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Kind Of Feeling My Age

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Read a piece online about a Mother that was arrested for letting her 10 year old kid go to the park, a block away, by herself. ??? When I was 10, we lived in South El Monte, Calif. During the summer Mom would get us up early, feed us breakfast (if we were lucky), and kick our asses out until dark. A lot of times we’d head off to what we knew as “Garvey Park” over in Monterey. About 5 miles or so. It was nothing back then to let your kids wander miles away and not really worry about them. Except for maybe what trouble they’d cause! Hell, I used to hop on a bus and go to actual downtown Los Angeles, out to Seal Beach, the Pacific Palisades Park (?? Not sure of the name. Amusement park on a pier), the La Brea Tar Pits, or Griffiths Park.

Different times, I guess.

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Not much going on. Pretty normal Saturday until SWMBO showed up at 1500 for our date. She took me to El Sombrero (YUMMY!) for early dinner and Home Depot to tell me how much I can spend to finish off my room and get back in it. Oh, short stop by Jo Ann’s. It doesn’t matter to me where we go, or where we stop, as long as we’re spending time together.

And that’s it for this Saturday.


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Wet Day But Got Some Things Done

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Just to let all y’all know: When the Zombie Apocalypse comes to the Seattle-Tacoma area, some of us are probably going to blow up the Tacoma Narrows Bridge to keep them on that side of the water. We figure that them having to go through Olympia will slow them down by months; stopping to eat the dipshits in our State Capital, you know.

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It quit raining for awhile, so I made a run to take some stuff to the “Faith In Action” store in town. Filled the truck with gas on the way back. Well, not the whole truck; just the tank.

Other than that just not much more than the “usual” going on. Kind of stalled on my room until I get paint. I don’t want to block a bunch of stuff off until I can paint then get it all cleaned up. Still need to buy some 2X4’s to make a frame to hold my new counter tops. That I still need to buy also.

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But this is old news.

Dang. Got busy installing Linux Mint 17.1 both Cinnamon & Mate versions to a couple of virtual machines and completely forgot about what time it was. I like playing with VMware Player. Let’s me do all kinds of things.

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Anywho, SWMBO is home and has eaten and is in her room watching “something.” It’s about bed time for this old guy.


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So, I’m Thinking Of A New Life Rule

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When I make a “pit stop,” I tend to take my Nexus 7 along with me and spend way too much time “sitting” there catching up on Tumblr. Yep, mostly Tumblr. Way long after I’m finished my “business;” if you know what I mean. I have permanent elbow marks on the tops of my knees.

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Then, when I go to bed I’ll spend about half an hour on G+ catching up. Then another half hour on Facebook, catching up. Then finish out with Tumblr again. Just catching up you know. By that time I’m ready to go to sleep. Usually.

I never just read anymore. Which I miss. So I think I’m going to make a rule that I catch up on G+ & FB during my morning absolutions. Then, at bedtime, I can catch up on Tumblr for half an hour  before delving into the latest book I’m reading. Actually doing this is going to be the problem though. I’m a renowned procrastinator.

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Not much going on today. Raining out most of the day so we’re pretty much stuck inside unless we want to pile on the clothes and rain gear. Which I don’t. So I’ve been “doing things” around the house and in my room to get ready to spray paint. Need to make a trip to Home Depot for some paint sometime soon. And my counter tops. And some 2X4’s.

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Oh, something y’all should remember:

  • A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
  • A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
  • A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law

Just in case y’all forgot. Too bad we can’t apply these rules to our Politicians. Suitably modified, of course.


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