Month: September 2026
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Desperate and Apocalyptic
I was arguing about Late Stage Capitalism with Stephanie while listening to Amy Grant. Christian music has become very desperate and apocalyptic. The imminent return of Jesus feels about as unlikely to me as a complete economic collapse. I grew up hearing about both. It’s been 50 years and neither has happened yet. I was…
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Easy Job?
My buddy Jim and his dad came by yesterday to work on the lawn one last time this year. Jim and I talk about life once in a while. He thinks I’m partially but only partially to blame for the divorce and it’s difficult to disagree with that. He’s happy that my finances are better…
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Iglacia
I went to Sacrament Meeting today. One of the talks was by a sister from Nicaragua who presented in Spanish. She had one of the girls in the ward repeat what she was saying in English periodically. It was a good talk and I understand a lot of religious words in Spanish so I almost…
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Breakup Songs
Over the years and especially in the 80s and 90s I learned a lot of breakup songs. I just finished listening to Niel Diamond and Barbara Streisand sing “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers.” It brought tears to my eyes. This divorce is only the third real breakup in my life. The first was Delia. We…
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The Phone is Gone
We went to the park today and there was a payphone station that appears to have been preserved for posterity. The phone is gone and much of the world that needed payphones is gone too. As my life shifts to a “new normal” I look back at the normals of years gone bye with bittersweet…
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Special
The world currently runs on an extreme specialization of labor. Some people are just more special than others. I don’t have a specialization so I am less special. I certainly contribute value by keeping my children fed and clothed, but they are my responsibility, so while I am special to them, I am not special…
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TV Man
It’s been several days since I’ve created anything I can even vaguely call art. Today I decided to try to redraw a piece my son Brandon did a few years ago. His was pretty original and detailed. Mine is just a copy from memory.
