I consider myself an Oregonian first and American second. Most of the country I can absolutely do without.

Oregon though…

https://youtu.be/doVV1a7XgyQ

https://youtu.be/KIC-XmyEfhI

https://youtu.be/qi4fGPPPmGA

2018 - Having a heart attack and being told I need open heart surgery.

Nothing has scared me since then.

“Who was your designer? Hannibal Lecter?”

Not “this economy” but 20 years ago, I was unemployed and took a part time job running a computer lab at night at a for profit college.

When I got a regular day job, I kept the lab job for extra money.

So I worked IT from 8 to 5, then the computer lab from 6 to 10, Mon-Thur. Normal job on Fri. Off Sat/Sun.

I got you fam:

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2011/06/09/sig-p239-with-rainbow-titanium-finish/

Interesting in that, flipping it around, there doesn’t appear to be another country with as large a disparity.

Armenia is #1 with 55% women:

https://www.worldatlas.com/society/10-countries-where-women-far-outnumber-men.html

Learning new things and helping other people learn new things.

Did you know the poems of Emily Dickinson can be read to the tune of the Yellow Rose of Texas?

https://shc.stanford.edu/arcade/interventions/my-life-withstood-yellow-rose

Regarded now as one of the most important American poets, only 10 of her 1,800 poems were published in her lifetime.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Dickinson

At least they cancelled the game, imagine firing everyone then releasing it with no patches or support…

They didn’t just remove story missions and quests and things, they removed entire PLANETS from the game. It was crazy!

Bungie’s problem is they don’t really want to make a story based looter shooter, they want a free to play PvP gacha engine.

It’s better than what Bungie did with Destiny 2… just gutted 1/2 the content from the game, including all the story missions and the first several paid expansions.

They wanted to attract new players with a smaller download size, but the new players come in and go “WTF is going on?”

I dunno, they look pretty happy… “Luna” from Kai:

Ocean wave action isn’t for first timers:

https://professionalmariner.com/eleven-killed-when-charter-boat-capsizes-on-oregon-coast/

An ocean going boat isn’t for a beginner. I’d stick to a car. :)

A sailing boat is tricky to manage solo, if you’re on your own, I’d steer clear.

I really hope he got out a “Fly, you fools!”

I’ve had a-fib and congestive heart failure, 2 heart attacks, and open heart surgery.

Each of the times my heart has stopped, I was asleep, no awareness of it until the doctors and nurses told me.

With the heart monitor, I can press a button when something feels “off”, and report symptoms like being dizzy or passing out. Doc says I’ve been getting extra heartbeats sometimes. Low blood pressure has been a problem too.

When I pass out from low blood pressure, the first thing is I get super dizzy. Then a ringing in my ears so loud I can’t hear anything. Then my vision closes in and turns red and I wake up on the floor.

A degree.

Fix your PC. Yes, I work in technology, and yeah, I probably CAN fix your PC. Not my job.

I mean, permanently or temporarily? Apparently my heart has been stopping on and off randomly all year. :(

Get this… I was in the hospital in January. I wake up, check my phone… Nurse comes in.

“Were you asleep about an hour ago?”

“Yeah, why?”

“Your heart stopped for 8 seconds.”

“. . . Um… ‘thank you’? I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do with that information…”

Apparently it happened a few more times in March. I have an implanted heart monitor now, always watching.