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I realized a few years ago that many of the people who knew me when I was working various jobs as an applied anthropologist thought that I was very risk averse, and staid. When I "got straight" in 1971, I backfilled over the old life pretty thoroughly. Year by year, I buried it. There was …
Yes, that's right, most Social Media. Meh. For me, the heyday of social media was its infancy. It was simple, direct, and genuine. There wasn't a flood of associated apps that you just had to join, or the push to put your entire life online. Back when, I'd heard greater wisdom drooling from the mouths …
There are a lot of nits I could pick with the various apps that litter my phone. And that includes the camera and photo apps. But my favorite features are that they date the photos, and they list the location. If I can't recall where that favored piece of public art is, I can search …
I was, depending on how you view it, lucky or unlucky enough to have two high school experiences. I came away with two very different outcomes and perspectives from each one. But each had life-changing effects on me. But the overall lesson I came away with is that you shouldn't let one bad experience stop …
You can, and indeed must, make something of yourself.
Look! You can see the floor! Yes! The annual Spring Clean Up of the shop is about two-thirds done. You can see the floor! A rolling tool chest (out of view to the left) now stores many tools in a manner in which they can be found when needed. It's revolutionary. There were three brands …
Daily writing promptWhat animals make the best/worst pets?View all responses Shhhshh! That's the sort of question that will really get you between a cat and a dog in our house. It's definitely not polite parlor discussion material. Please take a safe approach and only discuss clearly poor choices for pets, such as venomous snakes or …
Yes, the Olympics are boring. We should make them great again.
Daily writing promptHow would you improve your community?View all responses Last year, when I answered this prompt, I gave a bare sentence or two to the non-traditional community. By this I mean "community" that is not rooted in the traditional geographical place. That localized entity was the predominant way of describing a community as a …
Daily writing promptHow have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic?View all responses In 2024 this was my response to the prompt: "I wish I could take the proverbial "Hall Pass" on the effects of COVID-19. But I can't, and to be clear, I'm not one of those who spent time …
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