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From the mouths of babes

Doug McCaughan — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:22:41 +0000

Me: "It’s like VHS and Beta."
Noah, 15 years old: "I don’t think I know what VHS is."
Me: old as dirt.

From the mouths of babes

Doug McCaughan — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:34:54 +0000

Cathy: "Get off the Internet! Clearly!"

On Second Thought

Doug McCaughan — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:01:03 +0000

You’re gonna what?!

Healthy by ignorance

Doug McCaughan — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:29:39 +0000

For 14 years, I lived a healthy life. I was healthy because I did not know any better. For those 14 years, I was uninsured and avoided the doctor. Since I avoided the doctor, I had no reason to believe I was anything but healthy.

Today I go to the doctor as an insured person to receive a physical complete with EKG. I suspect that I will have very good results with the exception of high blood pressure; none the less, I sit in the waiting room with butterflies in my stomach. See, nothing makes an uninsured person more ill than visiting the doctor and after nearly a decade and a half, more than a third of my life, without insurance, my mind cannot help but think of worse case scenarios and how they, no matter how minor, could devastate my life and finances.

I have good insurance now. However, I have walked the walk and am acutely aware of how desperately this country, the United States of America, needs healthcare reform. The Obama administration made a start but gave in to too many concessions. Were I still uninsured, the healthcare “reform” would be doing nothing for me.

From the mouths of babes

Doug McCaughan — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:13:16 +0000

Me: "It’s time to wake up."
Evan, 6 years old, stumbles from bed, stomps down the hall: "Argh. Why does this happen every night‽"

Memory flush

Doug McCaughan — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:07:33 +0000

It’s never a good time to suddenly remember that you need to buy a new plunger.

Mental Me

Doug McCaughan — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:12:32 +0000

The stress is far too great today.

Something has changed

Doug McCaughan — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:00:47 +0000

Why yes! There’s some before and after and more before and after.

How tired?

Doug McCaughan — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:45:44 +0000

So tire, I cannot even type a post…

To Live, To Love, To Learn, To Leave a Legacy

Doug McCaughan — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:14:03 +0000

I slowly explained, with long sentences and great clarity, "To Live, To Love, To Learn, To Leave a Legacy" to the six year old. He listened intently. Repeated my words. And questioned. But there was a definitive moment when his fuse clearly popped.

3PO! 3PO! Shut down the…

Doug McCaughan — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:49:24 +0000

You know the garbage compactor scene in Star Wars? Yeah, today is like that.

What is stress?

Doug McCaughan — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:02:40 +0000

I’m so stressed I cannot even complete this thought.

Beautiful Sunday Morning

Doug McCaughan — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:26:24 +0000

The weather is great. I so wish I could be working on the playhouse, the real house, and the yard but instead I’m at Firestone getting new tires on the van and programming on a client’s website.

Look Out Astroglide!

Doug McCaughan — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:09:44 +0000

So Astroglide, when are you going to start shipping in more reasonable sized containers?

Protected: Table Saw Meet Finger (Password: gross)

Doug McCaughan — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:12:32 +0000