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Turning 13
I’m now the father of two teenagers. Life comes at you fast.
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When an Adult You Love Has ADHD
Earlier this year, I was diagnosed with ADHD, which has been a transformative experience. Many things that I thought I simply struggled with or just needed to try harder to accomplish now have an explanation. Even better, there are techniques and medications available to help overcome these specific challenges I face. While I’m not the…
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Paxton Settles
Texas Attorney General Agrees to Give $3.3 Million and an Apology to His Former Aides What frustrates me about this is it costs him nothing. Money to be paid out of state funds and everything moves on. Zero accountability.
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St. Patrick
I stumbled upon this work of Ancient Celtic Prayers, which isn’t a topic that I’ve ever cared about, but hey, let’s check it out. It has a longer version of the Breastplate of St. Patrick prayer than I’ve seen before. It’s something else. I’ve included it here.
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Doing Shots
Scene: my daughter’s school “We can’t use the cafeteria. There will be parents and children doing shots.” “Wait, what?” “Vaccines. It’s a community vaccine clinic! Not those shots!”
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Sandy Hook
On the 10th anniversary of Sandy Hook, I find myself very angry about Uvalde’s police response. Those children shouldn’t have died. Not because someone shouldn’t have shot them, but because police should have done what their training and the laws of humanity dictate. Sandy Hook, which taught us this, breaks me every time still. It…
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Even if Twitter survives, I want to try a different path. Likely I’d stick around if the communities I’m in outside of tech stay.
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Central Texas man puts life savings into buying virtual property
Buying property is a big investment, but some people are investing in virtual properties. Source: Central Texas man puts life savings into buying virtual property Sigh. I mean, sure.
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Calendar idea by a Paulist
https://archive.ph/20121214163159/http://personal.ecu.edu/mccartyr/Searle.html Rethinking the calendar is pretty interesting. A Possible Calendar By George M. Searle, C.S.P The Catholic World (Nov. 1, 1905), p. 239. Rev. George Mary Searle 1839-1918 A NEW plan for the arrangement of the calendar has lately, according to the papers, been proposed by M. Flammarion. The object, apparently, was to avoid the…