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Virtual Reality-Check

May 16 2

  Back in 2001-ish I was a single man. My limitations on my life were – for the most part – determined by my bank account; ergo whatever ether wisps of pecuniary leverage that remained after I paid the mortgage, truck note, and child support. One of the ways to make my entertainment dollar stretch […]

Jerald Benton McDonald 1942 – 2015

Nov 18 7

Jerald Benton McDonald, passed this Earth on November 17, 2015 from complications related to colon cancer at the age of 73. Born in 1942, his middle name was supposed to be Benjamin, but the clerk confused his address on Benton Place as she typed his birth certificate. That’s the way it happened in 1942. Somebody […]

Too Long. Too Short. Too Much Muchness.

Oct 22 2

My inner-logician nudges me to score things. Is *it* good or is it bad? Did *this* work, or did *that* work? It’s tough when life-events that beg to be scored defy easy categorization. The Cliff’s Notes reads as follows: Cancer Dad beat colon cancer. Four months later dad had a kidney blockage and CAT scans […]

A Blog Falls in a Forest

Oct 01 2

Facebook is a great way to drive readership of the ol’ blog.  It took my regular 35 readers up to 100+ sets of eyeballs. One hundred readers makes a blog worth writing. Another way to drive up readership is to blog every day. Trust me. An irregular, sometimes blog is an unread, no-times blog. Yeah. […]

The Man I Was. The Man I Am. The Man I Was.

Jul 29 0

“Pain or damage don’t end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you’re dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man… and give some back.” – Al Swearingen   Hola. I can tell it has been a while since I blogged. I had a moment […]