It’s been a while since I last wrote. Almost two months, to be exact. The cold and work both managed to overwhelm me, I guess. Truthfully, I did start three posts, but other than a line or two, there just wasn’t much worth posting. I’ve been dealing with a strange phenomenon: When I awake, if…
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A Better Person
My soul aches. I know that’s melodramatic, but honestly, I can’t think of any other way to describe it. My soul aches because I’m tired. I used to listen to older people say that when I was a child. They’d have this look of desperation or resignation on their faces, and they’d declare their pain. …
And . . . It Begins
Happy 2018! When I awoke this morning, it was -1ºF. I closed my eyes for a few extra minutes and checked again. It was now -3ºF. I didn’t know that something like that could happen. I mean, as the day goes on, it’s supposed to get warmer, right? If this is any indication of what…
Summer Ramblings
Today’s Question: Do companies that tease you about future products ever consider the obnoxiousness of that strategy? I’ve made no bones on this blog about how I have issues with companies that can’t deliver what they promise. Or, those companies that make a big deal out of how great their products are, but show little…
A Tale of Oil and Pie
It was the best of Mondays, it was the worst of Mondays. I’m on Spring Break – that magical time of the year where students interpret that term as meaning, “fun and random partying in Florida,” non-educators interpret it as meaning, “another paid vacation,” and teachers see it as “a chance to get caught up…
Ah, Youth
For a Friday, today was pretty lackluster. On the way home, I took the back road again, but this time there was a surprising amount of traffic. As I drew near to the frontage road that would eventually dump me onto the Interstate, I was nearly hit by a car exiting a highway eatery/gas…
Penny Wise, Pound Stupid
A week ago, I was touting the wisdom of acting impulsively (or suffer regrets). Well, the last two days have shown me the wisdom of restraint. Yesterday, I was visiting an online vendor, one with whom I’ve done business previously, and I found something of interest. When all was said and done, I was looking…
