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Being Prepared
One of the major themes in The Amanai Resistance is being prepared. When it comes to survival, you are the only one you can really count on. Your neighbors, family, governments, etc might all be dead or unable to help. Do you have generators, gas, stabil, food, water, water purification methods, shelter, heat, ammo, and…
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Coming to Terms
Which is worse: getting out played or taking a week to realize you’ve been out played? I know you can argue this, but no matter who you are, someone out there is smarter than you. Someone has more money, less money, is better looking, is happier, is more sad, blah, blah, blah. We all get…
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How Dark is Too Dark?
I finished the outline of The Amanai Resolution last night. I cannot say that I am as excited as I was with The Amanai Deception. Maybe it is because I have so much going on right not to really thing about it, or maybe it is because the story is so much darker than the…
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Last Week of First Term
This is the last week of my first term back to college, and it has been interesting. While I do not like liberal arts classes, I cannot come to a conclusion on the worth of the class or the online college experience. It almost seems like college is much easier than high school unless you’re taking…
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Thinking Skills
What happened to people’s thinking skills. Notice, I did not say critical thinking. I think that went out the window long ago. I am just talking about the ability for people to think about consequences, how things interact, and basic troubleshooting skills. I see it everywhere. When faced with important decisions, it is like a…
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#Wrong
I ordered a new set of rims and tires for the Camaro. The ones on there now are great, but they are summer-only tires. I wanted something so I could drive the car when temps dip below 40 degrees. The tires and rims came in, and I went to get it dry fitted yesterday at…
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Winter is Calling
I usually enjoy fall as it turns into winter. I usually enjoy the brisk mornings. Not this year. Last year’s winter left me jaded and not wanting any cold. It never really got hot this summer. We might have had one or two days in the 90s and that was it – not the typical…
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The Agony
I do not know which is worse: Sitting through 2.5 hours of a tattoo or the 2.5 days of itching that follows. I made up the 2.5 days of itching. It’s more like a week of itching, and I can’t scratch it. The healing process needs to happen without me causing more damage by scratching and…
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Self-Inflicted Wounds
You know, I do not like confrontations. I really do not, but it seems like I do things that invite, or cause, confrontations. I get, “Why did you do that?” all the time. It always seems like the most fun or interesting thing to do. It is not always the smartest thing to do. I…
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Ought To Be Interesting
Today should prove to be an interesting day. It will be busy on all fronts. The oldest’s football game will probably suck. On a 5th/6th grade team, he has two 6th grades playing against a team that is all corn-fed farmer boy 6th graders. That is like trying to stop an elephant with a yard…