{"id":7364,"date":"2026-11-07T16:24:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T16:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/?p=7364"},"modified":"2026-11-07T16:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T16:24:35","slug":"7-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/7-3\/","title":{"rendered":"7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Bucket list, still not having one (<a href=\"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/2013\/11\/07\/day-7\/\">2013 flashback)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You know, back in 2013, I threw out Halley&#8217;s Comet again.  I was very young when it came last, and barely remember seeing a little bit, maybe, in a very-cold night sky over Kansas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You might be able to deduce the awe level&#8230;.and that it&#8217;s really just not there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, not that.  Quick math shows that I&#8217;d be in my 80s by then;  let&#8217;s be honest, I&#8217;m not making it that long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>*hits calc again*<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mid-2040s seems right about right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But this whole things has me feeling a bit like Craig from <em>South Park.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"South Park - Craig Would Be So Happy\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LENIiUxvuBI?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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t know what those embeds are being so difficult lately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In that ep, Cartman had a new case of Tourette&#8217;s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The, and I can&#8217;t find a word for it;  fetishization isn&#8217;t quite right, but it might be appropriately derisive, of disability is confusing as hell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I might add <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/disability-is-bad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a> to my to-consume book list, though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Princes-and-Thieves\/Matthew-Cole\/9781668095324\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the one<\/a> I&#8217;m on is taking a long time, and I&#8217;m not sure when I&#8217;ll get to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, back to the &#8220;bucket list,&#8221; I really don&#8217;t know.  Maybe buy a property?  I mean, when I was younger, the idea of having a huge piece of land probably would have excited me.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not so much, today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The book ideas really haven&#8217;t coalesced, so I don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I need to get myself to combined family birthday parties;  happy birthday, grandpa, little bro, mom&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bucket list, still not having one (2013 flashback) You know, back in 2013, I threw out Halley&#8217;s Comet again. I was very young when it came last, and barely remember seeing a little bit, maybe, in a very-cold night sky over Kansas. 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