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Home Internet – T-Mobile versus Comcast

I finally pulled the trigger disconnecting Comcast and giving T-Mobile home internet a try. Comcast has been getting on my nerves for years with their overpriced service and the dance we must do by calling in to try and keep the price from rising too much year over year. They also put data caps and…… Continue reading Home Internet – T-Mobile versus Comcast

Journal Entry – 5.22.2023

It is 2:56 PM on Monday, May 22nd 2023. I’m swinging on the back patio trying to appreciate all that comes with the wonderful month of May. The birds are singing, the fog has finally moved offshore and the summer change is almost here. May was always my favorite month as a child because the…… Continue reading Journal Entry – 5.22.2023

Journal Entry – 4.15.2023

It is 5:59 AM on Saturday, April 15th, 2023. I’ve just woken up from a very vivid dream that often reoccurs but last night’s was different. I usually keep my dream posts private but will put this as a regular post as it pertains to my life and what is nestled in my subconscious. The…… Continue reading Journal Entry – 4.15.2023

Journal Entry 4.10.2023

It is 6:15 AM on Monday April 4th, 2023. It is the Monday after Easter and I’m realizing that many companies and schools have the day off. It is even listed in my calendar in official holidays as “Easter Monday.” My company had Friday off and it seems many others did not as I still…… Continue reading Journal Entry 4.10.2023

Journal Entry – 4.2.2023

It is 8:37 AM on Sunday April 2nd, 2023. We’ve finally had a few days of very pleasant weather, so much so that one evening was nice enough to have wine on the patio porch swing. I asked my son to come join me for a swing (not the wine) and a chat to which…… Continue reading Journal Entry – 4.2.2023

ChatGPT

Yesterday evening was the first pleasant one we’ve had on the coast in a while. Usually it is too cold, too windy, too foggy and this year, too rainy to sit on the patio swing and enjoy the evening. Yesterday was perfect so I grabbed a bottle of wine and told my son to come…… Continue reading ChatGPT

Five Women Who Loved Love – Ihara Saikaku

I learned of this book in a very round-about way. I read an article about the declining population of Japan when I noticed a sharp decrease in the year 1966. I learned this was the year of the Fire Horse which according to superstition women will grow up to kill their husbands. The next one…… Continue reading Five Women Who Loved Love – Ihara Saikaku

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

In my previous post about the book The Guns of August, I mention how we learn a lot about World War Two but not World War One in school. However, as far as WWII goes, we learn mostly about the Nazis and the European theater. The only thing we really learn about the Pacific campaign…… Continue reading With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa