This is an Outrage?

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There is no shortage of things to be outraged about in today’s world.  Wars, genocides, and all other manners of mistreatment of humans is, unfortunately, far too common.  In the right situations, outrage is the appropriate response. And then there are the many, many other things that no one should be outraged about, yet get angry over anyway.  This happens… Read more »

Safer Internet Day

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Normally my “weird holiday” posts are silly and fun, but today we are taking on a serious topic.  Today is Safer Internet Day. We’ve all heard the horror stories of people who have been recorded without permission via webcams, folks who have been swindled out of huge sums of money by internet scammers and companies who have had huge data… Read more »

Baa Baa Black Sheep

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I’ve said many times that I have little in common with the folks I share DNA with.  Certainly not looks or politics.  Definitely not temperament or taste in music.  I cannot remember what my sister and I talked about before she had kids- 95% of our conversations now seem to revolve around those two goofballs.  It IS true my sister… Read more »

Remembering Jason Slama

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On January 18th one of my high school classmates passed away.  You can read Jason’s obituary here: http://obituaries.mankatofreepress.com/obituary/jason-slama-1971-2019-1072290048?fbclid=IwAR2K4ELNRef8g4WRHrkZdylfqTpWyASRYm2rAPey5O_pHZjvYsNXp4pIqNA As some of you already know, my school consolidated with another school the summer before my senior year.  Because of that I only went to school with Jason for one year.   But I did have a couple of classes with him and got… Read more »