Tag: Personal
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My Health Journey, A Win and a Loss
This is the second post in a series on my Health Journey. If you’re just tuning in, this was the first post. For 18 months, I suffered. I ate cheerios with almond milk for breakfast nearly every day. I had salads for lunch and I don’t even remember what I had for dinner. […]
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My Health Journey, the Beginning
Don’t worry, I won’t take you back to my birth, even though that’s when it technically all began. ? I’ll start in 2001, before 9/11. I hadn’t been to a doctor in roughly 10 years, and hadn’t been to one regularly in way more than that. Lois was seeing a dermatologist regularly. She […]
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First Post in 17 Months
It’s been an incredibly eventful 17 months. I’ve had a ton to say, and in some respects the time to say it, but it’s been a little overwhelming to consider how much there was to say and how much time it would take to say it. So, in typical fashion of a procrastinator, […]
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First Float Tank Experience
For over 30 years (could actually be closer to 50 years!), I’ve had a tremendous interest in trying a floatation tank. In the old days, it was called a sensory deprivation tank, but everything is more sophisticated nowadays and deserves an upgraded moniker. Way back then, it was (probably) harder to find a […]
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Trigger pulled on new PC, a UM790 Pro from Minisforum
Even shorter than a TL;DR, you can tell what machine I bought right in the title above. But, do I like it? Perhaps that deserves a TL;DR so you don’t fall asleep reading the rest of the post… TL;DR I absolutely love this mini-PC. It’s the UM790 Pro from Minisforum. I bought it […]
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Contmeplating a new PC
My current laptop is 9+ years old. It’s still going very strong (which is crazy), but every once in a while exhibits a potential issue (which I’ve been able to fully mitigate or correct so far). I’ve been researching, thinking and planning for what I’d replace it with for well over 6 months […]
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Powerless Blessing
We live in a development where all the houses have electricity delivered via underground lines. The entire neighborhood is fed by a single pole. If that pole goes out, every house is hit. Some of our neighbors have whole home generators, we do not. This past Saturday, at 4:58am, our power went out. […]
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Twitter Addiction Broken
I’ve been addicted to Twitter for nearly 16 years. I’ve been very happy about that addiction and have no regrets. It never interfered with my work (when I was working) and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it in retirement. I rarely (as in almost never) post/tweet (at least not in the last 10+ years, I […]
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Uh oh, he’s back…
As the kids say: “It’s been a minute…”. My first post was on Christmas Day, 2006. It was short and “hesitant”. My second post was almost a month later, even shorter, and contained a typo (which I never fixed). That same day, I made my first real post. It’s really long, meandering, and […]