Wednesday. Today begins the twenties. One hundred years ago today, the Roaring Twenties began, kicking off nearly a century of iconic “decades” like the world had never seen. Before 1920, the decades preceding it had mostly run together. The 1890s, the 1900s, the 1910s had been largest the same, one after another. The 1910s were …
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December 31, 2019: End of the Decade
Tuesday. The end of the decade. A big day, you only get a change of decade a few times in any life. I don’t really remember celebrating heralding in the 80s or the 90s or even the 10s. The only big one that I remember at all is the millennium change from 1999 to 2000 …
December 30, 2019: Star Wars Ruined for Me
Monday. Such a busy work day. This was one of those days when I get to my desk and I never, ever managed to get up at all. I never got to walk around, talk to anyone, go anywhere, even eat. It wasn’t bad, just so intense. There is so much to get done today …
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December 29, 2019: Rewatching The Mandalorian with Rachel
Sunday. I started the day working for a few hours. Then, later in the day, Paul and I did some watching of documentaries together. We watched some shows on extreme travel in Venezuela by Indigo Traveler. Paul doesn’t normally watch these YouTube shows with me, but he got into this one. We also watched a …
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December 28, 2019: Busy Working Weekend Home with Just Paul & Mia
Saturday. Warm enough that the windows stayed open today. The day started with a light rain and it varied between light and moderate pretty much all day until the mid-evening. It is pretty quiet here with just Paul, Mia, and me. This morning was a bit of work, couple of hours. Then Paul and I …
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