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Being Wrong
What’s a topic or issue about which you’ve changed your mind? I have a shirt from my sister that reads, “I’d agree with you but then we would both be wrong.” I don’t like being wrong and have significant discomfort from admitting that I’m wrong. I had an ongoing conversation with my wife. She has…
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A Whole Year
Feeling out of place My senior year of highschool was by most measures an awesome one for me. Friends, theater, music, the prospect of college, and even the student council presidency. So I was to say the least a shock when I got to the real world. Seven days after I graduated I entered Basic…
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Dead
The squirrel that was in the road in front of our house is dead. At least I think it’s dead. I grabbed a big burdock leaf, picked it up, and put it on the trash. I figured that would be better than letting it get hit and mangled with more tires. It was still in…
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The Before Time
Life Without A Computer I am a first generation gamer. I was around when Pong and Zork became commercial successes. I bought my first personal computer when I was fifteen. I worked all summer to buy a Commodore 64 and all the externals to make it worth having. Before that and as computers were becoming…
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Free
I want to gently assure you my discerning reader that nothing in the world is free. There is always at least an opportunity cost and more likely than not a financial one as well. Your prescription for instance is not free. There may be a zero copay but someone somewhere is likely paying a sizable…
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Design and Coding
What skill would you like to learn? I am already working to improve my graphic design. I learn something new about it almost every day. I could probably take some courses and get a few professional programs to make my art a little more commercially viable. But as far as what I’m doing already that…
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Recovery
What’s your #1 priority tomorrow? A week and a half ago I tested positive for COVID. I still do not feel my usual self. Today’s priority is recovery and so is tomorrow’s. Wednesday I have pharmacy so hopefully by then I feel less run over by then. I’m not used to being sick and so…
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Work Hard, Work Smart
In what ways does hard work make you feel fulfilled? Fulfillment from work is almost never a matter of how hard the work is for me. I crave a sense of accomplishment. I want to feel that the work I have done was productive. Sometimes working harder and accomplishing less has the opposite effect. I…
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On Being Polite
What’s the trait you value most about yourself? I find that the trait that helps to keep me out of more trouble than I’m worth is being polite. The ability to look an asshole in his eyes and say “Yes Sir” is a skill with which I excel. Granted it doesn’t get me ahead in…
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Latter Day Sinner 