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Life lived
I sat in a small white Adirondack chair in the courtyard of the building where I work while I ate my lunch. I reflected upon life and the current state of affairs as I ate my leftover torta Cubana from yesterday while various office workers went in and out of the business suites surrounding the Continue reading
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An ode to Oracle Virtualbox as a means of private personal use of work computers
VirtualBox helped me keep my sanity in my first professional job after graduating university. Continue reading
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Nokia 5110
Maybe it’s because I was a childOr maybe the world truly was full of possibility then.Either way, it feels like today’s world kinda sucks. I do think however that in 20-30 years,There will be videos made by today’s kidsAbout their lives lived in Roblox, Fortnite, Among Us, MinecraftSchool assignments and homework completed on ChromebooksPhotos and Continue reading
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SoCal finally feels the effects of Climate Change
The L.A. region is experiencing uncontrollable wildfires which are affecting people’s homes. People are quoting Octavia Butler and losing their minds as neighborhoods burn to the ground and poor people have nowhere to evacuate to – all while insurance companies have quietly been removing wildfires as covered incidents for which homeowners and renters can submit Continue reading
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Less privileged Texans remain offline
A coworker who I consider to be a friend sent our team a message that there was a hurricane rolling through where they live near Houston Texas. They said they would be losing power and weren’t sure when it would come back online. That was on Monday morning at 11AM pacific time and I am Continue reading
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U.S. Immigration “the right way”
Step 1: “escape” an oppressive land where some higher power or entity is supposedly oppressing you, your family, and those who are like yourself Step 2: arrive in “the new world” and seek assistance from the inhabitants who already live here Step 3: kill and steal resources from the former inhabitants so you become the Continue reading
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Resilience Envy
Resilience is one thing that cannot be taken by force or through economic prowess; it cannot be bought Continue reading
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Soul Meets Body was released in 2005
I was lucky, or maybe not lucky so much as greatly enjoyed the fact, that I entered Kindergarten in the year 1999. Among the few things I remember about Kindergarten besides my teacher being Mr. Abbott who happened to attend our church, was being confused when we returned to school post winter break and he Continue reading
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Corporate Fast Food Franchising deserves to die
Yet another Yahoo Finance article bashing any notion of workers rights or economic gains fails (yet again) to uncover exactly how much profit corporate management pilfers from local “entrepreneurs” and communities. Each time I see any headlines on Yahoo Finance railing against wins for hardworking people, my eyes can’t roll hard enough at the failure Continue reading
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Technology’s Progression
First it was: “I want to see more” and so the lamp and then the lightbulb was created. Then it was: “I want to communicate more” and so the telegraph and telephone lines were installed. after that it became: “I need instantaneous information from the comfort of my home” and thus the internet was born. Continue reading
