Tag: thoughts
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My Toy Store, Meowing Cat, and Broken Mirrors – Thoughts from January 13, 2024
January 13, 2024 My office is slowly but surely looking like a toy store. I bought cubes and shelves to help me display them instead of piling them up in corners. I was questioning why I would have these things if I couldn’t see them. These are probably the last toys I will collect until…
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Tofurkey, Cats, and a Kidney Stone – Thoughts from January 7, 2024
January 7, 2024 We’re already seven days into 2024 and this is my first Thoughts paper of the year. I have many things to talk about, but I just haven’t done it. Christmas and New Year were interesting. Patti and I were going to have tofurkey on Christmas Day but we were too sick. We…
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Judging A.I. Books by Their Covers – Thoughts from December 10 and 16, 2023
December 10, 2023 I was talking with a coworker about artificial intelligence and other technologies. He was mentioning things most people don’t know or care about. It’s the kind of thought experiment conversation I like. I’m usually the one who brings up real-world issues with the technology. Eventually, I will get business cards with “Reality…
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Experiencing Things not Made for Me, Including Silence – Thoughts from December 3 and 6, 2023
December 3, 2023 English is my first language. I don’t really have a second language, unless you count Nerd as a language. Sometimes, I wish I spoke another language well enough to have conversations, but not enough to put in the time to actually do it. I have delved deeply into English enough to keep…
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Thanksgiving Orphans and Thinking Differently from Everyone – Thoughts from November 19 to 28, 2023
November 19, 2023 I found out from Patti that we might be orphans on Thanksgiving. Hopefully, it will keep me from over stuffing myself like I normally do. Except for my last two days off, I’m down in my weight. Holidays have become mainly about eating and drinking more than you normally would. All the…
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Cabinets and Bun Bun – Thoughts from November 11 and 18, 2023
November 11, 2023 Today is 11/11. Need I say more? It would be funny if that was all I said, but I actually have thoughts to write about. I don’t know what they are right now, but I’m sure I will come up with something. My thoughts are happening all day long. I just need…
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Halloween as a Kid and Changing Oil as a Fancy Adult – Thoughts from October 31 and November 3, 2023
October 31, 2023 In honor of Halloween, I’m going to talk non-stop about pickles. It’s the perfect scary snack. They’re green and look like fingers when they’re in a jar. It’s a jar of fingers. People used to make Frankenstein hands out of various sizes of pickles. I’m sure the pickles went to waste. Who…
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Knowing, Accepting, and Pointing Out My Thoughts – Thoughts from October 28 and 30, 2023
October 28, 2023 “I don’t know why I did that.” I have never said this phrase unless I don’t want to admit why I’m doing something. The statement may come out of my mouth, but I always know why I do things. If I trip over something, I know why I tripped. Usually, the answer…
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Not Our Bunny or Our Holidays – Thoughts from October 21 and 22, 2023
October 21, 2023 It’s time to talk about the bunny in our yard. I first saw him when I was mowing our lawn. I walked to our backyard, and I saw something hop away. Convinced that it was a hopping cat, I didn’t think too much of it. Patti asked me to look at something…
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Misunderstanding Words and Loving Vacuuming – Thoughts from October 9 and 12, 2023
October 9, 2023 For many years, I have misunderstood what “tenure” meant. Much of my life, I thought it meant when a teacher reached ten years of teaching. If they lasted that long, they couldn’t fire them. Recently, I heard some talk about getting tenure after two years. I told Patti about what I thought…
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