docsavage88.bsky.social
Father/engineer/kochleffel/recovering writer. Aspiring good egg. Will do math for food. #BWG member. Mostly here to mess around and have fun. Occasionally ostrobogulous. :)
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My stomach hurts, but I'm intrigued. ;-)
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me not know snowdrops, but we have paperwhites galore here. My house has been under continuous cultivation since 1790, and it is an obscenity of really cool plants. the lenten roses are eating the whole yard, and there are crocuses and daffodills having fist fights next to the driveway.
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(this is all by memory because my stuff is tucked away in my sock drawer or something). The second part of that line was along the lines of, 'if you're extremely lucky, you will have one relationship in your life that doesn't end badly.' I'll have to find the text. it was slightly better than awful.
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One of the lines I wrote early on, was something like, 'almost no one finds real love. It is shockingly rare. A few very lucky people win the lottery once. I won it twice.'
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My wonderful late wife, meanwhile, was president of her class at Princeton Day, and lettered three years in a row in hockey at the big H. That's the world I knew. My BFF is an MD/PhD. I thought everyone was. Me not smrt sometime, but I am a very devoted partner and a good judge of character.
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I'm actually kind of naive about a lot of things, and I had no idea how bad it was where she lived. I'm still processing it. No one had ever made her so much as a peanut butter sandwich until she met me. (not a brag, a truth). She wasn't allowed to have a checking account. effity eff eff eff eff.
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I'm scribbling away. Misty doesn't show up until the last third of the story, but it is a good story, and Misty is beyond spectacular. I always said, a good relationship is one in which you cover for each other's weaknesses, and augment each other's strengths. we got that part in the bag. :)
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are those paperwhites? we have those too.
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One more bit about Chapel Hill, then i'll shut up. Misty was worried about moving to the south because, you know, but when she got here she took to it like a duck to water. It's like boston with training wheels. smart people, nice people, but with more room and a slower pace. It was perfect for her.
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Call me if they invade mkay? I want to make sure I've got the maple leaf flying ;-)
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(this part is a bit of a brag). My ancestors donated the land on which the university of north carolina stands. I am of this place, and I am proud of this place, and I love this place, but when it's time to go, it's time to go. My son was born in vietnam, and I'm worried.
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this is specifically not a brag, but my ancestors came to North America in 1609. If you're not a native american, I been here longer than you (the generic you). we are a nation of immigrants, and immigrants built a majesty of a country, the city on the hill, and we are effing it up by the numbers.
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true story. North Carolina is technically purple, but we've been gerrymandered so badly that we present as red. In the immortal words of Kenny Rogers (did I just say that?), you gotta know when to fold 'em. I'll trade my blue passport for a red one if that's what we gotta do.
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I do loves me some Misty. self-care is not her strong suit though, and everyone needs someone to block for them. She pulled me off the ash heap of despair, and she will get everything she needs to succeed at whatever she chooses to do. To say I'm proud of her would be classic english understatement.
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Like big papi -- a walkoff for the harvard educated constituional scholar.
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I've sailed champlain a few times, and it's just enough water to suit me. I'm probably more of a boston/Newport kind of guy (I can't ski because knees are the devil), but I can sail with the best you got. I love new england weather (make it colder, please) but Misty is always freezing.
