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  • Too Many Video Games?

    I am a first generation commercial gamer. I played the Atari when it came out at seven. By twelve I had branched out to Dungeons & Dragons. A few years later I worked all summer to afford a Commodore 64, a disk drive, a cassette recorder, and enough games to keep me out of any…

    Mark

    July 22, 2025
    collaboration, rant
    computers, Dungeons & Dragons, faithfully married, jobs, productive, Stephanie, video games
  • If We Now Shun The Fight

    I listen to LDS hymns almost every day. One of my favorites is Come, Come, Ye Saints. I was listening to it sitting on my cell phone while sitting in my easy chair. It came to the line, “Why should we think to earn a great reward/ If we now shun the fight?” I was…

    Mark

    July 21, 2025
    witness
    cell phone, easy chair, hyperalert, LDS Hymns, luxury, sedentary, shun the fight
  • The Soda Fairy at 2 am

    We ration soda in the house. We have convinced Ben that if he wants a can he has to wait in his room until I can talk to the soda fairy. At about two in the morning he came into my room and said, “Soda Fairy, please.” I told him he had to wait until…

    Mark

    July 20, 2025
    rant
    bed, morning, pills, please, ration, soda, soda fairy
  • Today was Hard

    My youngest son started screaming this morning. I don’t know why. I gave him his morning pills and that helped for a while. But his dysregulation returned pretty quickly. He was screaming again an hour later and got an emergency pill. He went out to sit in the car, honked the horn for a few…

    Mark

    July 19, 2025
    collaboration, rant
    cats, dysregulated, pharmacy, screaming, sedation, Stephanie, Walgreens
  • Black Cat on a Friday Night

    It’s 10 pm and Ether is still outside. That always concerns Stephanie and me a bit. But tonight in particular Ben is anxious that the cat is out. He doesn’t like the cats outside but has come to accept it during the day. But at night they all need to be inside for him to…

    Mark

    July 18, 2025
    collaboration
    cats, dysregulated, Ether, Friday Night, Kwik Trip, Stephanie, success
  • A Day with Friends

    That is all.

    Mark

    July 17, 2025
    collaboration
  • 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…

    Mark

    July 16, 2025
    collaboration, rant, witness
    Arby’s, Doordash, gratitude, pinching, screaming, Stephanie, struggle
  • Dollar Tree

    When Alex got home from his day program his aide was talking about Dollar Tree. Alex got his treats and Ben felt left out. Ben said “Dollar Tree, please,” and words have power. It’s only a few blocks away and we went on a walk the way we usually go. Sadly there was a very…

    Mark

    July 15, 2025
    collaboration
    dog, Dollar Tree, shopping, treats, walk, words have power
  • Fresh Air and Weird Al

    It’s been a beautiful day out. Last year my mom got us a couple of folding canvas chairs. They are worse for the wear but still mostly functional. So I set them up in the lawn and set up Ben’s phone to play Weird Al through the YouTube app while I played my mobile game…

    Mark

    July 14, 2025
    collaboration
    beautiful day, canvas chairs, fresh air, lawn, phones, sunshine, Weird Al
  • Corn and Tomatoes

    Stephanie has a garden. We are both keeping an eye on it. The corn is growing very well as are the tomatoes. We’ve got a few beans and one long squash vine. It’s a pretty good attempt.

    Mark

    July 13, 2025
    collaboration
    beans, carrots, corn, garden, squash, Stephanie, tomatoes
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