{"id":9663,"date":"2023-02-17T05:19:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T10:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/?p=9663"},"modified":"2023-02-17T01:01:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T06:01:49","slug":"fri-feb-17-2023-standard-policy-of-denial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2023\/02\/17\/fri-feb-17-2023-standard-policy-of-denial\/","title":{"rendered":"Fri. Feb. 17, 2023 &#8211; standard policy of denial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Colder,\u00a0 and still damp.\u00a0 Not a pleasant combination when you are carrying around a bunch of damaged bits and pieces.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been moving away from cold climates since I was 20.\u00a0\u00a0 Yesterday was nice until about 8pm then the temp dropped.\u00a0\u00a0 47F when I went to bed.\u00a0 Misty drizzle periodically throughout the day too.<\/p>\n<p>Did three pickups, chatted with folks at two.\u00a0 Both agreed that the weirdness seems to be increasing.\u00a0 I think the distractions have a frantic sense to them, as they become less effective over time.\u00a0 After all, we&#8217;ve gone from accepting gay marriage to cutting off kids&#8217; genitalia and stopping them from having puberty in TEN years.\u00a0 (H\/T JW)\u00a0 Distractions have to be pretty freaking big when the people have learned to ignore something like that.\u00a0 Pretty soon a mushroom cloud over Ohio isn&#8217;t even enough.<\/p>\n<p>Pay attention.\u00a0\u00a0 Improve your situation.\u00a0 Have somewhere to go.\u00a0 Avoid notice.\u00a0 Pull your circle in tight.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Today I&#8217;ve got a couple of pickups to do.\u00a0 I bought a concrete saw to use at the BOL.\u00a0 I need something to help me up there and it was cheaper than a single blade.\u00a0\u00a0 I hope it runs without too much trouble.\u00a0\u00a0 I would like to pick it up on my way out of town, it&#8217;s in the right direction, but don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;ll get the rest of my stuff done.\u00a0\u00a0 Not even sure if I&#8217;m headed out today or tomorrow.\u00a0\u00a0 I will be &#8216;playing it by ear&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The list at the BOL needs some attention, and it needs it with increasing urgency.\u00a0 So I will head that way and do those things.\u00a0\u00a0 Maybe, I&#8217;ll get the crawdad traps in the water, and I&#8217;ll get some bugs.\u00a0\u00a0 That would be a nice surprise.<\/p>\n<p>Then I just\u00a0 need to stack the butter and seasoning for the boil!<\/p>\n<p>Stack it up, for all values of &#8216;it&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>nick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colder,\u00a0 and still damp.\u00a0 Not a pleasant combination when you are carrying around a bunch of damaged bits and pieces.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been moving away from cold climates since I was 20.\u00a0\u00a0 Yesterday was nice until about 8pm then the temp dropped.\u00a0\u00a0 47F when I went to bed.\u00a0 Misty drizzle periodically throughout the day too.<\/p>\n<p>Did three pickups, chatted with folks at two.\u00a0 Both agreed that the weirdness seems to be increasing.\u00a0 I think the distractions have a frantic sense to them,<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2023\/02\/17\/fri-feb-17-2023-standard-policy-of-denial\/\">&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;Read more about: Fri. 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