Category: Blog
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Tough Times Ahead
I’m starting to think that there’s going to be a gradual decline in the quality of my life. Gas prices are skyrocketting. Inflation in general, has surged and I don’t see prices coming back down. My salary is not keeping up. And since I’m approaching 60 years of life, my body is in decline. I…
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My War With Slugs
I have a slug problem. They’re everywhere in my yard. And they love my strawberries. So much so, I rarely get to eat them myself. I searched for solutions, and there’s not many that I liked. One of them in particular though, stood out as so completely obvious that I feel stupid for not realizing…
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New Mantra: Be Busy
I was talking to an unemployed friend the other day. And I’ve been thinking about how I behave when I’m in between jobs. It came to me a long time ago: when you are unemployed, treat job hunting as a job. That is, wake up early, get cleaned up, and spend the next 8 hours…
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It Finally Happened
I’ve been waiting for this day a long time… Throughout my son’s life, he has struggled to find joy. In particular, he has struggled with being in public. There’s just too much unpredictability. Noise in particular. Babies screaming can send him over the edge. He used to wear ear muffs when he was very young.…
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Seems Like a Promotion is Coming
It’s been only two months since I read The Luck Factor and it is starting to feel like a promotion is coming my way. The truth is, I’ve never really gotten a promotion. I usually just apply for better jobs in another company. I kind of promoted myself you could say. But I also worked…
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Friends of the Library
More building of community. More building my network. More building my tribe…. Friday night my Rotary Club met at the community center to set up for the pancake breakfast the following day. We set out tables, chairs, and placemats. Once we were finished, I headed over to Main Street which was blocked off to cars.…
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Found Shishito
I finally found a Shishito pepper plant! I’ve been looking for quite a while. It wasn’t until a happened upon a little known boutique nursery called Lowe’s. I walked in and saw it sitting right there on the shelf like it’s just supposed to be there no big deal and all. Ok, that’s sarcasm. But…
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Building My Tribe
The Luck Factor book largely revolves around getting out there, being extroverted, networking, and meeting as many people as possible for chance encounters. When I described this to my mentor at work, she called it: building your tribe. Yesterday, the effects of this was demonstrated to me by the number of people I saw in…
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Slugs
Welp. There goes a newly germinated squash seedling. Thank you, slugs. Am I unlucky for having my brand new plants destroyed? I don’t think so. First of all, I wasn’t even sure what was eating them and now I know for sure. And that happened because it started raining and I honestly don’t know what…
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Unreal Tournament
Wow. I can’t believe how easy it was to install the old school 1999 Unreal Tournament! I was just talking about it yesterday with my teen son about the good ol’ days of early arena shooters. And how awesome the soundtrack was. It was just a matter going to oldunreal.com. Download, install, and shazam! Dominating!…