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Dad’s Backyard Used Car Lot – Thoughts from February 1 and 3, 2023
February 1, 2023 We’re already one month into 2023 and I haven’t mistakenly written 2022 once. I don’t know if that’s even a thing anymore. People used to write checks and other things that required writing out the date, but we hardly have to write anything down these days, let alone the date. I would…
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Money-Making Schemes and Metaphors – Thoughts from January 29 and 31, 2023
January 29, 2023 I just want to start this Thoughts paper by telling you, the reader, how much I appreciate what you do. I don’t know what you do beyond reading these words, but I appreciate what you’re doing right now. There are many words you could be looking at and you chose mine. It…
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Failure is Always an Option – Thoughts from January 28, 2023
I’m starting this Thoughts paper to get it out of the way. I don’t really have anything to talk about yet, but starting is always the first step to any endeavor. Your journey begins with a single step. That’s what they used to say back in the ableist past. If you don’t have feet or…
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Yelling Instructions and Open Caskets – Thoughts from January 27, 2023
I’m terrible at non-creative tasks. If you tell me to create something or help figure something out, I can start thinking of possibilities right away. If you give me orders to follow, my brain panics and shuts down. I can memorize things on my own, but my conversational memory sucks. When I have written instructions,…
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My Weird Memory and VHS Tapes – Thoughts from January 15 and 21, 2023
January 15, 2023 I have a weird memory. When I hear the name Neil, I can think of Neil Patrick Harris, Neil Armstrong, Vince Neil, Neil Peart, and Neil from the Young Ones. My middle name is Patrick like Neil Patrick Harris, but I don’t use mine much. I have friends, relatives, and a wife…
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