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3 1/2 months until retirement.

I'm beginning to see the golden light ahead.

I am product loyal.

If something I use works to my satisfaction, I'll continue to buy that brand.

Sometimes you have to be prepared to pay for it though.

Case in point:

There's a brand of shoe that I've been wearing a long, long time -

probably longer than most of you have been alive.

The good news is that these shoes last quite a while.

The bad news is that when you finally need to replace them it'll cost you.

The last pair of these excellent shoes I bought cost me $35.00.

Now, to replace them with the same type - $90.00.

That's how good they are and how long they last.

Are they worth the increased cost?

Could I find something comparable somewhere else for less?

Yes and yes.

But - I am, like I said, product loyal and I am happy when I know what I'm getting.

So I'll pay for the increase.

What price happiness?

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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!

5 more friends unfollowed today because they're using FB to self promote their business.

And the drama queens are next.

Is it a pandemic related shut down shopping online experience that I feel giddy about ordering a large supply of bar soap at a steal of a price today?

How about the soon to be rising expectation of seeing the package left outside my front door in two days?

Is this the new normalcy?

Will I ever miss the contact of buying in person again?

Oh well, never mind.

It's time to order dinner.

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Today feels like the bottom of the ninth.

If I don't win some money in the lotto from last night, I have to go back to work Monday.

Checking now (fingers crossed):

It looks like Mighty Casey has struck out.

There is no joy in Muddville today.

Original Chicago, when they were known as Chicago Transit Authority:


Long and groovin'

I was on break at work.

I went outside to have a smoke and when I do, the mind starts to contemplate life in the stillness.

I was thinking about a dream I'd had where I was a doctor.

I have all kinds of vocations in my dreams:

I've been a cop, a teacher, an actor - the list goes on and on.

What dawned on me was this:

If there are multi-verses of other earths in other dimensions, could our dreams be portals to see other versions of ourselves on these other earths?

I kind of like the idea.

I wouldn't expect every other one of me to be exactly the same.

Just food for thought.

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I have had an aunt (four months ago) and an uncle (two weeks ago) pass on this year.

I have one aunt left now. I once had nine of each.

Pictures bring back memories, but it isn't the same as seeing them and talking with them.

What people tell you is true -

cherish your family while you still have them.

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