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Most People Don’t Understand
What’s something most people don’t understand? We live in a very specialized world. Most people don’t understand what goes into the vast majority of the work that needs to be done to keep things running. Doctors don’t know most of the country’s laws. Lawyers don’t know much medicine. Entrepreneurs don’t know either, but the doctors…
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Static Vision
In the space between waking and dreamsI heard television staticI opened my eyes and saw the flashingBlack and white randomnessI struggled to make it mean somethingThere was a shimmer of transparentWhite bars that moved slowly up through the airA piercing vibration of soundPummeled me as I struggled to breathe I knew I was trapped below…
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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…
Latter Day Sinner 