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A variety of maps, writings, and photos on a various topics that can’t easily be categorized into a county or place.

I’m on my way home on this Friday evening… 🏡

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No rush, I figure the landlord is probably banging on something or digging big holes trying to fix the diapolated building. The whole process kind of scares me as I look at the rabbit hole or buying or building my own home. While I pay my rent always on time and truth be told I haven’t trashed my apartment much beyond ordinary wear and tear over the past 17 years it’s still pretty awkward when you’re somebody else’s bitch. And I’m the director at work.

I needed to stop and check my email at any rate, 📧 as after a relatively quiet day working on some IOICODEs for work shit 💩 started flying at four o’clock as the communication moratorium got underway. Pretty much finished my code though for campaign committee label 🔖 jobs. 230 lines of R. Making good work of pipelines and the coalesce command and the bang bang operator. I’m getting damn good at Data Processing with R. My code does everything from handling absentees, new voters, filtering and householding. I’m proud of my work.

Its a nice evening 🌃 but the sun sets so early this time of year. Maybe I’ll go to Elm Ave Park 🏞 after dinner but at this point I don’t think I have time to go to Five Rivers 🐸. I should read 📖 a bit this evening but to ensure quality sleep 😴 I should be lights out by nine o’clock and up at five o’clock. I don’t think of myself as a morning person 😦 but I feel so much more rested 🛏 when I rise and shine at five o’clock especially in the winter.

Cow Hell Swamp

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It looks like it got the name due to the steep bank that cattle probably stumbled down into the muck and slowly but surely drowned in the muck.

An unspoken thing is the many people in our society who are winners with mass-shootings.

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1) Television Stations – Nothing gets people watching more television then parents grieving over dead children. More viewers means more advertising revenue. People who feel sad are more likely to go out and buy things to be happy. Billions of dollars in marketing possibilities.

2) Police Officers – Over-time means they take home more money. Moreover, they are able to get make the case to the public that they deserve the latest equipment and toys, and that they should be allowed to expand their forces and obtain higher wages and enhanced pension benefits.

3) Retired Police Officers – Many school districts and public places like malls are hiring retired law enforcement as security consultants.

4) District Attorneys – D.A. are able to make their case for re-election by showing they are taking steps to be tough on crime, they are given opportunities to speak and raise their public profile, which helps as they seek higher office with more power and increased pay.

5) Politicians – Politicians have the ability to champion new laws that can play to their base. They can push gun control or take a tough on crime posture, even if their proposals are either meaningless or even harmful to law abiding citizens.

6) Security/Defense Contractors – While mass-shootings are an extremely rare, very low-risk event, businesses, governments, and schools feel public pressure to invest billions in completely needless upgrades to “harden” buildings from attacks.

7) School Employees – Even school employees benefit from mass-shootings, as it’s an excuse to take taxpayer-funded junkets to learn about the how they can improve safety at their school. Who doesn’t mind spending a few hours in a lecture hall to discuss grim topics with consultants if it’s taxpayer-financed junket to Las Vegas or the Atlantic City (with meals and lodging paid for at taxpayer expense)?