Month: December 2016
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Call to Action: Electoral College Reform
This isn’t the first time I’ve complained about the Electoral College (EC) on this blog. It’s an old idea that has endured the test of time and survived into the modern era where we have had at least two elections now that produced a victor that didn’t win the popular…
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Technology and geek unite
My wife let me buy a new television on Thursday. Not just any television, but a 4k UHD television that clocks in at just under 55″. It was a snug fit into the stand we have with only an inch or so to spare all around, to the point I…
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Weekend “Would You Rather?” 9
After playing an interesting round of “Would You Rather?” with the family, I thought it would be fun to get into the game of a weekly blog post. Feel free to join in on your own blog and be sure to give an answer to the question of the week.…
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Love to hate smartphones
This isn’t a new subject for me as I’ve written several times on both sides of the debate. I’m now, after switching to my cheap Lumia (Windows 10 Mobile) and then switching back to my equally cheap Galaxy Express (Android 6), at the point of ditching smartphones all together. These…
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Three Things Thursday – 12/15/2016
Inspired by Ms. Emily’s Home for Full-Grown Nerds Bring the happy! Sneakers This is the first of two old pictures I found when restoring a backup to my mobile phone, again, after it decided to delete my pictures. This was my cat, pre-wife, that I absolutely loved. He unfortunately fell…
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Weekend “Would You Rather?” 8
After playing an interesting round of “Would You Rather?” with the family, I thought it would be fun to get into the game of a weekly blog post. Feel free to join in on your own blog and be sure to give an answer to the question of the week.…
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Three, er Four Things Thursday – 12/8/2016
Inspired by Ms. Emily’s Home for Full-Grown Nerds Bring the happy! Holiday Tree The fake, plastic, non-allergenic tree is finally up. It wasn’t fun, never is, but bourbon really makes all things easier sometimes. I have this really expensive sipping bourbon, given to me as a gift, that I’ve been…
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Music assistance for my brain
If you’ve been following me for a while and reading the Three Things Thursday posts (thanks to Emily at Full-Grown Nerd for that), you’ll have noticed the full album recommendations at the bottom. Whether you actually listen to them or not is not important, it’s the reason I’m doing in…
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Closing Thought–07Dec16
Originally posted on In Saner Thought: 75 years ago day…… Today we commemorate the “Day of Infamy”…..the Japanese attack on our naval base at Pearl Harbor….they also attacks a few other installations but Pearl Harbor was the biggie for them……the day we entered into the conflict known as “World War…
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