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January 17, 2020

Good morning nerds 😆

January 17, 2020

Parnas is in LIVE with Anderson Cooper CNN

Trump is lying
Quid pro quo TWICE

January 15, 2020

F/U means Follow Up

Got to work today to see an email that began
F/U.....

Damn that’s a way to start your day

I looked it up. Didn’t know that. Don’t think I’ll use it.

https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/F%2fU

January 14, 2020

They've been on this for a while

These are some stubborn strong willed people. Good for them.

January 12, 2020

80th Wedding Anniversary 😳

She’s 105. He’s 106. The world’s oldest living couple celebrates 80 years of marriage.


Link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/12/15/shes-hes-worlds-oldest-living-couple-celebrates-years-marriage/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=1023

Although short engagements were not unusual at the time, “it took her five years to make up her mind that she wanted to get married,” John said with a laugh. It was the middle of the Great Depression, and they wanted to earn some money before they set up a home, so Charlotte took a teaching job in the Houston area, and John coached football and basketball in Port Arthur, Tex.

John and Charlotte married in a tiny ceremony — only two guests were present — on Dec. 22, 1939. They honeymooned in San Antonio, staying at a hotel that cost $7 a night.

Although they have been together for 85 years, they have been married only for 80, meaning they do not hold the record for the longest marriage. That title, according to Guinness World Records, belongs to Zelmyra and Herbert Fisher, who wed at the ages of 19 and 17, respectively, and were married for 86 years and 290 days before Herbert’s death in 2011.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=1023
They have also stayed loyal fans of UT football, attending Longhorns games when they can. John, who is also UT’s oldest living former football player, has gone to at least one game per season for the past 84 years. That’s been easier to do for the past decade, since they returned to Austin to live in a retirement community.


No, they don’t argue, John said. But if you’re looking forward to your marriage becoming more peaceful in your late golden years, take note: They never argued that much in the first place, John said, and have always made a point to settle things before bedtime.

January 11, 2020

Good news from the underpants camp 😁

I'm going to work where I used to work, with blind people.
Vocational training and independent living.

The position was created with me in mind but it was open to everyone. I interviewed yesterday (after 2 weeks of vigorous exercise and note prep) and wasn't happy with the results. My former boss said I seemed nervous. I was strangely over hyped - my energy level dropped to the floor on the way home to change and go back to my current job. I have to say, I looked GOOD in my dead uncle's tailored suit. He had good taste.

I thought I screwed it up. Too static. No flow. Everyone in the room knew me but I seemed to be bucking the wave.

Got a call this morning and had to step outside to take it. You got it.

They are working it out with HR on their offer (my current gets to make a counteroffer) 10% is the standard to draw someone from another part of the same organization. My former boss wants more. Yeah! Good!

I can't tell you how much I loved the old job. 8 of us we're laid off due to time of service. Well, I'm going back. The best $5 lunch you can find here and the lunchtime discussions are a whirling dervish of life experiences.... oh and the whole helping people change their lives thing too.

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