Category: rant
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Just Four More Minutes
I didn’t want to get out of bed today. I bargained for a few more minutes of sleep. Now mind you it hasn’t been a bad day. Stephanie had a horrible day but I’ll let her tell you about that. Ben came home screaming and got an emergency pill, but at least he didn’t attack…
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The Lint Trap
Today I am doing my laundry. I have 12 good pairs of slacks and I like to wash them all in one load. So if I get dressed every day I have to do them every 13th day while I wear the dress pants I don’t like. The pants are done and folded. I just…
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Productive
I have a bad case of imposter syndrome when it comes to my personal productivity. I know logically that I contribute to my household and by doing so contribute to the world. But I just don’t feel it. My habit tracking app helps. When I hit publish on this post I will have accomplished all…
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Christ in the Immigrant
A friend challenged me to see Christ in the immigrant. There is good Biblical sense in that. “For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in” (Mt 25:35 KJV). But mostly I just see Lamanites. The Lamanites…
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Yardwork
I have a buddy that mows the lawn, but he doesn’t do the weed trees at the edge of the house. Today I took my clippers outside and cut down all the stuff growing at the edges. This doesn’t actually kill anything unfortunately. I think we would have to use herbicide to do that, but…
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New Computer
I got my new computer today. I took the old one down then set up everything on the new one. Then I realized I hadn’t backed up my personal files from the old computer. So I took the new one apart, set up the old one again, saved all my individual work to a flash…
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Fireworks
Independence Day (July 4th) is next week. The fireworks have begun. The local safety page says not to call the police if the noise keeps you awake or frightens the cats. But oddly enough if the cats start shooting back the police will get involved. It’s going to be a loud week. Independence Day is…
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Cat Litter
I’ve been putting off changing the litter in the three litter boxes. I did that today. I got all the way out to the garbage bin before one of the bags broke. I really need to be more proactive about this job. It gets grosser the longer I put it off. But it’s done for…
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Middle Class
As I’ve written before a very long time ago a well meaning professor told the class I was in that a bachelors degree was a guaranteed position in the middle class for the rest of our lives. That to my ears was a tremendously crappy promise. Middle income earners in the US do most of…
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Mobile Ads
The two games I’ve put on my phone so far are very ad heavy, so I’ve been watching a whole lot of mobile ads to get bonuses. I like to mute them because they are far less annoying to look at than to hear. I have also found myself playing a little game called: Is…