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Worthless
Yesterday, I felt completely worthless. I anxiously wanted to do something and get some work done, but there were too many things stacked against me. I had to figure out my persuasive essay for this English Comp class, do a few more class tasks, and it was icy in the morning. By the time it…
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More Inspiration
It has been a few days since the last post. I was travelling, and working 12-16 per day leave little time to eating and drinking beer. If I have a choice between turning on my machine and posting a topic or drinking beer, I am going to choose drinking beer, especially after a long day…
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I Hate Trees
“How could anyone hate tress?” you might ask. I had a plan this weekend that was ruined by trees. A few weeks ago, a tree fell onto my electric fence. It pissed me off. I cut it up and repaired the fence. I got my excavator back shortly after and finished the barn extension and framing…
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BS Holidays
I complained a bit about National Cat Day a while ago. Today is National Pickle Day. Why? What the hell am I supposed to do or be grateful about pickles? Some pickles are good; some are not. Holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas, Independence Day (talking US holidays now), Veteran’s Day, Memorial Day, Easter (Pascha) all have…
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Why Did I Watch That?
The wife got LASIK done yesterday, and I can understand why. I hate wearing glasses. It doesn’t bother me so much until I get scratches on the lenses. In the waiting room, they initially asked if I wanted to watch. “Hell, no!” was my first response. An hour later, and it was her turn. Curiosity…
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Getting Things Done
The worst part about being busy is how things never seem to get done. It’s do this for a little bit, then move onto that. Ooops! Forgot about this one thing. Before I realize what was happened, I have ten things that are about half finished. I finally got the barn expansion one. There is…
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Hard Work
Nothing makes me feel better (and more pain) than hard work. I am not talking about working hard at writing a books, burning code, or any other activity that has me sitting on my ass. I am talking about lifting wet 2x10x20 headers in place, holding them with one arm while they are screwed in…
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Always Busy
The next few days will be very busy. Last night was taken up by parent/teacher conferences for the kids followed by mountains of homework and changing the break pads on the Pilot. Today and tomorrow is filled with construction. I have a couple of guys coming over to help build the leanto on the back…
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Love the Smell of Coal
I am really not looking forward to winter this year. I do not feel like I got enough of summer. There is a lot of work that needs done when it gets cold, and doing most of that work just gets harder. When it snows, I have to blade the driveway and start by 6:00AM…
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Delusional
I often wonder how people can be so delusional. I understand if there is some form of mental illness, but there are a lot of delusional people out there. There are people who swear disaster will never strike them. There are people who think a weapons-free America would mean no crime. I have to think…