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Father, grandfather, socialist by necessity
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This.

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Thinking about a February trip to Richmond, Virginia. My son and I went to a dinner theater and, at intermission, went to the bar for a drink. In a side room, a large group of older white men stood and began singing Dixie. My uncommon surname is scattered through Union army rosters. We left.

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Think that I am just going to get a big pic of Kash Patel and put googly eyes on it for a protest march. Maybe put a side by side photo of Stephen Miller and a giant dildo.

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This.

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I am honestly curious because it is part of my daily and routine vocabulary.

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Oh, so NOW it has taken a wrong turn? Dude lost the plot quite the while back.

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Drudge posted this as whether inflation data was being manipulated. Not yet. But the data quality will certainly be degraded as staffing is gutted and expertise departs. www.wsj.com/economy/cpi-...

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When my older son turned 16, we took a road trip to the R&R Hall of Fame in Cleveland, 8 hours away. I made sure that we used a map.

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I have the privilege of being trusted to help care for the granddaughters. My daughter is building a bustling side gig as a RE photographer and RE agency marketing manager. But now, her husband left a bad work situation and has started his own construction firm. My summer just got much busier.

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Got a flat of berries at the Corn Wagon. $5/quart.

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The preschool granddaughter showed up wearing a Pink Floyd shirt, so I won't play Moana 2 music until she hears a Pink Floyd song.

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Two quarts of fresh strawberries cut up for fresh use. One quart will go to baking and the remaining five will be frozen. The stems will be used to make strawberry infused vinegar (yeah, that's a thing). Miles Davis is playing in the background.

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Today with preschool granddaughter: 1. Taught her the sad trombone sound and appropriate use ("womp womp womp waaahhh"). 2. We read a version of Beauty and the Beast in which her father was a trader. His name is Joe, and her family owns Trader Joe's. Pappy Achievements unlocked.

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I have been thinking about this Pope, particularly whether there's any intersection with the SCOTUS. Two thirds of the Justices are Catholic. Loving this however. www.google.com/amp/s/www.nb...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Teaching Angus a foreign language by asking if he wants to go outside with the Canadian word "oot".

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My father was a Korean War veteran (1950-51), and we visited the Memorial on the National Mall after it opened. He kept a notebook when he was dying fifty years later and mentioned two men, both marked "KIA." Thinking of who they were, 75 years later. RIP, Baker and Rodrigues.

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My son heard that speech at the 2016 Scout National Jamboree. He texted that night about how weird it was. It also started his scouting exit process because of his disappointment with the enthusiasm of fellow scouts and leaders in their enthusiastic response to Trump.

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Pro tip on driving in Amish Country. If you're behind a buggy and you can see the oncoming vehicle within approximately 200 yards, don't try to sneak past the damned buggy. Even with blinders, the horse can spook, and then all hell breaks loose.

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We use three sources for our fresh produce: a local orchard, a family farm market, and "the Corn Wagon." Local strawberries are now in. At the orchard, $6/qt. 33% higher than last year's $4.50/qt. Corn Wagon opens on Monday.

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In its ancient history, China had Mandarins to serve the Emperor in a stable society. Their fall was part of a shift to decline of the nation and its eventual descent into fracture and warlords.

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There's a direct link between this and the new MAGA accounts in the recently passed Monstrosity Bill.

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