Month: March 2024
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Saying No
How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals? My artistic aspirations require time which I do not always give them. I would like to be more financially secure and that means saying No to spending. I am not always good in either of those regards. I also have an…
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Charisma
What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had? I am more introverted than a true charismatic. I would like to have the ability to make strangers fear and love me. But I don’t get out of the house much and what charisma I have only goes so far on the Internet.…
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Paying the Lawyers
This week has been dysregulating. We are not on top of our debts. We have had to deal with immediate ones. Those are the ones that a law firm is actively and aggressively pursuing. We are probably through the worst of it and next week will be better. But other things fall apart when my…
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Favorite Weather
What is your favorite type of weather? I lived in Portland, Oregon for a year and a half. The summer months were warm and rainy. Despite being overcast a lot of the time it was usually bright in the day. The weather I like the most was those days that were overcast but not raining,…
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My Choir Teacher
Who was your most influential teacher? Why? In high school my choir teacher was Mr. Loy. He was a big man with a big heart. He was good at his job both as a teacher and as a choir master. He was both funny and grumpy most of the time. He put up little signs…
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Consume and Reproduce
What do you wish you could do more every day? The four Fs of biology are: fighting, fleeing, feeding, and fornicating. I do not want to fight more than I have to, but it beats fleeing which I don’t want to do at all. I wish I could eat more and better. Of course there…
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Hard Pass On Tattoos
What tattoo do you want and where would you put it? I absolutely do not want a tattoo at this point in my life. I don’t like needles and I don’t like the idea of marking up my body with something that cannot be removed. I have a bad surgical scar and it makes me…
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Conscience is Atomic
For many years I have asserted that freedom of religion is an inferior way to talk about liberty than freedom of conscience. The biggest reason I have put forth is that appeals to religion shut out a significant portion of the population. It is, and I know this from experience, hard to convince an atheist…
Latter Day Sinner 