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Admin: My ISP Hassles

Holding myself always accountable to my regular readers, it seems proper to report that my Internet connection service is stumbling a lot right now. Not the technology so much as my provider has gone bonkers on us. Cox Cable makes … Continue reading

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Can’t Afford Materialism

I can recall serving in the military when it was called “peace time” and all we did was train. In those days, our senior battalion maintenance officer said something to a group of us about what a wonderful thing it … Continue reading

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Robocall Abuse

Until recently I owned a mobile home. That means you pay county taxes and your name shows up on the public records. A handful for asshole operations troll those records for names and numbers of people who would never call … Continue reading

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Moving Update 2

The mortgage pay-off was sent today via overnight post. Next, we wait for a lien release to come back so I can put the mobile home in my son’s name. Then I’ll have to pay up the property taxes to … Continue reading

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Yes Means No, Part 3

Adios, “No!” Management. Unlike you folks, I keep my word. I said I would get out of your hair and I’m almost there. In the next month or so I’ll be living somewhere else. In the future, at every possible … Continue reading

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Not the Apocalypse, Part 2

Until relatively recent times, the ruling elite didn’t bother with most of the daily details of their subjects’ existence. With the rise of the middle class to political power, we see a matching rise in both nit-picking intrusion and a … Continue reading

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Riding for Justice

Today’s journey wasn’t remarkable in terms of touring the countryside. With only one minor variation, it was the new Harrah Loop counterclockwise. The single variation was, after passing the SDA Academy and retirement village on NE 63rd, I turned north … Continue reading

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More Debian Coaxing

In response to an offline query — Folks in general are reluctant to learn about computer security. For all our reliance on computer technology, our society is amazingly ignorant of it. Indeed, you can sense a vast undercurrent of resistance … Continue reading

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Terminal Notes

The title is merely my dark sense of humor: I’m making some necessary adjustments in my computer ministry. I’ll help you with Win7 and Vista. I’ll give you some limited help with Win8. I’ll help you a lot with running … Continue reading

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Controlling Obsession to Control

Obsessions enslave us. It’s a direct insult to God — poking Him in the eye — when you seek control over things He said were His to control. That goes for weather, climate and the earth in general. We aren’t … Continue reading

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