Sure do love the looks of that SUV you got, hope you're very happy with it. What kind is it?
I hate to see any marriage break up, but you've mentioned a few times being very unhappy in that area. I wish you the best in whatever you decide. My mother had, and my nephew has some very severe mental illnesses, so I know well how difficult that can be to live with. I'm glad you can go back to work.....hope you're up to it! How are you feeling physically? I imagine you're still living with pain.
2003 Subaru Forester. High mileage but well taken care of by the two previous owners. It's been good to me so far, got me to NJ and back just fine for Christmas.
Ohh I got pain all the time. My lower back has bulging, hernaited, thin, etc discs.
I'm not only avoiding going for a walk, I'm not even approaching my car to get where I was supposed to be this afternoon.
.. I once again, offer up to the Collective my complete willingness to stop, if the Democratic Process deems it necessary .. .. however, in the meantime :: .. one example invented by the Railroads being the Dead Man Switch, so, that in the event the Engineer passed while at the helm, a pressure sensitive lever or pedal that would stop the train was activated ..) .. memories will live on their own, no one will get tired of telling them nor will they be forgotten .. if so, we'll just have to hope the electricity does not go out .. .. and, on a side note, if anyone would like to record / upload and PM me the link of any Commentary you'd like to add in the future, feel free .. assuming there is a future ..
I only drove a Subaru once, was looking for a small wagon in the late 80's, test drove a Subaru, tried to get up on the hwy, and nearly got run over, it had no pep. Hope yours does.
wish we had y'alls heat! We've got another week of lows right below or barely above freezing for the lows, then we'll warm up a little
lol time for daughter to go off to college huh? Hope you get rested up
Prayers for all of you. I went through colon cancer with my dad many years ago. It's so hard to see someone you love in pain and suffering and you can't fix it, but I totally understand her not wanting to talk about it and deal with it all the time. I was like you, strong for my dad, but for 3 years after he died, I'd fall completely apart once or twice a year. He was the only stability I'd ever had in my life. He died when I was 25 and my son was 4.
Gotta love that Indian blood huh!
I have cobbled together the next installment of "Back Porch Radio", for which you will find a fresh link below .. slightly under 32 minutes of your precious time will be required should you choose to accept this assignment, and, I have slightly compressed the encode for a barely more efficient load speed ..
I've touched on this topic previously, however, it was on my mind again, so ..
Death is another Dimension, one that many have tried to understand .. the sense, thru History, being that we obviously must go somewhere upon expiration .. However, in todays World, it could be incredibly inconvenient in more than just the obvious way ..
Today, numerous Websites have sprung up over the years with which allow us to have, in a way, our own personalized Dead Man Switch ..
Digital Death and Afterlife Online Services List | The Digital Beyond
Services that allow us, from beyond the grave, to say goodbye, have a last word, even wish someone Happy Birthday 30 years from now given the right circumstances .. It's really another example of Technology allowing something that previously would have seemed like Wizardry .. point being, at no time in History has this "Digital Footprint / Legacy" ever been commonly available such as it is now ..
Much of our lives now exist as data that will far outlast our physical selves .. in the sense of Digital Immortality, it's really up to each individual just how far they want to take it .. in my own personal case, I've decided sometime back, to leave a Digital Archive on my Google Drive, which, theoretically, will last as long as there are bits and bytes / one's and zero's .. in fact, Google has a service called "Inactive Account Manager, which allows users to manage a "Digital Afterlife" like heirlooms .. (not to say mine is a heirloom, just using that as a metaphor ..
At any rate, the day will come, sooner or later, if we as Humans continue to progress, that our Brain Contents, knowledge, personality, quirks, life memories, etc, will become "uploadable" .. a good thing or a bad thing, I don't know .. but I know it's coming .. prior to Marlon Brando's death, he had his head scanned and digitized, for the purpose of Digital Immortality .. the ability to animate his head and lay an audio track in, from tapes he prolifically recorded during his life, is a surreal taste of the coming next phase of Humanity, IMO .. it is not uncommon for Celebrities / Public Figures to engage in this science, which becomes more sophisticated each year .. perhaps, someday, we will frolic, forever youthful, within "The Machine" .. surrounded by a population of similar "Uploaded Humans" ..
Kudos to a Sci Fi short story for getting me to thinking about this again .. as well as the excellent Documentary "Listen to Me Marlon" ..
I've carried over the link from the Previous Porch Radio, the link to this weeks edition is below that .. I sincerely hope you like it, since it will be another "brick in the wall" of my own, personal "Digital Legacy" ..
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Much as we'd like it, time marches on to the inevitable. I can't help but wonder if the loss recently of these people hasn't been a part of what has caused many to once again be reflecting on their own mortality.
