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Retro Memories
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I think I’m going to start a new series here in ye olde journal where I detail some strange, interesting, or strangely interesting facet of growing up in the 70’s…
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The light at the end of the tunnel…
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If I squint, I can see 2021 sitting there at the end of the week. 2020 has been — interesting, but I’ll not be overly upset to put it behind…
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Breakfast Encounters…
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Simply to get out of the house for a bit and get some fresh air and sunshine, the roommate and I drove down to the Waffle House in Castle Rock…
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Retro Holidays
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Back in the 70’s the holidays were ruled by catalog showrooms like Sears, Montgomery Wards, and the big-dog around my house — Service Merchandise. The ritual was to make note…
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Merry Christmas!
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Took a stroll to look at everyone’s lights tonight; some really impressive displays out there. I also find it interesting how much blue LEDs have changed the color of the…
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Of roofs and rent…
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The new lease for the townhouse arrived the other day, because I have to give them 60 days notice. So I need to accept or refuse the new lease by…
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Happy Holidays!
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I walked over to the local Village Inn to get a little outside time and to pick up my breakfast. With the zombies and all, even at T-minus-5 days until…
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Watch Band
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And last but not least, my custom watch band arrived this evening. 2-day delivery took two weeks thanks to the USPS — but the band is really nice and even…
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Update…
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I’m on “vacation”, which just means it can take 30 minutes to an hour for me to get around to the current world-ending problem at work. My roommate also starts…
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Shipping And Handling
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I’m still waiting for my new Apple Watch band to arrive; apparently the USPS is having some problems and packages are backed up nation-wide. The website says it’s still on…
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3, 2, 1 – Lunch!
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It’s been a few years — five in fact — since the infamous Bigfoot of fast-food last roamed the Rockies. Of course I’m referring to the McRib; McDonald’s here today-gone…
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End of year bonus
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I got my end-of-year bonus, and that handily paid off the M1 laptop and the bespoke case I had made for it. The case arrived last evening, by the way,…
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Winding down the year…
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Welp, here we are — December 2020. TDay is now firmly behind us, Christmas is still ahead of us, and the long shadows of winter sunshine makes for short days…
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Post TDay Post
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My four days off went better than they usually do in that I actually took four days off. I was technically at work until about midnight on Wednesday working out…
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Lockdown Update
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As of Friday we’re back to March lockdown levels: Just when things were starting to feel ‘normal’ again… And in case that wasn’t enough, this morning at 9am we all…
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Holiday via UPS
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While I hear that celebrating Thanksgiving is frowned upon these days for reasons ranging from ‘catching a case of the zombies via direct eye contact with someone’ to ‘some people…
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Chef Me…
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I don’t really “cook” all that much outside of microwaving stuff, mostly because I have a roommate who kind of leaves the kitchen in a shambles all the time and…
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View from the roof
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Had to go up on the roof to check on the fiber switch for the outside cameras, so here’s I-225 looking south on this snowy Monday…
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Winter Wonderland
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It snowed all night and in fact is still snowing right now, which made the drive into work fairly interesting. Not that the Murano has any issue in the snow,…