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• I’ll take “allergies suck” for a thousand, Alex

  March 11, 2025

  I woke up this morning feeling like crap, sore throat, dryness, etc. I can feel spring springing. My allergies are at full alert. “Shields are up, Captain!” I know that I’m getting(?) old when a “hangover stomach” is a thing. Let me explain. I didn’t drink alcohol as a teen or a young adult. As&h...

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• I hope I know What I’m Doing – The Transition of a Career

  March 5, 2025

  Back in August 2024 I made a big transition to my career. For the past 20-ish years I’ve been a computer programmer, which spanned several programming languages, my favorite being C#. However, the company that I work for started transitioning to a new ERP software system last year that our entire...

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• Galena and the Hill of Death

  March 24, 2023

  My younger brother sent me the above picture, recently. Left to right, it's my brother John, me and John's pet collie, Kola. This picture was taken in Galena Illinois when we were kids. John and I are half-brothers. Our mom was married six times. I used to tease her, "If at first you don't succee...

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• Saint Patties Day Pubbing

  March 17, 2023

  The irony of the featured picture is that this was not from St. Patties Day last weekend, but from a different time when we hung out with friends at an Irish pub. Yes, I know that today is technically St. Patties, but since it falls on a day during the week, we celebrate party holidays…

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• Your Sh!t Don’t Stink

  May 16, 2019

  I was born with a sensory deficiency. I only have about 20% sense of smell compared to the average person. That’s right. My olfactory ability is severely impinged. This is both bad and good. The good; I don’t know what farts smell like. The bad; I think MY farts don’t smell all that bad. Of…

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• Lock Picking Chronicles: Mastering The Pick

  April 11, 2019

  As you may recall from my entry before this, My Stuff Is NOT Safe, I started a new hobby of lock picking. I picked my very first lock, the pad lock that I use at the gym to keep my valuables safe, in under 2 minutes. Well, I decided to ratchet up the challenge. Instead of…

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• Warded Locks Are Trash

  April 1, 2019

  In my latest obsession with lock picking, I've learned that "warded" locks, like the in the featured image on the left, are very easy to open even without lock picking tools. As you can see in the video below, you can even pick them by bending a piece of wire and inserting it into the…

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• My Stuff Is NOT Safe

  March 28, 2019

  I've been watching the LockPickingLawyer on YouTube for a few weeks. I'm amazed how he can pick just about any lock. So, I bought a beginners lock picking set, complete with a plastic, see-through lock for practicing. I practiced with it for about 20 minutes before I wanted to try it on a real lo...

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• Flu Shot

  December 20, 2018

  This year was the first year ever that I got a flu shot, ever. After 7 days in flu hell last year, I decided to go for it this year, even though I almost never get the flu. Ironically, I'm sick right now and not with the flu. It looks like my Wolverine-like immune system…

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