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  • Love the view from my hotel room… right at the end of a runway!

    End of airport runway
    January 10,2020
  • Trump’s Approval Rating Among Terrorists Hits All-Time Low - The Babylon Bee

    just half said they would like to see the president dead. The others claimed they would be perfectly happy with a pallet full of cash

    January 10,2020
  • Everyone On The Internet Awarded Honorary Degree In International Affairs - The Babylon Bee

    the institutions wanted to honor those people who are suddenly experts on the Middle East, terrorism, and the intricacies of Iranian government

    January 10,2020
  • Haiku

    Hello, Family

    All arrived today.

    Hotel full of family!

    First time in a while.

    January 9,2020
  • Feels like spring.

    Palm tree, blue sky
    January 9,2020
  • Haiku

    Easy Travel

    Prep was not that great,

    But the travel was real smooth.

    Car travel is great!

    January 8,2020
  • I called the property management company yesterday at noon about a major water leak in the yard. Still haven’t heard back.

    January 8,2020
  • CNN Attacks Babylon Bee: ‘The Internet Is Only Big Enough For One Fake News Site’ - The Babylon Bee

    Reporters at the media outlet also pointed out that their news was “much faker” than The Babylon Bee’s.

    January 8,2020
  • Iran Announces They Will Stop Pretending To Follow Nuclear Deal - The Babylon Bee

    Iranian officials then revealed that their National Center to Help Children and Orphans and their Department of Puppies and Candy were actually nuclear facilities in disguise this whole time.

    January 8,2020
  • Warren Proposes Bankruptcy Overhaul in Return to Signature Issue - WSJ

    “Our research ended up showing that most of these families weren’t reckless or irresponsible—they were just getting squeezed by an economy that forced them to take on more debt and more risk to cling to their place in America’s middle class,” Ms. Warren wrote.

    We’ll call this the “permissive view.”

    January 8,2020
  • Haiku

    So Far Behind

    Needed to get done,

    Just couldn’t pull it off. But,

    Wife came home and helped!

    January 7,2020
  • The two dumbest automotive regulations in the United States:

    • Mandatory front license plates
    • Annual inspections
    January 7,2020
  • Haiku

    Water Turned Off

    Repair down the street,

    Turn on faucet, no water!

    Angry call ensued.

    January 6,2020
  • United Methodist Church To Split Over Whether Or Not To Be Christians - The Babylon Bee

    a tentative plan to split the church over differences on whether or not Methodists should be Christian or some sort of social group with a vague deist motif that makes up morality based on whatever it feels like.

    January 6,2020
  • So much to do today, I really should get started.

    January 6,2020
  • Catholic Husband

    Twenty Twenty Focus - Catholic Husband

    Distractions and thoughts percolate, but when I’m meditating, I have permission to not act.

    ➕

    January 6,2020
  • Haiku

    Cars Needed Washed

    I didn’t want to,

    Been weeks, had to get it done.

    Now they look quite nice.

    January 5,2020
  • Iran Lacks Allies in Confronting the U.S. - WSJ

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in a phone call Friday with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the killing “grossly violates the norms of international law” and urged Washington to “solve all problems at the negotiating table,” according to a Russian foreign ministry statement.

    Very rich advice, indeed.

    January 5,2020
  • Iraqi Parliament Votes in Favor of Expelling U.S. Troops - WSJ

    BREAKING: Iraqi Parliament votes to expel U.S. troops from the country, after airstrike that killed top Iranian military leader

    Incredible. Iranian-backed lawmakers pushed this through under the guise of protecting national integrity, when the result is likely to be the disintegration of Iraqi sovereignty, and in short order. ISIS overran a third of the country a in a short period of time after the US withdrawal at the end of 2011.

    January 5,2020
  • Haiku

    Resisting Naps

    Not the easiest,

    Resisting the weekend nap.

    I failed, but I won.

    January 4,2020
  • I sometimes don’t want to take the time to sit down and write a blog post, but usually walk away satisfied for having done the work.

    January 4,2020
  • I could really go for a nap.

    January 4,2020
  • ChetCast

    Episode 131: Buzz In Space

    Benedict has some plans.

    January 4,2020
  • Enjoying a slow start on a cold Saturday morning. A hot mug of one of my favorite blends of coffee, music on the HomePod, and a cinnamon coffee cake in the oven.

    Mug and K Cup sit on a countertop

    January 4,2020
  • Reading

    Book Review: The First Commandment 📚

    As the Scot Harvath series matures, I’ve found that many of the plot elements to be disturbing. Thor has a dark side, and he doesn’t mind trodding it out. Many of the attacks and interrogations in this book made me quite uncomfortable.

    That being said, the books continue to read fast and are engaging. They are certainly thrillers through and through. A nice element to this story was that it was less fanciful than the rest.

    If I hadn’t read one of the more recent books in the series, I probably would abandon the Brad Thor books. However, knowing that the books will even out in terms of violence and believability, I’m confident to keep reading and enjoying the series.

    Would I recommend: YES

    ISBN: 978-1451635669

    January 4,2020
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