Day: March 4, 2025

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A nuclear disaster ⚛️

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I’m increasingly worried about a nuclear melt down or a nuclear bomb explosion. I think it will be particularly bad as the president and his appointees will down play it while others will call out his lies while exaggerating the threat to the extreme and lead to an over reaction in many cases while the scientists who actually could measure and analyze the impacts and give science based answers are all fired from the government or muzzled.

Glad the ice is melting from the rail trail 🧊

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I really do not like riding on all that ice and snow on the rail trail as it makes for a rough surface. Apparently while Albany County has tons of money for artwork and cameras along the trail, plowing is not in the budget. But soon it should be good, especially if we get half or more an inch of rain tomorrow and temperatures are in the 50s.

I wanted to be in the office by 8 AM today both so I could get reports run and build up some comp time for work. 🏢 Truth is with all the new initiatives I’ve been working on I am always swamped at work. 💻 Always new things to move forward, new data to obtain and enhance. Busy, busy, busy.

Blueberry pancakes this morning. 🥞 Homemade as always using whole-wheat flour, oatmeal, milk, egg, some stevia and baking powder. Truth is now that I’ve gotten into only eating whole-wheat flour, the idea of white flour kind of abhors me. I like my food to have a lot of flavor and texture. I forgot to get carrots while shopping yesterday, so no carrots in the pancakes this morning.

It is getting nicer riding in as bike trail has less and less snow. 🚴 I just don’t like the rough ice. It beats the heck out of my bike, my lunch and I’ve not been bringing my laptop with me 💻 as I don’t want that to get that beat too. Most things I can do on my state computer, but I like my laptop for listening to music and checking my personal email. Now I’m just waiting for less cold so I can start spending weekends up in wilderness. 🏕

Gray is Beautiful.

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On my blog, I am often known for my wild and free nature, the cowboy hat, saying my thoughts on how I think the world should work. My ideas are some liberal, some conservative, there’s a mix. I am pretty much know for my maps, camping in the wilderness with Big Red, and open, rural country I love to explore.

At the same time, I have to contrast that to my much more mundane life on the weekdays as a communications professional and political coordinator. The cowboy hat and big jacked up truck is put on the rack for the suit and tie, and a ride on public transit to the big office building downtown from the suburb to the city.

As my bottom of my goatee turns increasingly gray, as do splotches of my hair, I become more and more concerned about my professional development, my retirement, my savings and my tomorrow. Not because I expect to ever become a suit and tie guy at heart, but I do like the money, especially what is saved and invested for tomorrow. I dress up and play the role, not because I love the suburban life, but because I know what it’s paying for tomorrow.

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