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Feeling better – mostly
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So, here I am a bit over a week from when I came down with the 2022 model year of the flu – and I’m pretty much over it I…
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Ill
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It’s been a while, February 2021 in fact, since my last tussle with a yearly flu bug. But yesterday I finally got my ticket punched by this year’s variant. Yesterday…
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Fall has fell
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The view from my guest room this morning… It’ll look like this for a couple of weeks, and then it’ll snow for five months. 🙂 Listening to “Endless Summer” by…
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Road Trip
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I’m pondering taking some time off from work and driving back to New London Connecticut to do some site-seeing and reminiscing. It’s a mere 2000 miles, each way; easy if…
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There and Back
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So after some discussion yesterday morning, I sent my roommate and his relatives off to Rampart Range Road in his jeep while I enjoyed a quiet day at the house…
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Out and About
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Today my roommate’s sister and her husband arrive from out of state for a short visit. I’ve been volunteered to take the lot for a tour up in the mountains…
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Cheap
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Given the insanity in the world right now with spiking energy costs, ill-conceived federal spending, and generally piss-poor state government timing, I’m once again cutting a lot of my usual…
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Mayo
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I despise mayonnaise, and that goes double for the “Better Living Through Modern Chemistry” liquid fat analog that passes for mayo at a fast food place. So, you can imagine…
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Xanth
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I guess it was about 1980 or so, on one of my routine trips to the local book store on Main Street in Longmont, that I spotted my first Xanth…
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300
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For about a year now, the local Chrysler dealership has been pestering me to come buy this 300 sedan they’ve had on the lot since fall of last year; it’s…
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Second Life
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A quick video walkthrough of my latest sim build; Selentia. This is my personal hidey-hole in Second Life. My roommate owns the sim next door, and I themed that one…
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Eco
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My neighborhood has both a regular trash service and a recycling service, each with a different can. I generate so little trash that I don’t really participate… I mean, by…
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I’ve Seen All Good People
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Yesterday I posted about the Pink Floyd show I saw in 1994, which was notable as being the last Pink Floyd tour ever. A few years prior to this I…
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Division Bell
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It is June 18th, 1994, just after sunset… I’m standing in a throng of 69,788 people on the field of Mile High Stadium; the scent of pot thickly fills the…
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Red Barchetta
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I’m sitting here at work, working (as one tends to do at work), and I’m playing my ‘old man’ music… Today is a selection of old Rush from the recent…
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Software
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Long, long ago software came on physical media – actual floppies, CDs, and DVDs – and I’ve held on to a lot of it that I’ve purchased over the years.…
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History
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Still on my personal quest to nail down specific dates and places for my memoirs; everything gets a bit murky after twenty-plus years, and I’m a stickler for detail. Today…
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Arts and Crafts
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I’ve had a few odd art requests from various acquaintances over the last week, and as they seem to be happy with them, I’ll post there here for posterity. First…
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Perception
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I’m old, so I’ve seen a lot of weather maps in my time… One of the things I’ve noticed over the years is that weather maps seem to be experiencing…
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Update
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Went out to top off the gas tank and get a few groceries today; it’s a pretty crazy world out there… Firstly, I paid $5.20 a gallon for gas today…