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THB #716: "Shane! Come Back!!!"

THB #716: "Shane! Come Back!!!"

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Jun 16, 2025
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I haven’t written for a week.

If you have been around for this ride for any amount of time, you know how odd this is. I am known for many things, but being prolific is right there at the top of the list.

The week has had its normal personal life ups and downs… but that has never really kept me from writing before. I have been consuming content like a maniac, as usual. Started a new prescription that I worried might disrupt my body, but it hasn’t. My kid’s last weeks of school for the year have challenged my sleep at times. Trying out a new delivery system for my DP/30 this last week caused some anxiety… as in “Would it work right or would I humiliate myself with a guest, live?” But it worked out pretty well. (Thanks, Chris!) Went to the Optometrist for the first time in 3 years and my eyes have, amazingly, gotten better.

Right now, I am writing at 3:48 am and my son, who still has 3 days left to go at school, turned out to be cleverly (ahem) hiding his plan with friends to be playing…

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