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@mistybrown.bsky.social has a 14 hour day today and I threw the whole pantry into her (kate spade, you're welcome) computer bag. Fried chicken and roasted potatoes and little single serving peanut butter tubs and ritz crackers and cliff bars and gatorades....She sez, 'you trynna make me fat?' (yep)
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Misty had 6 subies before moving to an awd honda something or other. I'm kind of a volvo fan boy, so the car thing will work out fine. And it will be a good cultural tradeoff. we'll get maple syrup, and vermont will get real fried chicken. (that's only half a joke, I make _good_ fried chicken.) ;-)
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In the catacombs that make up my long term memory, I actually knew that car was (mostly) an oldsmobile. There are like six neurons in my brain that are really pissed of that that was their assignment. ;-)
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ooh! I could use an extra. One of mine doesn't work so good. ;-)
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You look a little bit tired. ;-)
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we'll just pack chapel hill into a couple of suitcases and come up. charlottesville, VA can have the guest room as long as they don't bring dave matthews. ;-)
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My brother in law is from Burlington, and I've been there a lot. It's a fantastic town. Mud season is a bit of a bear, but Misty wants to poke a moose with her poking stick, so it could work. ;-)
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But I always said that Einstein was the smartest man in the world, not because of general relativity, but because he got out of Germany in 1933 while it was still possible. This is an iq test -- and sometimes you gotta pack the wagon and move.
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New Mexico is a great place. Colorado saved my son's life, but it also gave us lauren boebert, so they may need a provisional license. Virginia is on the verge becoming civilized, and north carolina has multiple oases in the cultural desert.
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fingers crossed we can get to the point where all is said and done. It took 12 years in Germany, and Russia still hasn't sorted itself out. America always seemed to evade doom by the skin of our teeth, but this one looks really scary. you say Chuck has a guest room? ;-)
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I had this kid, a genius and a national latin champion and a kickass engineer who worked for me, and of all things his greatest pet peeve was the phrase, 'dramatic irony.' "How the hell is dramatic irony different from regular irony? Is it just more dramatic?"
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This is possibly hyperbolic, but I wouldn't be surprised if the whole point is to kill old people so the government doesn't have to dole out the social security these people earned.
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you're more like me. Not so much whiney as ragey, and in these troubled times, that is not something to apologize for. Without trying, I've added 5 lbs of muscle just from having a continuously set jaw and constant shoulder and neck tension.
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I only have the bear paws, but they are at your disposal. ;-)
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holy sweet baby jesus what a disaster. keeping my father out of doctor's offices probably added 5 years to his life. "here, if you want us to pay what we owe you, you're going to have to sit in a waiting room for 40 minutes with a bunch of sick people every time to you need to new meds. Jeez.
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You too -- have a great, peaceful, relaxing day. :)
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Of course I miswrote it because I haven't had coffee yet, but you get the idea. It's a great line. :)
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I had a major professor who once dressed a kid down for being a knucklehead. he said, 'there are stupid questions, but there are stupid questioners.' I put that one in my back pocket for future use. ;-)
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I remember this one time when King George tried to bring hell to boston. It didn't work out well for him either.
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we didn't really advertise, but we had a blast, and we know our friends were with us in spirit.
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it was like wiffy and waffy and saltwater taffy or some nonsense, right? I only remember that most of the words were nonsense words until the very end.
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Or I get the hose again? Not gonna lie, I kinda like that part. ;-)
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You have the only one then. I don't even think I hit save when I wrote it. ;-)
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I can't remember where it comes from, but it does roll off the tongue well. My great friend @pamnation.bsky.social read some little shard of doggerel I scribbled a few years ago and tried to find where I had stolen it. @mistybrown.bsky.social was certain that I was a 27 year old plagiarist.
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As the Chinese curse goes, 'may you live in interesting times.' Screw that. much of america's wealth was built on being the world's reserve currency, and that happened because we were stable when no one else was. we're pissing that advantage out the window right now.
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PS I'm glad you're out and about. I know you've had a rough week or so.
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for the win! I make a solid doner kebab and for reasons I'll never understand, I make destructively good moroccan food. but sometimes you just need to let the persian guy make the chow. we have a lebanese joint here that is world class, but iran is a bit out of our league.
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we have two decent joints here. my favourite is Sal's which is a solid new york, and we also have mercato, which is a twee but good napolese. Chuck and Marc win the pizza battle hands down though. there are more good pizza joints in one block southern new england than there are in all of the south.
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Brah! count me in! that looks spectacular! :)