{"id":3516,"date":"2021-07-27T20:11:06","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T01:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/?p=3516"},"modified":"2021-07-27T20:11:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T01:11:06","slug":"twenty-seven-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/2021\/07\/27\/twenty-seven-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty-seven"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today&#8217;s news is just confirming the clarity I had Sunday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re finished with that attempt.  You failed.  Move on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wish I was better at UML so I could explain it someway that the business-types could understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Government &#8212; your prescriptions <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">failed<\/span>.  That doesn&#8217;t mean do it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/07\/27\/cdc-to-reverse-indoor-mask-policy-to-recommend-them-for-fully-vaccinated-people-in-covid-hot-spots.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">again, harder<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It didn&#8217;t work.  Go away.  You don&#8217;t have the answers, and let&#8217;s see what happens when people are free to make their own choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn&#8217;t that difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, I reiterate &#8212; <strong>YOU FAILED<\/strong>.  I don&#8217;t hate you because of it, but I don&#8217;t want to be forced, at the point of a gun, to pay for you to try again.  I also don&#8217;t want to be forced, again, at the muzzle of a gun, to adopt your new guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will take your recommendations into consideration, and make my own decisions.  Don&#8217;t like that?  Well, okay.  Do what you will.  I just ask that you do it where someone can see it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On to prompts&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>I accidentallied my prompts for today, so I&#8217;m going to answer several at once.  They&#8217;re short answers, anyway, so consider it a mini-survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Talk about&nbsp; two things about you that would surprise those who know you.(T2K)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure I can pick even one, honestly.  I really don&#8217;t hide many things, and when I do stumble across something that suits my fancy, I don&#8217;t hide it.  I mean, why would I?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What was the last thing you put in your mouth? (T2K)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My sinister ring finger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Do you sleep naked? (T2K)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I used to when I was younger, didn&#8217;t have my problems.  Now, normally just underwear.  You know, the kind one of my fictional sons is worried that the gnomes are worried about collecting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Business Plan\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3zc4bGkU05o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Worst physical pain of your life? (T2K)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting on an airplane with a problematic tooth.  Three martinis during my layover in Atlanta sortakinda dulled things, then the flight back to Virginia, and all the pain was back when the cabin started pressurizing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Worst emotional pain of your life? (T2K)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure?  I mean, losing my dad was tough, but I think it would have probably been tougher if it&#8217;d been completely unexpected.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Favorite place you have ever been? (T2K)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m really not sure anymore.  Everywhere in the world is fucked courtesy the virus, and the politicians&#8217; reaction to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>How late did you stay up last night? (T2K)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I guess I went to sleep (again) a little after 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If you could move somewhere else, where would it be? (T2K)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t really know.  I do like where I am, though I miss real city life.  But see the question about the favorite place I&#8217;ve been.  <strong>Everywhere<\/strong>, I think, is completely fucked thanks to politicians trying to fix something they can&#8217;t.  I&#8217;m really not bitter about it, but I do wish they&#8217;d just stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Which of your Facebook friends lives the closest? (T2K)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, i married the person who invited me, so&#8230;  (I fell into the weird middle ground;  I graduated too early from college for it to have been a thing when I was there.  My girlfriend, now my wife, sent me an invite.  2006, maybe?  My best friend from high school lives a few miles away.  But I spend so little time there, they&#8217;re getting upset that I&#8217;m not seeing ads.  That&#8217;s what you get, you ginger dropout&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s news is just confirming the clarity I had Sunday morning. We&#8217;re finished with that attempt. You failed. Move on. I wish I was better at UML so I could explain it someway that the business-types could understand. Government &#8212; your prescriptions failed. That doesn&#8217;t mean do it again, harder. It didn&#8217;t work. Go away. 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