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“The Day the Earth Stood Still”

AKA – “The Day Our Worlds Stood Still… (for a couple hours)” Dateline: Afternoon of Tuesday, June 10, 2025 While my sister and great-niece were enjoying their birthdays down at Silver Dollar City, the foundations of our world were quaking … Continue reading

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I let my finger do the talking.

Over the years, a lot of people have asked me how I go about using my switch, which, in turn, controls my computer, allowing me to “speak” and do other things (text, email, use the internet, watch stuff, listen to … Continue reading

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“Random Thoughts” about nothing in particular

Question: What is more terrifying and unsettling to endure: the movie The Exorcist or having an acute case of “writer’s block” and staring at a blank Microsoft Word document for 3-4 days? Honestly, I’d call it a toss-up between the … Continue reading

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Seeking professional help

Jen’s mom said it best when she said, ‘They’ve got a whole army of people over there coming and going to do stuff for them.’ She was talking to her friend and neighbor and telling her about the time when … Continue reading

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Locked-In Syndrome: The Early Years

Normally, I like to kid around as much as I can when I’m writing these blog posts, but what I want to talk about today doesn’t have a lot of humorous aspects baked into it. The reason I want to … Continue reading

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Fifty Shades of… Green

[Author’s Note: Normally when I write one of these, I ask my assistant (a.k.a. Jen) to proofread what I’ve written for any errors before I click the “Publish” button. But time kinda got away from me this week, so there … Continue reading

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Yikes! What’s that smell?! (part 2)

Quick recap from last week:We caught a super-sized raccoonPutrid smell coming from the bathroomWorm-like bugs in the sinkFlies in the bathroom the size of hummingbirds, straight outta Jurassic ParkPest control guy put his foot through the ceilingCalled Roto Rooter-type guy … Continue reading

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Yikes! What’s that smell?!

[Author’s Note: It’s been brought to my attention that this week’s blog post is pretty disgusting, and it needs a disclaimer. Good idea, don’t wanna cause any harm or get sued. So, here goes: People with heart conditions, expectant mothers … Continue reading

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Daily Affirmation

[Author’s note: I want to apologize in advance about the length of this post. After I finished saying everything I wanted to say, it ended up being a bit longer than I would’ve liked. In my defense, though, I did … Continue reading

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‘Whatcha watchin’? Whatcha readin’?’

I get asked those kinds of questions all the time, by everyone. And by ‘all the time, by everyone.’ I guess I mean ‘pretty often, by many people.’ Maybe not ‘pretty often’, more like fairly often. OK, I’ll come clean: … Continue reading

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