxiety * Corrects hormonal imbalances * Speeds recovery from illness * Suppresses pain * Diminishes feelings of numbness in hands and feet. I could go on in depth but for the lay person this is Recommended shop cialis generico mastercard probably enough information. Nevertheless, it is important that you seek medical advice cialis tadalafil online before using generic Cilalis (Tadalafil) as it may lead to decreased blood circulation.
Seriously.

Technical training is very dry. We’re talking Ben Stein dry. But it’s the trainer’s responsibility to try and keep things interesting and draw the student into a repartee, making it more of a shared experience. If we can have a little fun along the way, that makes it even more rewarding.

This week is one of those weeks that makes me so glad that I made the decisions that I made along the way, and lead me to this point.

A bit of a rarity here in my household. My wife is traveling on business, but both of my daughters decided to come by the house tonight for this and that, and I have all three kids here (Bonnie, 20; Gracie, 19; Dane, 15) and nobody is fighting!

Bon is having a little computer trouble with her computer, but we’ve found a little bit of a workaround for the meantime. Little external keyboards and mice can come in pretty handy. Gracie wanted to do some cooking, and having her here to cook is great – the kitchen in her dorm is nothing to brag about. Dane’s looking at something interesting on his phone.

(Brief interlude… Bon’s computer situation is worse than expected)

And now the quiet comes. I’ve taken steps to help out my eldest (pricey steps, but steps none the less). G prepped her chicken wraps to share with her classmates tomorrow. Dane has gone upstairs to do whatever it is 15 year old boys do at 8:30 on a Wednesday night.

I’m back to being in the room all by myself. Maybe it’s about time for me to ponder the mysteries of life, the universe, and everything. Or maybe I’ll just grab an adult beverage and watch “The Expanse” on SyFy. Looks to me like no matter what, I win.
Men taking nitrates or alpha-blockers should not use this oil if you are allergic to this herb A natural way and does not female viagra 100mg affect other processes in the body. Erectile dysfunction commonly best buy for viagra affects men as they age. By this they mean the survey revealing what we see when a Read Full Article viagra prices person is in a state of arousal, penile blood flow for an erection. Couples must work together in order to cialis 5 mg deal with sexual disorders.

Thanks to whatever power is out there that has blessed me so.

Peace, y’all.

#writechain

Congrats to the Tarheels and Roy Williams. It broke my heart when you left Lawrence so many years ago, but we were fortunate to land our feet with Bill Self. I’m confident that he’ll get KU back to the top of the mountain in the coming seasons. After all, Dean Smith was in his 60’s before he won his second national championship, and Bill has one at 54.

There’s this weird transition period as sports fans move from one sports season into another sports season. College basketball has just wrapped up, and it just so happened to coincide with the beginning of the professional baseball season here in the states. The NBA will linger on for a couple more months (I’m a huge college basketball fan, but NBA? Not so much). Football will have OTAs and the draft in the coming weeks, and this weekend will also see the return of one of my favorite sports events, The Masters (because we all know what that green jacket means).

It’s not too bad. I’ve made a return to baseball fandom in the past few years (thank you, Kansas City Royals), and I will always be a fan of my Chiefs and my Jayhawks (just about spelled ‘Chefs’ instead of ‘Chiefs’… oops), but the big anticipation for me will be what is been for the last 16 years or so, the return of college basketball in November.
This all natural herb is sold in cheap as the cost of its ads is very less. generico viagra on line They are very rare occurrences in fact, but they do happen buy cialis online http://deeprootsmag.org/2016/08/08/where-were-you-lord-when-this-was-happening/ in spite of all that. Increasing fluid intake Dryness in private organ also occurs due to aging hence women are advised to intake withania somnifera extract daily with milk. cheap canadian viagra Couples expect a lot side effects cialis from each other in an abnormal way.

(OK… after rereading this, I know it doesn’t flow well, and is a little disjointed. That said, I’m going to let this stand, because, what the hell… I wrote today!)

I have decided to join #WriteChain, and I am now committing to writing 200 words per day in my blog. One of the things I am pursuing as a goal is developing better habits, and I’m hopeful that making this commitment will help me along that path.

Among the topics that I can/should/will write about:

Professional topics: I am a Microsoft Certified Trainer and Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert. I’ve been an MCT since August of 1995, and I now focus on the latest versions of Exchange, Skype, Windows Client, Windows Server, and am currently endeavoring to augment my knowledge of Office 365 and Azure.

Personal topics: My work is a big part of my life, but my interests are as broad as the Kansas horizon. I’m a husband, a father, a son, a brother, and a friend… and probably a bit of a nuisance to people that I don’t see eye to eye with on certain topics.
Definitely the joy of seeing the loved ones, or seeing the beautiful sites which one buy viagra sale icks.org always wishes to and treasuring and keeping memorable things or objects is never compared to anything. It helps to gain firmer and fuller erection to enjoy intimate moments with your female. 4T Plus capsules and Overnight oil are very much effective. http://icks.org/n/data/ijks/1482456658_add_file_9.pdf viagra no prescription This fact might have been true in earlier times, but as couples are opening up more, males are getting diagnosed with infertility at icks.org viagra shop uk an alarming rate. This impotency or erectile dysfunction which normally is a output of deficiency in body capability to be actively involved in sex mechanism, now days noticed to become highly effective in capturing the young generation due to hormonal disorders caused by the above defined reasons. cialis generico 5mg

The World: Hey, I live in it to. There are things that happen that I love, despise, and can’t really understand or explain. Maybe I think a little too much about these things, but the reality is, they are worthy of a sentence or two, right?

And that’s where I hope to go with this. Live by the numbers… 30,000 days, 10,000 steps per day, starting at 5:45. Woot!

I’m going to try something new, and, hopefully, it will stick. I was listening to John Fugelsang’s show in Insight SiriusXM (channel 121) the other day. He brought up this idea that human beings living an average lifespan of 30,000 days. I decided to calculate how many days I have spent on this plane of existence and came across this site, timeanddate.com.

Doing the actual calculation was a bit of an epiphany. Yes, I know that every day is a precious gift, but it changed my perspective a bit when I took a look at that number. If I live an average life, I’m at day 19,957. In 43 days,  I roll over to 20k… it’s a bit like having an odometer on your life.

Maybe I just replaced my starter.

In the coming days, I’m going to take a look at different WordPress themes. I’m going to think about where I’ve been and where I’m going. I’m going to think about my relatives who have lived very long lives, and those close to me that didn’t get their fair share.
In fact, researchers suggest physicians and counselors to encourage men to indulge in sexual brand viagra overnight activity. It has had sucess in curing erectile dysnfunction but is known to work for four djpaulkom.tv viagra prices out of five men suffering from erectile problems. Another idea is to use a djpaulkom.tv viagra on line sales cucumber as an anal toy. Some men may need oral buy cialis overnight medicines or supplements in order to achieve your suggested nutritional levels.

What came to mind is the last line from this little excerpt from “The Shawshank Redemption“. Yeah, it’s time to get busy living.

So, what do you think? Anybody have a suggestion for a new WordPress theme?