Texas doesn't have four clearly designed seasons. It has 12: We had a blast of nice warm days. It was glorious. I started my skin toughening routine: I sit out 15 minutes front, 15 minutes back every day to get a base tan. Why? So when it's intense, I don't wind up with sunburns when … Continue reading A New Season
Category: Big Thoughts
Happy St. Paddy’s Day
St. Patrick was a 5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland, widely recognized as the "Apostle of Ireland" and the primary patron saint of the country. Born in Roman Britain (likely in what is now England, Scotland, or Wales), he was captured at age 16 by Irish raiders and enslaved in Ireland for six … Continue reading Happy St. Paddy’s Day
Uh…Don’t think so
We all have heard the tales of talking about this or that product and suddenly you're getting ads for that product on your TV, phone, amazon app, whatnot. I've been having that happen with a concept lately, rather than a product. I heard it on a Rogan podcast. I've seen it written. I heard it … Continue reading Uh…Don’t think so
Getting Fit
Well, Lent started and I'm following my goals. No caffeine was tough. Way harder than I thought it would be. Functionally, it was easy. I have water and juice on hand, and plenty of herbal teas. If I'm eating out I order water or club soda. No problemo. That said, from Wednesday to Sunday I … Continue reading Getting Fit
And So it Begins
Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent for us Catholics. This won't end until Holy Week, the first week or so of April. It's traditional to give something up for Lent as well as fasting and abstaining from stuff, usually meat on Fridays. No meat isn't any real big deal these days. More often … Continue reading And So it Begins
Learning a Lesson
This wound up on my feed. A dude, appears to be a younger one, maybe thirties, got laid off and is processing it: https://youtu.be/YQLTRWJwQ1I?si=fxNlHhYLiVTreLli This is a lesson that nearly all of us learn, about that age it seems. The company doesn't care about you. You aren't "family" Never make the company or a job … Continue reading Learning a Lesson
Suck it up
I caught this the other day: https://youtu.be/D1rD8E94jgU?si=1Ad9xNe4T6u_H03I Blaming others for your life is a bad move on a number of levels. We don't know anything about this woman other than she looks to be early 20s and appears to work at Walmart. She's going on about having to work 40 hours a week (full time) … Continue reading Suck it up
AI Ain’t All That
Joe Rogan had Rand Paul on the other day, and things went towards AI and 'universal high income' as they always do with him. Rand Paul was dubious. I'm with him. Every type of innovation like this has always resulted in more jobs, not less or none. I'm in another camp. I don't see how … Continue reading AI Ain’t All That
Merry New Year!
https://youtu.be/14ycMqFysJ0?si=m0KjudptmeQ-GIEK Beef jerky time! Looking back, 2025 wasn't all that bad. I got a new place, new town. Met a lot of friends here and settled into life. We'll see what happens in 2026. I'd like to find a new gig. I'd like to find another hoopty. I need to spend more time touring on … Continue reading Merry New Year!
Dang it!
Even though my maths showed another car wasn't a thing that would pay off, really, I've still been window shopping. I found a few cars that I really liked and would be cool to own, such as a 2011 VW Passat TDI. I found one with decent mileage that I could probably swing for cash, … Continue reading Dang it!
Inspected By Pat 