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Time goes by
It’s been a month since I last wrote out here. Things got … weird. Bad. Busy. Bad. Scary. My Mother in Law passed away almost two weeks ago. That was bad. Really bad. She was 94 years old but doing … Continue reading
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Rolling into fall
I’m having an awful time remembering to write out here. Mostly it’s because of a lack of things to say. These days my attention is almost entirely focused on my corporate gig, which is something that I really don’t want … Continue reading
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2,000 yards
I suppose I’ll mention this here since it’s a milestone, and one that I’ll want to look back on. I swam 2,000 yards today. First time since I got back into the water. This, even despite my allergies giving me … Continue reading
They tried to kill Trump again
There was a second assassination attempt on Donald Trump yesterday. The political middle of the country over to the political right is aghast. The political left is “ho-hum, lets talk about something else.” So this is what we know about … Continue reading
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Mike Hammer, first three books
In keeping with my interest in mystery fiction, I decided to take a step back into yesteryear and read a few Mike Hammer novels (Mickey Spillane). I forgot that I had the printed version on my bookshelf, so I bought … Continue reading
Losing Weight
I think I’m losing weight, anyway. I refuse to get on the scale. But on August 3 I cut a string, and today I used that string to measure my belly girth. I lost a good two inches off my … Continue reading
The Silkworm
The Silkworm is book 2 in the Cormoran Strike series by J. K. Rowling (writing under the pen name, Robert Galbraith). Written in 2014 (456 pages in Kindle), in this book we find private detective Cormoran Strike doing a tiny … Continue reading
Kennedy dropped out
J.F.K. Jr dropped out of the presidential race two days ago and endorsed Trump. Well. Sort of. What he did, exactly, was drop out of 10 battleground states where he thought his campaign would hurt Trump. He’s continuing to run … Continue reading
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Swim IX
Completed the 5 mile swim challenge today. Mercifully, this will be the last blog entry about me swimming for a while. 2 x 200 2 x 100 1 x 200 2 x 100 Total distance: 1,000 yards. Total distance in … Continue reading
Swim VIII
2 x 200 crawl 2 x 100 crawl 2 x 200 crawl 3 x 100 crawl Total distance: 1300 yards Total distance in the challenge: 8500 yards Total distance required by the challenge: 8800 yards Could I have finished this … Continue reading