20 Years Old!
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I used to pen a weekly entry in my blog but I no longer write that frequently. It's still an important place for me to sort out my thoughts and to make mention of things that matter to me. My transformation over the years from conservative to progressive can be found in my posts as well as so many proud moments of having a ringside seat to Rachel's life and watching her become the person she is today. And of course, my wingwoman, Tammy, and our life together.
I'll list below some of the more meaningful (at least to me) pieces I've written:
I hope to continue sharing my thoughts in the years ahead.
My last dose of psilocybin was 8 days ago, and with that, my headaches have stopped. It's nothing short of miraculous the way the drug was able to bring me the relief I needed. I'll keep my O2 tanks on hand for at least another week or two before returning them. I want to be sure the beast has been pushed down far enough that it won't pose a problem for me anytime soon.
Tammy and I were talking about previous cluster headache phases of mine and how it would take me at least a couple of months after I had tapered off prednisone before I'd begin to feel normal again. I'm thankful for not having to go through that again this time. I've resumed my walks and golfing but I've not yet taken to the roads on my bikes—my time on the links will remain my focus until the courses close in a few weeks. And then my bikes!
I have to make a brief mention of the continued vicious attacks by Hamas on Israel beginning last Saturday. I have no words for the inhumaneness of what they've done but what seems to be lost in all of the discussions I've seen is any reporting on the ongoing plight of the Palestinians who continue to live under severe oppression by Israeli authorities. I fear for what is about to happen to them in Gaza. Netanyahu has never shown any ability for restraint. The people who pay the price for his vengeance will be innocent children and families. That too is an atrocity if it's allowed to happen. Their voices need to be heard as well.
I watched a documentary a few years ago called Five Broken Cameras, about a Palestinian father who peacefully told the plight of his family and his people through his cameras. It's both a moving and an informative documentary. I hope you'll take the time to view it.
During my downtime, I've been enjoying some new-to-me YouTube channels. See below.
That's all I've got.
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I didn't begin mine until summer of '06 so you have a few years on me.
I used to browse random blogs (how I found yours) but I haven't done that in a long time. I don't have the long, forced down times of working solo mids anymore.
I'm glad the headaches have run their course.
Sporting good stores in CO have aerosol cans of O2 to take on mountain hikes. You might be able to buy some on the internet to keep around for future events. That might help until you can get a medical canister.
Be well, my friend!
The O2 I use has to be dispensed via a high output regulator that delivers O2 at the rate of 15-25 liters per minute and with the use of a special nonrebreather facemask. Anything less won't be enough, but thanks for the suggestion.
And I'll still take credit for getting you to get into the computer world where you eventually connected with Tammy.
Looking back at those AOL CD's that were everywhere to get people to sign up with them. I wonder how many remember Prodigy, the very first browser based service to get on line. But it was all so innocent then by today's standards. A 56K modem was the best. I can still remember the sound as it connected to the Internet.
Your writing about eventually joining the navy was an interesting read.
And losing Mom on the morning of my birthday via the text from Keith was and still is something that will have sadness on my birthday. Something about that that seems like a statement to me.
Thanks for sharing your stories as they are always interesting to be sure.
Thanks for reading and for commenting!
It was an expensive "hobby" for me back then with a dot matrix printer, floppy drive a PC with a 286 microprocessor, built in telephone modem, and VGA monitor.
Jerry and I were deep into "shareware" where you could buy cheap floppy disks with various programs.
I recall both you and Jerry being early adopters of the technology. Did you convince Jerry to get on board or was that something he did without your influence?
Jerry eventually put his PC to work for the family tree he started back then. He actually got me involved with BASIC programming back then. Something I actually used with my job and other things.
I occasionally think about ditching my Facebook and other social media accounts but I have some group connections as well as people connections that I don't want to lose. I'm curious to see where I'm at with my thinking about those connections in another 10 years. How will all of this morph for me in the years ahead?
And I actually deleted my current account for similar reasons but Tristan convinced me to get back with if for family reasons and now I have to manage several other accounts for our HOA and the Heritage Center so I'm locked in now.