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Idiocracy

[Y’all know I’ve been busy with some shit. Here’s a video of my day.] Idiocracy is like a mirror. What you are has a lot to do with what you see in it. So too with society. Observe this sign … Continue reading

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A Low Pressure Post About Rebuilding Dewalt Batteries

[I’ve been distracted lately (by undisclosed or at least only vaguely explained bullshit). In the interest of gradually and incrementally crawling out from under one of life’s necessary but annoying rocks, I’m making a low key post about a recent … Continue reading

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One Month

How does one say something and nothing simultaneously? I’ve no idea; I’m not a politician. Yet, today it’s necessary. Here goes… It’s been exactly 31 days. One month. Only. One. Month. I hardly believe it’s such a diminutive unit! However, … Continue reading

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A Brief Pause

A bunch of things have happened to yours truly. Some good. Some not great but hopefully manageable. Some I can’t quite grok the full import yet. None are fully (or even significantly) within my control. Sometimes you just have to … Continue reading

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Exploring The Metaphysical Limits Of Disorientation

Sometimes life comes at ya’ fast. Sometimes it comes at ya’ faster. Sometimes events fuckin’ avalanche your position. Your plans and rational thoughts are buried, burned, shredded, churned like a roto-tiller, hurled it into the void, bent, folded, spindled, and … Continue reading

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A Nod To The Boomers Too

Gen-X, the oft hated, always ignored, rounding error of a lost generation, had Magnum PI. That was our window on the mysterious world of tropical islands and excellent moustaches. Boomers, don’t think I forgot you. Y’all had Hawaii Five-O. It … Continue reading

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All Rise For The National Anthem Of 1980’s GenX

We walk our own path; often while hearing the fading echoes of the canyon where we started. If you start out poor, or with small horizons, or behind the eight ball, you don’t have to stay that way. But it … Continue reading

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Good Fortune Chased Me Down

This post will be vague because I’m more privacy oriented than any blogger ought to be. Also, I’m a little more “along for the ride” than my usual “grab the steering wheel” self. So I barely know what hit me. … Continue reading

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Practical 3D Printer Solution: Flagpole

[When you get a 3d printer, people have two reactions. “That’s cool… nerd” and “there’s no point to that useless gizmo”. The latter can get brutally negative. I’m not sure why, but 3d printers freak out the squares. The answer … Continue reading

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Motorcycle Optimism; Still Snowing But I’m Upgrading

I have a 1989 Honda Pacific Coast (PC800) motorcycle. I named it Marshmallow Fluff. I love that oddball bike. I bought it in 2023 with the intention of motocamping/touring; ideally far from Interstates but still pavement based. The PC800 won’t … Continue reading

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