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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.
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Moving Boxes
I miss my wife but I don’t think that woman exists anymore. Someone who looks like her comes to spend time with the kids. But she leaves every night to live in a motel. She says I’m toxic and abusive. So all that’s left of her in the home is her moving boxes to take…
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Large Item Pickup
Early tomorrow morning some people in the neighborhood that are far more motivated than I am are coming to pick up items that can’t go in the regular trash because they are too large. They announced it on Facebook a week ago, but I am not on Facebook. There also used to be neighborhood flyers.…
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Cassettes from the 80s
I got a package of cassettes today. It feels strange to be paying the same prices as I did back then. A person like me could buy entire lots of cassette tapes and vinyl records for a few dollars at a garage sale a decade ago. Now they are commodities again. It’s good music. Ben…
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Quiet Night
The boys are in bed. I logged out of No Man’s Sky. I’ve taken my meds and need to eat. At 11p my phone shuts off for the night. That is also when Forge of Empires changes to a new day, so I stay up a little past my bedtime every night to put the…
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Bedtime Requests
Ben knows I won’t give him pills and light off before 9pm. He’s been watching the clock to get his meds as soon as I’m willing to give them to him. He gets up early, and if he gets pills too early then he gets up too early. Alex has been noticing the pattern. Ben…
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