My mind has been in flux the past few days, maybe weeks. Maybe not flux, but slow shutdown. I'm in that phase where I switch all my interests. This happens to me pretty often, it's why I swear I have ADHD, or maybe it's a symptom of PTSD. I'm not really sure. I need to find some sort of higher purpose in life, but it's never there. I w...

As all the chickens run with their proverbial heads cut off, I find myself possibly looking for a backup plan for my blogging. Then I remembered I have "Hey! World" still if I really needed to post something when another platform dies. I feel "Hey!" has a better chance at longevity than many indie blog platforms, discoverability and ba...

It may sound silly, but about once a week, sometimes more, I find myself wishing I were a cowboy. The freedom that would come from the total disconnect from the rest of the world. The peaceful feeling of open spaces and working with animals. And let’s not forget a tinge of adventure. At 52, I find myself wishing this still. There was a...

I've been thinking a lot about the negative I absorb throughout my day-to-day existence as of late. I wonder what effect it has on me, as in mood or attitude. I tend to like violent TV shows or old country songs about revenge or killing in some fashion. Not that I don't like positive stuff, but the trend is toward the rougher things. T...

Most days I consider myself fairly conservative, not to an extreme, but more or less. So I thought I would list some of the major topics in the political arena and jot down my thoughts on them. I'm using this poll as my reference. So let's get started from the top. Healthcare I feel all life saving healthcare should be covered somehow....

I became a Linux user in 1999. I started with Slackware downloaded over a ppp connection over a couple of days. For the next two decades following I preached the wisdom of the penguin, opensource, and free software. It was fun! We were like the cowboys of the internet, fighting the outlaws (private hardware and software corporations). ...

I'm sitting here looking out the window, here in southern Wisconsin. It's a beautiful day with the bugs all doing their chirping. Since I was little, I loved open windows in the house. There is nothing better than fresh air and feeling a breeze work it's way through the house to another open window, on the other side. Here in Wisconsin...

Since about 1999 or so, we have been fairly nomadic. Mainly due to work and school items within the family. It's been quite the rollercoaster. Here is a small summary of what's gone down. • Around the end of 1999 we moved from Dallas, TX to Staten Island, NY where we stayed for three years. • From Staten Island, we moved to Huntington,...

The past weeks, I've been on my usual round of jumping around email clients. I was on Proton for quite a long time, then I figured I would go back to Apple and iCloud+, which then led me back to Fastmail. The sad thing is that I have jumped all around these different providers before. On all of them, I spend a ton of time tweaking, set...