Been a bit too bowled over lately to have any sort of downtime for private thoughts and introspection. Too much that I have to / want to do. Most of my blathering goes onto Mastodon for the dopamine points, but on rare occasion (usually the weekends) I scratch out something in my paper journal. This …
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Yellow Noise
I recently had a guy at the bar try to fill me up with noise about how a tornado watch was more dangerous than a tornado warning. He said, “Yeah, a watch is like ‘there’s a tornado, watch out!’” I just stood there blinking. Still not sure if he was pulling my leg, or if …
Typical G.T. Kid
I could’ve been anything, but I didn’t choose anything because I didn’t want to not be anything else. If you haven’t been a Gifted and Talented student, you probably wouldn’t understand. I wanted to be everything. But you know that’s impossible. But if that’s also you, don’t let that stop you. Learn early. Try early. …
Routes and Turns
Did some gasoline therapy after dinner. Drove down through the center of town and back up. Still surprises me how much this town has changed. I could bemoan the loss of the town that I loved. But that misses the mark. It’s nostalgia. The pain of knowledge. What I miss is all the opportunities for …
Der Dummkopf – The Fool
This first week of German class has not gone easily. I’ve never done distance learning, so I’m climbing uphill to figure out these learning management systems. The first assignment found me misreading the actual task, and I kept getting the answers wrong; I got distracted with learning the laptop’s Alt-Gr keys (so I can do …