Latitude, Longitude, Dumb Ass News, Flaws, and Good Intentions
“I, myself, am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.”
— Augusten Burroughs
Tuesday morning, 6:33 a.m., I’m wide awake in America, North America to be exact, my Latitude is 39.768452, and my Longitude is -86.156212. Stop by if you have time. I’m just joshing, stay away, I’m not in the mood for company, I am enjoying the peace with my coffee and this dimly lit screen. I made some Death Wish Coffee and mixed it with some Liquid Death Mountain Water. I also made a liquid I.V. Liquid Death cocktail to rehydrate this old body.
This morning’s coffee is served in my KISS Rock and Roll Over Coffee Mug; I think one of my kids got me a mug a few years back. It’s my go-to when clean. I’ve got a bit of a busy day today; I’m in Indy until 3:00, then I head up to meet a friend; I have an interview scheduled and a lunch, I’m working on two projects I need to wrap up weeks end.
According to my OURA ring, my sleep was rated 85, optimal. I slept 8 hours and 18 minutes, with 87% efficiency, my restfulness was good, and I clocked 3 hours and 11 minutes of REM sleep. So it’s giving me some tips on how to improve my recovery index; I’ll follow their recipe and see how I feel tomorrow.
My wife and pup are getting up; I can hear them rustling upstairs. We now have a routine; I get up, everyone else stays in bed, the dog gets up with my wife, she will come down, go outside, eat, and then lay leisurely on the couch in her spot, we walk about 9:00 each morning, if no walk, she get’s a little agitated.
I talked with a young man yesterday. He reached out; he’s been reading my stuff for a few years, a Ball State Graduate thinking about his next move. We talked about his life; I shared some stories, I introduced him to a good friend. “Steve” is looking to change his direction, and I encouraged him to take his time and find his dream job.
I just got some “smart news,” here is the lead headline “South Africa finds Omicron “highly transmissible” and more resistant to COVID-19 vaccines. So I’m going to label that dumb ass news. The headline is misleading if you bother to read the article; the new variant is similar to the common cold. It did say that hospitalizations are up for kids, but only because a child went to the hospital for something else and got a positive test. Is it possible we all now have COVID? I think we will have to learn how to live with this little bugger.
I encourage you to watch the latest Joe Rogan episode where Dr. Peter McCullough, who spoke to Congress last year and studied the virus, has some bombshell information about the virus’s origins and how they were working on the vaccine years before the virus existed. Here is a clip that outlines his thoughts.
It’s a fear-based program to allow the government to take over more control of your life. I think most of the general public can see through this sham; most communities are open, and most moderate politicians are now refusing to force face condoms or mandate vaccinations. Unfortunately, the authoritarians are hanging on in some pockets of our country. But it’s just a matter of time before their population and subsequent tax base leave for the land of the free.
Our solar panels are live at our mountain house. I have an app that will soon share the number of kilowatts we are putting into the grid. We are making energy when not home and when home, we will make enough using the sun to sustain our existence.
Before COVID, we were flying weekly between Indiana and Colorado, I would drive 30 plus hours a week, and I never contemplated my carbon footprint. Post-Covid, we no longer fly, I may drive 5 hours a week max and spend my time running multiple virtual meetings. As a result, my productivity has exponentially grown.
My wife had a cold the last few days, but she is better. She bounced down the steps this morning; I got some sugar. I also had a cold last week and a scratchy throat, but I never felt terrible; I feel pretty good! Many forgot you can still get the traditional cold and flu; not everything is pandemic related.
My mother-in-law asked where I got my quotes this weekend, and I shared my quote engine with her. I first pen my thoughts and then find a quote aligned with my message of the day. Today I think it is a good reminder that we are all flawed. Our flaws make us unique, and sometimes our flaws are our greatest gift.
So lean into your flaws, work on them, but do not eliminate all your defects. Keep a slight edge; be yourself; everyone else is taken. As humans, we are a collection of gifts and flaws. Our offerings bring others joy while our weaknesses remind us we are all humans being. No human is perfect; according to lore, there was once an ideal human, but that dirty hippy died years ago, and now the rest of us are trying to follow in his footsteps. So “Let’s Go, Jesus.”
“I, myself, am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.”
— Augusten Burroughs
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