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"Murphy was an optimist!"

Achievement unlocked! April 2, 2025 8:26 am

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Celsius to Fahrenheit conversion in head without math 92% accuracy

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Do what you can April 1, 2025 9:39 pm

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In the chaos that is the collapse of the United States, we feel the pressure to prepare for the coming recession. We are limited in time, and money, and space. I want to be growing food but don’t have a greenhouse. I want to be ready to taken in people into my home but we are out of space. I want to be able to have potable water on hand, and generate my own power, and have plenty of food in storage but I don’t have the means.

I will do what I can with what little I have. I will be calculating in my planning. We will survive.

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Private equity claimed huge tracks of land March 21, 2025 7:20 pm

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So apparently Hooters is going tits up

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Vacations for work March 19, 2025 5:52 am

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When I was a child, I never understood why my father took vacations to work. Now, as an adult, I want nothing more than to take a vacation just to catch up.

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Quote March 2, 2025 1:41 pm

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“It’s said that ‘power corrupts,’ but actually it’s more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. When they do act, they think of it as service, which has limits. The tyrant, though, seeks mastery, for which he is insatiable, implacable.”
? David Brin, The Postman

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Cleansing and discovery February 26, 2025 9:18 am

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Sometimes cleaning is simply about rediscovering what you own. Remember to clean your mind as you would your house.

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Into the black February 26, 2025 8:55 am

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It was so easy to let go

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Yin Yang November 22, 2024 6:06 am

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All I’ve ever tried to do is bring goodness into the world. Must I be punished for that?

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Catching worms November 22, 2024 5:06 am

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Woke at 4:45 today and actually got my ass out of bed! Let the productivity begin.

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Today I was tested November 18, 2024 10:51 pm

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The ugly of this world came to speak with me

It extolled a hefty price and derailed my plans for the end of 2024

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Credit card compromised November 18, 2024 12:34 pm

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Ah! Nothing begins a Monday quite like fraudulent charges and canceling the credit card with the number you really liked that happened to have every subscription and recurring charges attached to it. This will be a good way to cancel some unnecessary subscriptions.

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Hola November 16, 2024 7:32 pm

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Held a conversation with a non-English speaking new friend. My español is terrible but getting better thanks to Duolingo and trying to have real conversations. Sometimes, you have to put yourself out there to grow.

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It’s Saturday night November 16, 2024 7:20 pm

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Of course I’m on my computer updating websites.

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Butterfly effect November 16, 2024 9:55 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Deep Thoughts, Philosophy
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If I knew then

What I know now

Then I would not be here

And I would not know

What I know now

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Sadness…Anderson Pens is closing November 15, 2024 11:17 am

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Anderson Pens was one of my go-to shops for fountain pens and supplies.

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