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Year: 2023

Distance and Years

Posted on August 27, 2023September 6, 2023 by Mark

[Addendum:  For this to make sense, be aware I’m on vacation] So, here I am sitting in someone else’s house,…

Posted in Commentary, HS Reunion, VacationTagged #HS-Reunion, #memories, epiphany, HS-graduation, religion, remembrances
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Whispers of the Past

Posted on April 30, 2023May 12, 2023 by Mark

I was talking to a friend last night about family history and shared a photo of my paternal grandparents.  This…

Posted in Family History, Life & DeathTagged family history, genealogy, Kodak, photographs
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Are you f’in kidding me?!?

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Mark

Be advised, this is a workplace rant.  Proceed at your own risk. On Tuesday, I had to start training a…

Posted in Commentary, WorkTagged #work, blue-collar, rant
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Visual Real Estate

Posted on April 1, 2023April 2, 2023 by Mark

I just bought a new monitor.  And it didn’t cost me as much as I thought it would, either. I’ve…

Posted in Computers, Play, TechTagged #computer upgrades, #QHD, computers, monitors
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Pointless Appointment

Posted on March 31, 2023April 2, 2023 by Mark

We have a 2022 Subaru Outback.  We leased it this past July when the lease for our 2019 Nissan Murano…

Posted in Play, VehicleTagged #subaru, #subaru outback, #vehicle, #vehicle maintenance
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Leaps and Bounds

Posted on March 29, 2023March 29, 2023 by Mark

Bella has graduated to jumping on counters. While I was at work yesterday, my wife sent me a picture of…

Posted in Bella, House, pet trainingTagged #cats, #disasterkitten, #grey kittens, #kitten, #kitten training, #kittenproofing, #kitty Einstein, #pets, pet gates
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The Cost of Heating and Cooling

Posted on March 22, 2023March 27, 2023 by Mark

I just got our utility bill in the mail for last month.  It looks like we dodged another bullet for…

Posted in Heating and Cooling, HouseTagged #central air, #heating-and-cooling, #summertime, #wintertime
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Contractions

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Mark

Last night I drove to a union meeting about 40 miles from here. I had known about the conference for…

Posted in Union, WorkTagged #apathy, #befuddled, #congress-progress, #contracts, #insanity, #unions
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Courtesy and Decorum, to the front please

Posted on March 9, 2023March 13, 2023 by Mark

Why do we have to be oblivious to where we are when we’re out in public?  My wife and I…

Posted in Commentary, Day OffTagged #common courtesy, #decorum, #grocery shopping, #manners, courtesy
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Life is Fleeting

Posted on March 8, 2023March 12, 2023 by Mark

Last Thursday morning, we learned that my supervisor’s wife didn’t survive the brain aneurysm.  She passed away on Wednesday.  There…

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