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yes, i sing. at the end there is a high note and countless performers make a show of the difficulty endured in reaching it. My music educator daughter taught me to laugh at that, the note occurs earlier to no fanfare. its been done. National anthems being sung en mass at stadium events carry...

ok. heres a little more: its been around since the 1800's in many forms, none written by congress or the members of an executive branch but added to and instituted by government leaders along the way. first versions were short, 20 second pledges originally written by a civil war union army...

it has been reported that the decision to send soldiers tp Portland was based on 5 year old news footage wrongly labeled as being current day riot footage. Today there are maybe fifty protesters there at the ice headquarters daily, there were nights in 2020 that 10,000 in the downtown area miles...

about 50 different turkey buzzards. I went to an air show and you spend a lot of time watching the horizon looking for the next approaching aircraft- is that an F14 out there lining up another high speed pass? nope. Turkey buzzard, 200 yards out, fifty feet up at 6 mph. keep looking.

lost in “screw the battle, where does this off ramp go?” closest non disassociation was almost going unconscious but still on my feet, thinking i could just lie down comfortably right now or maybe not, yeah, oh wait, that step felt like it was balanced, okay, another? yep, im back. except its a...

a line in the song has just plain resonated with me: before they wake up, I’ll be gone, ill be gone. valuable idea and worthy of praise the song: Uncle Remus by Frank Zappa. A bit far from the reservation he wandered, yes. Still, stuck in my head as i drive through the darkness this AM

that i can still read a book and stay in it mentally. in a yr and a half i have come back from the brink of inability to focus long enough to read a paragraph to seeking out new ideas in books and journalism with joy and momentum. Horrifying thing…..i didnt miss it when it was a lost skill. it...

still hear things i need to hear if I just listen.

animals with a sense of humor. Cheap blue ray movies at the thrift shops for my grandkids to watch at pop pop’s house with nana.

vanilla oil. They used to put it in the cases of new guitars, it still hits me with an endorphin rush and memories of all those exciting moments. I still put it in cases even though it isnt there when a new one arrives anymore. favorite thing we have now that wasnt invented yet when you were 18?

neither. I am an hourly wage worker that bought property in the eighties and worked 40 years for it. And I can also remember a pretty rough start, i paid rent on a storage closet that i shared with a water heater for a winter once. It was warm and i knew where i was sleeping that night. Sorry...

what does being- hypervigilant of possible causes of traumatic injury- mean to you? I am the guy that sees the possible bad things that could happen, all the time. In my line of work- designing manufacturing process tooling- that usually means figuring out how to keep things from leaving the...

i have rewatched a certain series over and over just because the dialogue is so good it fascinates me. Actually several movies and series by this same guy, all good but more than that i kniw the stories and most lines and scenes through and through so theres no intrigue or suspense left, I can...

being able to walk my dogs ( and myself) and never leave my property. Hope i always have it, hope they live long lives on it

alive and home, happy dogs and a weekend ahead

we understand. I understand. Some of this shit changes everything

pefectly timed there @Friday. Favorite indulgence is wake up make coffee check emails and weather and etc. (this place) and pour a cup on the way to the hot tub for a nice soak and a sunrise. Should be pink and rosy this AM from the fires I don't have to go fight or worry about, although someone...

pine trees, especially what they call jack pine, grizzled old veterans found clinging to life in the damnedest places. Usually in high altitude where they might be able to catch a break in the heat of summer but little else. favorite vacation conveyance?

good thought. Thanks. honesty, discomfort, the sharing of thoughts and emotions. Add a jury with amazingly well calibrated bull shit detectors and an ability to call a bluff with aplomb and you have the best things an AA meeting has to offer. Not an alcoholic or even a recovering alcoholic but...

wow, morgan freemans voice in dolby 5.2 is enough to make me a mute from now on

there are events in life that affect everything that comes after. The birth of my children, marriage, meeting my wife, etc. Unfortunately, some events are negative too. Divorce doesn't erase the marriage from a psyche for those who have had to deal with that. It adds another event that...

hooking up a new television, first in 15 years, so it gets a new home theater and a new blu ray super duper as well. 15 years from now? probably be as outdated as the one i am trying to give away this week. circle of consumerism

a good weekend to be followed by an even longer one next week due to the US holiday. I work 4 10’s so i just had three off, now on for four days and then off for four next weekend. In a series of 11 days i will work 4, not bad for a working stiff.

dive in, swim. Nope, not easy, but you are living the alternative, hows it goin? It all sounds familiar and i am sure lots of people get it, you will be heard by empathetic ears here for sure. Not to sound un sympathetic or un caring, i had to get out of my parents home and it was tough but it...

swimming with 5 grand kids!