Monday would have been my step-son’s 23rd birthday. We have a memorial dinner planned and have invited a number of people – ones that were important parts of his life. His mom and grandmother’s deaths might have been part of why he felt he needed to do what he did. (The phrase I was looking […]

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You know I had to bring it up 😀 I’ve been playing on the OpenAI website when time permits, and I’ve been doing some looking/research at how it affects cybersecurity. It’s not all fun and games. My oldest and I were talking Saturday night about ChatGPT. Some of our conversation made me think. I’ve used […]

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Last Saturday (5/13) my daughter graduated high school. Two days earlier, my youngest has his 8th grade promotion. He’s in high school. She doesn’t know what she wants to do. She tried to do cosmetology and culinary at the local Votech, but didn’t get into either program. She’ll probably just keep working at the grocery […]

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50 Weird Trends Boomers Will Remember but Millennials Think Are a Joke (msn.com) I happened to notice something on MSN today. The title of the article caught my attention. I figured it was things from the 60’s and 70’s. Nope, it’s all 80’s trends. That’s not Boomers, that’s GenX. You know, the forgotten generation. Everyone […]

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Life seems more like a roller coaster lately, though I want to get off. The last couple of weeks, I’ve been struggling with grief again. I know this is a long process, and some days are almost normal. Then I hear a song on the radio or see something that makes me think of my […]

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I’ve suddenly started getting marketing texts and emails asking if I’m interested in web design services. First, I am a designer and developer. Maybe my site isn’t the best design, but it’s my playbox and I am working on another design already since I wasn’t entirely happy with this one Second, do not text someone […]

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https://catvalente.substack.com/p/stop-talking-to-each-other-and-start?s=09 I was looking through Twitter this morning and found a link to this post/Substack. She’s put into words some of what has been going through my mind with the slow implosion of Twitter. I’ve been on BBSs, usenet groups, MUDs, MUSHs, MMORPGs, it seems like people just move from one to another as things […]

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I have been listening to a podcast lately. I got way behind on this podcast, and am slowly catching up. One of the episodes from Dec 2020 was about the Constitution Center. https://constitutioncenter.org/ This site has an interactive version of the constitution, allowing you to learn what each section says. The work was done by […]

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We are still dealing with the after effects of my step-son’s death. We need his social security number to get a death certificate, but we can’t find his card anywhere. We are going to have to go to the social security office in Monday to see if they can give it to us. All we […]

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We lost my stepson on Thursday. None of us even knew how bad things were for him. All I can think about right now is how much pain he must have been in, and how I failed him. His mother died last year, and his grandmother died in February. I was the only mother figure […]

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