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Ye Old Friends (Freewrite)
Been listening to an audio book by David Grohl. For those of you who don’t know he was the drummer for Nirvana and has since been the lead for Foo fighters. He also had an epic drum battle with Animal (from the muppets). I always thought his name was pronounced “Growl” because, well, he can…
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Sometimes NIMBY (mostly not)
Listening to a local program on Oregon Public Broadcasting yesterday called Think Out Loud. The subject matter was public planning in relation to creating more affordable housing, city planning, building more homeless shelters, etc. I won’t go into many details except to say I’m in full support of cities in this country doing some actual…
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Neurotypical Traits (I hates)
Before I begin this tirade, I should note that I have not had an official diagnosis as a high functioning autistic person, but I believe, based on a lifetime of observation, that I have all the traits of what was once defined by the American Psychological Association as Asperger’s syndrome. My personal research into autism…
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Shitposting
Shit posting. There’s no other word for it and it’s exactly what I did yesterday. And that’s okay. Sometimes you’ve got to post shit. And for fuck’s sake, this is my own personally designed, written, and maintained blog hosted on server I built with my own two hands. I’m not making anyone visit—but I’m grateful…
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Leftist
It’s been a tough day. Well, a tough couple of days. Don’t know why my body acts like a piece of shit. And when my body does, my mind does. The easiest way I can related it to you is to say imagine waking up with a hangover that more or less lasts all day,…
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Indoctrination
I grew up in a deeply religious Christian family; Lutheran preachers in my mother’s blood line can be traced back to ancient Scotland. Yet I’ve dived into Buddhism, explored myriad types of Paganism, and read at least something about every religion I learned was out there. I even spent time with the woo woo people…
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For the love of reading
Books. I love books. I’ve always loved books. I guess that’s what happen when you grow up in a household run by high school teachers. My mom was an English teacher and my dad, a history and psychology teacher, published several of his own books in Australia around the time I was born, they’re sitting…
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One of “those” days
Do you ever have one of “those” days? I mean, the once in a year or so day where you’re ready to get the fuck out of bed because of that three hour long nightmare you’ve been having but you want to crawl right back in because you have this overwhelming sense of foreboding, like…
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One of Five
Decided to get out today. First day of a five day weekend. Nothing really planned per say, but I’ve needed some time off and I wanted to do it while the weather was in the “perfect” (for me) temperature range (i.e. 70 – 85). And I’m sleepy now so this probably won’t be the most…
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Yelping!
Yelp! Back when I was blogging regularly I frequently wrote reviews. Well, not “frequently” in the “frequently” sense, but every now and then. I did it in part to provide feedback others out there might find useful. Mostly, I wrote reviews to improve my ability to articulate critical observational skills. So I’ve been thinking, why…