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  • Updates 6.27

    There’s a whole lot going on in the US right now but I’m at the point where I’ve started to tune it out. I’ll probably drop some rambling posts about the social unrest and venture into fringe conspiracy theories later, but not right now. It just gets so tiring, you know? Like, why should I…

  • The Myth of Police Protection & the Importance of Gun Ownership

    The riots clearly showed that the police cannot protect you. I don’t say that to demean the police in any way. It’s just a numbers thing. There aren’t enough police to deal with the mob if the mob decides they want to attack. The mob did attack here in New York City. They looted and…

  • A short note about the ability to join this blog as a “user”

    A few months ago, I decided to enable the setting that allows “anyone” to register as a user of this blog with a default role of “subscriber”. I had previously had it turned on but it was a long time ago and I couldn’t remember why I had turned it off. Today, I disabled the…

  • Things to be grateful for 4/26 – 5/1

    So, last week was pretty low key. That in itself is something to be grateful for given the circumstances. We’re still in one of the worst outbreak areas of COVID-19 in the world and no one in my family has gotten sick yet, thankfully. I’m a little concerned about how things are going to go…

  • Signal to Noise Ratio Online

    This week was much quieter than previous weeks. It’s not that there isn’t as much going on. I suppose it’s just that I’m tuning it out more and focusing on my own issues. Caring about other people’s problems is a luxury and a burden, and sometimes that burden just gets tiring. What I mean is…

  • Things to be grateful for 4/19 – 4/25

    1. Our cats are still happy and healthy. 2. We did not get wrecked by a tornado on Tuesday. 3. We finally stopped getting the “Payment Status Not Available” error and were able to enter our direct deposit information with the IRS for the stimulus deposits. 4. I talked to our ISP and got an…

  • Things to be Grateful For 4/12 – 4/18

    Last week, I added a section to a blog post I made where I listed a few things I should be grateful for in the previous week. It seemed like a pretty good exercise, given the situation. I think it’s something I’m going to try to continue on a regular basis with once a week…

  • Payment Status Not Available – The drama continues

    I kept hearing about more and more people getting their Trump Bucks, but I haven’t seen a damn thing so far. I’ve been checking my account regularly. I’ve been scouring the internet for clues. I’ve been trawling through Twitter for hope. Then I thought I’d found my salvation. The IRS released their Get Payment web…

  • A coronavirus kind of weekend

    With all of the extra time I’ve been able to search around online for nice channels on YouTube, freebies, and stuff like that. The station above has some really smooth, low key jazz. It’s fantastic as background music in the afternoon while doing other things around the house. Work. Reading. Chores. Laying on the bed…

  • Coronavirus Journal: Day 34 – Disconnecting from the news, cheap lunches, and deerlingo

    So, I’ve reached the point now where I’m not checking the case and death figures as often because the numbers have gotten so high that it’s really hard to think about that in terms of trying to make it real. You know what I mean? You can picture a few hundred people, but when you…