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  • Saturday

    I posed a question on Facebook today:

    Oh my. Program? Cut the grass? Clean the house? Read a book? Run some new pipe? Build a wall? Upgrade the electrical wiring to 12-2? Install a panic button? Wash the wife’s car? Marinate some steaks? Repair the garage door? Clean the driveway? Finish hole 2 of the minigolf? Built a fort for Evan? Paint? Install flooring in the basement?

    [Source, Facebook.com/djuggler]

    Thus far, my day has been:

    • Wake at 5:30 to drive son to work.
    • Wake at 6:30 to drive son to scouting event.
    • 7-8am Help scouts pack van to Shining Rock
    • 8-9am Visit with a friend
    • 9-noon Internet. Some client work. Putz. Pick son up from work. Prepare garage for work on the garage door. And marinate steaks!
    • Noon – 12:40pm Repair garage door.
    • 2-4 errands with wife including Agrifeed for rats, pig ears, and cat toys, Target, and Sears.

    Now to see about a garage door repair.
    Update: 12:40pm Garage door repair complete.

  • He’s Batman!

  • To My Children

    Don’t discount the wisdom of those who came before you.

  • Kitchen Remodel Plans Beginning

    New appliances? Yes!

  • I love headlines

    A headline from HuffPo today: "Photojournalist Gang-Raped In Mumbai: Police"

    My first thought was that it needed an addition: "Incident well documented."

  • Understanding Doug

    I’ll own this.

  • And no one pulled their guns out

    A common argument I hear for concealed carry is that the armed citizenry will step up until the police can arrive. Walmart sells guns. Walmart has a clientele who love their guns and probably carry one or more guns with or without a concealed carry permit. But when a man walked into a South Carolina Walmart and killed his wife, no one intervened. Police only caught him after he wrecked his truck during the get-a-way.

    Holiday shoppers at a South Carolina Walmart watched in horror as a man stabbed his wife to death in the store during a heated argument, authorities said.

    [Source, NY Daily News, Cops: Man stabs wife to death at bank in South Carolina Walmart]

    So these arguments for guns, are they invalid? No one tried to help despite the armory in sporting goods. And what about the concealed carry people? Where were they? I contend it is an invalid argument and that civilians will not take action. In this case, the murderer walked out of the store unopposed.

  • Me

    I hate

  • The Office

    It’s been 3.75 years since I gave up my desk in the basement of my house. From time to time, I wonder why.

    The default American workplace is fundamentally flawed.

  • Enlightenment

    Eventually the fog will lift
    Revealing the landscape
    Ravaged by blind pre-dawn fumbling
    Hope for a lengthy day
    In which to repair the damage
    Before dusk comes
    Bringing darkness again.

  • Breaking Bad’s Newest Druglord

  • Of Grasshoppers

    Student: Life is hard.
    Master: A disciplined life is hard.

  • That Place

    Between desperation
    Desire to fold
    A longing to lie down
    And go no further
    And glowing optimism
    Working hard for the top
    The willingness to win
    And putting in the effort
    Is the Crossroads.

  • From the mouths of babes

    Evan, 8 years old holding 3 week old kitten: "You know how they say they always land on their feet?"
    Mom: "NO! Don’t drop the kitty!"

  • Watchful neighbors

    Yesterday our very active neighborhood watch, which sends an email when an unfamiliar face walks down the street, was completely silent as a tow truck maneuvered around our parked cars to drag off two clunkers from our lot. Instead of calling to ask if this was expected, left over 4th of July party favors exploded among the exuberant cheers of our rejoicing neighbors who did not care if the cars were being stolen by metal scrapers or legitimately being removed by a car dealer. Thanks guys!