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There is no saving throw versus the plot device
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Ever get the feeling there is some sort of diabolical Wizard of Oz chuckling quietly to himself as he says “watch this!” and presses a button to make your day…
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Shrinkflation
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Not only is the box really small, but when you open it you realize you just spent $3 for a literal handful of crackers. I’d have to say a full…
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HVAC
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Like the t-shirt says: “That’s what I do: I fix stuff and I know things”… My time in the USN was on a submarine, and on a submarine you’re expected…
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The good old days…
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… of 2020. I decided to get out of the house for a bit and get some fast food for lunch / dinner, and the place of choice was Taco…
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But it’s a dry heat
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Summer has finally arrived here in Colorado, and over the weekend it went from rainy and mid-70’s to dry and mid-90’s. And, being as the local utility company has raised…
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Despite the cost of living, it remains popular
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Just got back from my Saturday morning run to King Soopers; $27 in gas and $111.70 ($93.43 after coupons) in groceries. Gas was $0.50 off thanks to grocery points, so…
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Music
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Music is a pretty large part of my life, which is one of the reasons good reproduction of it has been so important to me over the years… I’ve always…
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‘Burger Helper
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It’s been a long time since I’ve made Hamburger Helper… In fact, the last time was probably back when I was in the Navy and living in New London –…
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Book Report
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Back in August I decided to take on the challenge of re-reading / reading the entire Xanth Series by Piers Anthony. In January I was most of the way through…
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Update
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Back on march 31st, we had a bit of a fire nearby… A fire that caused about a dozen homes to be evacuated while the local fire department spent most…
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Mixtapes
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If you’ve ever wondered what it was like being in Highschool in the mid-80’s – here’s the musical version: “Mixtapes” by Moonrunner83 – featuring N8TVS Waking up in the middle…
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Ance-story
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On a lark, this weekend I was engaged in one of the traditional pastimes of “old people” – the Family Tree. In short, like most things with my life, it’s…
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Breaking And Entering
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This morning at 0500 I got a text from my CFO asking if I was up – and of course I was because 0500 is when I start the day……
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Disgruntled
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In my continuing analysis of life in the idiocracy timeline, today I present another grocery run… A few variables: The above is Total? $82.52 ($77.63 after coupons) When the tech…
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Audit ALL the things!
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You can tell things are getting tight economically by the number of organizations shaking down my company for loose change right now. This month started with a tax audit by…
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Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get
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A little return to winter here today, so here’s a picture for the snow deprived out there: I’m also testing the post template I whipped up to make posting more…
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Update
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Took the 300 over to the dealership to take care of a TSB… Apparently a few 2022 cars have flakey tire pressure sensors and people are too stupid these days…
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Space
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I’ve always been into ‘space stuff’, so I tend to always have an eye on whatever the new space-thing is… And today the new space-thing was SpaceX’s test of the…
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Wild Life
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Some new residents out in the forest in front of my place… Wild turkeys. Potato pictures because I was zoomed in quite a bit on my phone as to not…