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  • Hot and Cold

    The weather is hot but the atmosphere is cold. We are alive but uncomfortable in more ways than one. Most of the work that needed to get done today has gotten done. Life goes on because we make the effort for it to go on. The struggle is real and necessary but so is the…

    Mark

    June 29, 2026
    collaboration, rant
    atmosphere, cold, effort, gratitude, hot, struggle, weather
  • Crush Cans Dream

    Ben just said “Crush cans, please.” I make him do that himself most of the time because he uses the majority of 12oz aluminum cans. He’s very particular about those cans. He stacks them on the window sill leaning slightly forward because the sill has a little edging on the bottom and the cans have…

    Mark

    June 28, 2026
    collaboration
    12oz cans, crush cans, dream, please, pop tops, satisfying, window sill
  • Produce A Book Like It

    I have been in a strange place theologically for most of my adult life. The Quran has a challenge to produce a book like it. There have been attempts but they have failed. Except in my opinion one. The Quran is a holy book inspired by God and only another book of that characteristic could…

    Mark

    June 27, 2026
    Uncategorized
    Book of Mormon, challenge, Joseph Smith Jr, Mohammed, prophecy restored, Quran, seal of the prophets
  • sustainable

    Stephanie and I argue about whether our lives should be sustainable (her view) or maintainable (my view). The difference is that a sustainable lifestyle is theoretically permanent where a maintainable lifestyle only keeps working as long as we keep working on it. She wants sanctuary and I want prosperity. We are at an impasse.

    Mark

    June 26, 2026
    collaboration, rant
    lifestyle, maintainable, permanent, prosperity, sanctuary, sustainable, working
  • Dysregulated

    Everyone has been dysregulated since the coffee and Final Fantasy earlier this week. I don’t think it’s going to kill us but everyone has been yelling bloody murder at me so in this case I may be wrong. I am starting to catastrophize like the rest of the family. We need each other and if…

    Mark

    June 25, 2026
    collaboration, rant
    awesome, bloody murder, catastrophizing, death, dysregulated, family, out of control
  • Star in the East

    I have been listening to several versions of a Christian hymn called Star in the East. One of them stops at the second to last verse about bringing the Lord gems, pearls, and gold. The presentation might give you the idea that the song writer meant that as a good thing. But the last verse…

    Mark

    June 24, 2026
    witness
    Christian, gems, gold, hymn, pearls, poverty, prayers
  • Dissociation

    If you read yesterday’s posts you may guess that Stephanie was none too happy with me about getting laser focused on Final Fantasy. She doesn’t for obvious reasons like being considered a “distraction.” The language that she used was that I dissociate. Apparently that is a bigger problem than I realized and far more general…

    Mark

    June 23, 2026
    collaboration, rant
    dissociation, distraction, Final Fantasy, headphones, not happy, Stephanie, unevenly yoked
  • Distractions

    I’ve had 300 mg of caffeine in the past couple of hours. That means I can single mindedly ignore distractions. Sadly my focus has been entirely on Final Fantasy. I have successfully ignored my wife, children, and friends on Discord. I type frantically so I can publish this before I get the man child a…

    Mark

    June 22, 2026
    rant
    caffeine, children, Discord, distractions, Final Fantasy, soda, wife
  • Keep the Cat in the House

    Ben doesn’t like it when the cats are outside. It’s a cold rainy day to at least today I am inclined to agree with him. The problem is that he doesn’t have a good idea of whether Ether is in or out. He opens the door to check and Ether runs out. Then the cat…

    Mark

    June 21, 2026
    collaboration, rant
    Ben, cat, cold and rainy, creating problems, Ether, outside, wet socks
  • Lazy Weekends

    Stephanie has been getting up in the morning so I don’t have to do so. Oddly she doesn’t bill on the weekends so Saturday and Sunday are technically her days off. But my days off are Monday and Tuesday, and I still work. Caregiving is on call 24/7. I am still ending up being lazy…

    Mark

    June 20, 2026
    collaboration, rant
    24/7, caregiving, days off, lazy, Stephanie, weekends, work
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