{"id":6105,"date":"2026-06-22T16:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/?p=6105"},"modified":"2026-06-22T16:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:04:17","slug":"alabama-clay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/alabama-clay\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Clay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I seem to remember a 90s country song about that. But I’m seeing it out the window, down the hill to the creek from the train track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What kind of legacy do I want to leave, even in small ways?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I really don’t know. As I wrote in a previous entry, I’d really like to be remembered as someone who tried to “do the right thing” even when nobody was looking. Or would find out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s been a lot of discussion about that general concept last couple of days in media I consume. Not only do people not have a good inner sense of what’s right and wrong, they’re willing to do what they think might be wrong, and expect that others will act similarly.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I need to add to this with the relevant stories from TheFP.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I honestly feel bad about having such a negative view of people with whom I have political disagreements. Okay, yeah, that means pretty much everybody, but I really do think it’s something that’s increased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As is often the case, I fall back to Lawrence from Office Space<\/em> when asked about what he’d do if someone asked him if he had “a case of the Mondays.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. No, man, no. I think you’d probably get your ass kicked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I sill try to live like I assume the best of others; maybe it’s reflexive. But at the same time, the actual research numbers coming out don’t reflect at all positively on others’ beliefs if not behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean they’re not after you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Um.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No, it’s not okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How am I already shaping that story today?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m not? I’m traveling. There really isn’t a lot of opportunity when you’re dealing with spotty Intertubes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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