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You can teach an old eye new tricks.

January 30, 2019

I took up a new hobby last week: "Neuroadapting." I'm a neuroadapter. I neuroadapt.

Rewind almost two years ago, when I started noticing my right eye was a little "off." I went in for a thorough eye exam only to be told that my eyes were good and I was probably dealing...

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2019: The Year of the Strange and Unknown

January 16, 2019

Things rarely go as expected when a parent starts nosing around in a teenager's room. 

Yesterday was no exception. I'm innocently glancing around the desk area of the oldest and my eyes come across this:

Straight up: What in the hell is this?

"Jack! Get in here and explai...

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I'm still here.

June 1, 2018

If you're someone that follows along closely, you either a) have been wondering where the hell I've been the last half a year(!) or b) knew that I started a new job not too long ago. Time to write has taken a back seat to time to think, which has taken a back seat to t...

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Complaint department.

January 3, 2018

I hear the big, end-of-season football game is coming to Minneapolis this year. Which got me thinking as I was driving into work and peering out the 8 square-inch clear spot on my windshield where I actually had good visibility this morning: How is anyone not from here...

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Wow.

December 29, 2017

If you're new to Kind Acts of Randomness, or just haven't figured it out yet, a lot of my life can be characterized by "Meh...close enough (shrug)". If I ever write a memoir, that may even be the title. Chances are, I'll just copy and paste everything I've posted here,...

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You kids get off my lawn!

December 19, 2017

About 5 minutes after the oldest kid hit middle school, I knew I had just started the phase of life where I fall out of touch with technology and just about anything else that's on trend.

First it was just subtle cluelessness: "Wait...something being 'sick' is...

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Wreaths Across America, Fort Snelling National Cemetery

December 16, 2017

I was fortunate to participate in a moving event -- the annual wreath-laying event coordinated by Wreaths Across America. Each December on National Wreaths Across America Day, the organization's "mission to Remember, Honor and Teach is carried out by coordinating wreat...

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Hey science: explain this!

December 5, 2017

Here's how the whole thing goes (and it surely goes this way in your home if you have teenagers):

"Hey kids, what happened to the bottle of water I just put in the fridge 0.28 seconds ago?!?"

"Sorry. I drank that. I didn't know it was yours. Maybe you should label it."

I...

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Happy Thanksgiving.

November 23, 2017

Or happy Annual Festival of Curmudgeon-ness, if you're so inclined.

And, of course, I'm so inclined. 

A little of the edge gets taken off, though, as I think about and follow on social media the ongoing recovery of the people I visited in the Keys in the Fall. 

Two months...

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I heart yoga!

November 7, 2017

"Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open."

    - John Barrymore

OK, let's be honest. No, I still don't love yoga. But now, when I say "I really don't think yoga is for me", at least I can point to the fact that I've actually done...

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