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Yesterday was my 20th wedding anniversary. Today is the 23rd anniversary of our first date. I've received more than I've deserved for a long time. 🥰

So, I've mentioned before that my mom has dementia and is in an assisted living community. I'll be moving her to a now place this weekend. Her behavior has become progressively worse recently. Her core personality trait of being pointlessly stubborn has intensified - won't willingly take her...

So, my path on the penultimate street to my building was blocked by two sheriff's cars. I take the detour to circle around to find another roadblock in front of the gate to my building. The deputy tells me there is a bear sighting. I asked him if it is the friendly Yogi-kind or the dangerous...

I've been out of pocket a couple of weeks because my wife has been away on a medical mission, so I've had to pick up the slack caring for my MIL and running our side business. Anyway, just wanted to give a tip of the cap to my wife and her colleagues for the great volunteer work they do. They...

Just finishing up Lily's Spring Break. I took the past week off and spent the first half of last week with the family in Naples, the Everglades, and Miami. The highlight was a couple of airboat tours.

Car used to mow down pedestrians. Seems to be a theme. :mad: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/13/europe/munich-car-hits-people-intl/index.html

Oddly and sadly, not that satirical. :LOL::p:cool:

My family has had a tradition for the last 20+ years (since my wife and I started dating) of participating in Wreaths Across America. We started doing this at Arlington National Cemetery when we lived in the DC area, and we've continued to do this at the Jacksonville National Cemetary. It's...

Ok, so I’ve talked a bit about the charity work my wife and I do. As we have largely secured our financial future, we have turned greater attention to various causes we believe in. Here is something I’ve been working on for a while and am now fully engaged in. Some background: A guy I have...

Yesterday ended the fourth quarter of FY24, which is an orgy of flushing taxpayer money - even more so than the rest of the fiscal year - before the clock strikes midnight on 30 September. Curiously, how much would you spend for a set adjustable metal shelves that look something like this...

SIAP, but with all the threads related to the presidential race, it is also of note that control of the Senate is up for grabs. It will be interesting to see how Harris will influence these contested races over the next few months. CNN's ranking of incumbents in trouble at the moment: 1...

Going to spend almost a month in Vietman (including a two-day layover in Dubai on the way back). This trip will serve many purposes. It's a graduation trip for Lily. My MIL will be going back to visit for the first time since she immigrated here. This will probably be her last visit home...

Well, I’ve been back from vacation a little over a month, and I’m still going nonstop to try to catch up. At my job, we are having ongoing IT issues. It’s usually bad – not having access to one system or another for hours every day. Currently, one or multiple systems are down for days at a time...

It's looks like the post mortem has been done on Bud Light's adventurous marketing campaign. $1,400,000,000 in losses. After more than 20 years, the best selling beer in America is now Modelo. BL has adjusted its marketing and has recovered some of its market share, but it is a slow process...

This is so shocking. Reason More regulations for thee, but not for me. Reminds me of the incident about 15 years ago when Nancy Pelosi, ever the champion of the little guy, exempted American Samoa from a federal minimum wage increase. Why? Because StarKist is based in her district, and...

I regularly get IG reports on various government agencies. I relayed the audit that found the $47,000,000,000 of waste at the VA in FY22. Just got one today of interest. A review found that the IRS hired 300 nearly contractors, gave the contractor's access to personally identifiable...

Not voting for Trump is easy. He’s a cancer. We don’t want cancer. The end. So, for a member of Team Donkey, not wanting Trump means you must like Biden. Heh. It’s also very easy to eliminate the chance we’d vote for Biden based on his lacking mental ability. It’s been demonstrated for a long...

Tet (lunar new year) begins on Feb 10. As with the last year and years before, my wife and I try to send as much money as we can to buy food and otherwise assist as many poor Vietnamese as we can. We send money to one of my wife's best friends. She puts together food bundles (10 kg bag of rice...

Ok, so I bring back a salad to the office for lunch. I got two sides of salad dressing because if I get one it is never quite enough. However, as always happens when I get two, I never tap into the second one. This has me peeved. Miffed even. Perhaps vexed.

I actually haven't read too many books about Bama football. Over the Christmas break I did read Snake: The Legendary Life of Ken Stabler by Mike Freeman. Kenny was from my neck of the woods. His alma mater (Foley) and mine (Fairhope) were arch rivals back in the day. This was before Daphne...