Out in the car with son #3, drawing attention to the things that make it hard to be a safe driver; boy, it’s not easy to protect yourself against the idiot class.
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Time to dust off my old Latin texts, in the search for a recipe. I remember something about the ground around Carthage getting salted as an answer to stopping crops.
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Against my will, I’ve been forced to learn the basic movements required by a game controller, and I’m not responding well. My kids have been laughing at me for years (I know you have) because video games have not been part of my world. Other than some abortive attempts back when the Commodore 64 was state of the art, I’ve avoided stress injuries by ignoring the panoply of gamepads that cover the floor in front of whatever television happens to wear the BEST label.
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Saw in the newspaper that another mothballed foundry is to be demolished. Except, this time around, I recognized the place in the photo. It was across the road, and in friendly competition with another plant that had my name on the payroll.
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If something isn’t free, at least let it work properly. Today, as I paid my monthly public transit fees, I took a moment to appreciate the advances my local bus system has introduced over the last few years.
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We have several recalcitrant robots in the office. Nohing anthropomorphic, for those who think of R2 or D2 or C3 (family name omitted). Rather, our robots are boxy and expensive.
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Today was the first day of school; at least that’s what it felt like.
We’re back from summer vacation, and we work in the field of education. No, we don’t get the whole summer off… that’s a myth, unfounded, proven wrong, fallacious. I’ll stop now. We’re back to work after our vacations, which just happen to fall in the climatic period known as summer. Gathered together for some coffee and other stuff, we held a full quorum office meeting. With me, so far?
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The link between a parent and a child (their own child, you understand) is strong, forged from the best virtual steel that nature can provide. Yet, the parent must convince the child (approaching maturity) to check out other living arrangements. It’s true!
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I once played with the idea of having someone make me a bumper sticker. Nothing too political, or inspirational. Instead, a tag that would brag of a completed event. Something akin to the fairy tale reputation, of having “Killed ten with one blow”. I wanted to let the world know that “I drove the road to Meat Cove!”
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My identity is not tied to a car (thankfully). The world shall not know me by my vehicle (even something as tricked out as a city bus). But, once in a while, the wish to have something unique sets in.
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