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15 June 2025

The coffee is weak this morning, but I suppose weak coffee is still better than none. Maybe I should have topped off the grinder, or perhaps the lack of bite is because I stole a cup before the brew was finished. Hmmm 🤔 there’s a third possibility—one I hope isn't the culprit. I might have absentmindedly used two coffee filters instead of one. It’s happened before, though not in years. Coffee-related mishaps are not to be taken lightly.

Meanwhile, my head is still foggy from waking up, and there’s a deep crease across my forehead from the straps of my CPAP mask. My scalp looks suspiciously like someone could unscrew the top to swap out the batteries.

So today begins with a whimper.

24 October 2024

"Help! I need somebody Help! Not just anybody Help! You know I need someone Help!

When I was younger, so much younger than today (I never needed) I never needed anybody's help in any way (Now…)

But, now these days are gone I'm not so self-assured (And now I find) Now I find I've changed my mind And opened up the doors

Help me if you can, I'm feeling down And I do appreciate you being 'round Help me get my feet back on the ground Won't you please, please help me? …" - The Beatles

Okay, I couldn't think of a thing to write about this morning, so I went for Help. Help was a favorite song of mine way back then; I was twelve when it was released. Things were different back then. The world population had just reached 3 billion.

8 July 2024

"Listen children to a story That was written long ago 'Bout a kingdom, on a mountain And the valley folk below On the mountain was a treasure Buried deep beneath a stone And the valley people swore They'd have it for their very own Go ahead and hate your neighbor Go ahead and cheat a friend Do it in the name of Heaven You can justify it in the end There won't be any trumpets blowing Come the judgment day On the bloody morning after who One tin soldier rides away …" - Brian Potter and Dennis Earle Lambert

I watched the movie Billy Jack at the Starlite Drive-in Theater in Keyes, California. The theater is gone now, though there is a Starlite drive, I looked on google maps.