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Here is a little background on the following little story: At the time I was separating with my then ‘wife’, starting a new job, and starting my first year in college, after having left the military. I was close to both my grandparents who lived close to our family and who I never saw often […]
Continue ReadingNormal and Perfect? What exactly are these states of being? Are you normal or perfect? I am pretty sure I am not either of those. I am pretty sure that no one I know is. ‘Normal’ and ‘Perfect’ are artificial constructs created by humanity to inflict pain and suffering upon others. Some would claim that […]
Continue ReadingChristmas Eve Our Christmas Eve and the weekend was spent with my sister’s kids at my parents house. Tanya and I spent as much time with them as we could. We played Euchre, Rook, and Hearts for card games. This was the first time that my parents and Tanya and I had played Hearts and […]
Continue ReadingI have recently been asked about the screen name/user name/handle thingy that I most commonly use on the internet which is ‘Free Xenon‘ or ‘FreeXenon‘. I wrote my reply so I thought I may as well repeat it here for all to know. There is more there that you would probably ever want to know, […]
Continue ReadingAs I am growing older I have begun to look at and expect different things from holidays: birthdays and Christmas, etc. In the US everything is so commercialized it is almost painful. Societal expectations for big gifts and great parties are the norm and I am afraid that what real counts gets lost in all […]
Continue ReadingWhile Tanya was in Belarus for school winter weather was in full swing with some snow and cold-as-hell low temperatures. The primary heater for host domiciles (flats/apartments) is the old school radiator. Which happens to be centrally controlled by the city and only gets turned on when certain temperature thresholds are reached. Many days are […]
Continue ReadingWednesday we had to say goodbye to a wonderful friend who has been an very integral part of our lives for about two years. Our close friend and roommate has left to go back home to Belarus for about 7 months and we do not know if she will be able to come back to […]
Continue ReadingBelarus So life has been busy. Tanya was back in Belarus for 3 months to finish the first half of the last year of her degree in Economics (or something like that). It was a long three months and several people have said I was lost while she was gone. I was in many ways. […]
Continue ReadingI have been doing a crazy amount of investment reading, especially about real estate. I have read through Carleton Sheets’ Program, as well as working on my Real Estate Sales License. I have been reading many of the Rich Dad, Poor Dad line, as well as books such as Inc. and Grow Rich., The Complete […]
Continue ReadingMy Birthday Wednesday night, My Wife said that we would stay up until midnight and that I could not go back into our bedroom. I was quite curious about this and I had no idea what she had planned. We watched two episodes of Friends, an episode of Studio 60, and something else while waiting […]
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Continue ReadingYour word for the day is Compersion: What is the opposite of Jealousy? The answer is Compersion. Compersion is love manifested when a person takes joy in his or her loved one’s happiness with another person. Google Definition Wikipedia Definition
Continue ReadingAt this time in my life I was working full time at Sitel Technologies in Madison, Wisconsin and going to School full time at the Herzing College of Technology, also in Madison. I think I was listening to Bob an Tom in the Morning on 101.5 and was just driving into the parking lot at […]
Continue ReadingLife is strange and can throw you curve balls the likes of which you would never ever see coming. You think you know someone, yourself included, and then ‘Boom!’, your world changes because something has happened and nothing makes sense, or you are thinking things that you have never thought before either about yourself or […]
Continue ReadingMy wife and I spent some cash buying soil, page bricks, plants, bushes, weed guard, mulch and flowers to do some landscaping for the house. We finished the first part of our project which is a small are with lilys, silver wormwood (I think), and pansies surrounded with a circular red brick, and covered with […]
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