I hate to be a downer today, but it feels like the workplace I once knew is collapsing around me while the work piles on. Maybe it’s time for a new start.

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I just received an Amber alert for a missing child on my phone. I tapped the link in the push notification and it took me to the Missouri Highway Patrol Twitter page, which I was not allowed to view because I do not have an account.

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This is a photo that I took in August of 2012. It was the first day of sophomore year at UCM. I had $200 in my bank account and I was happy.

A photo of the Ellis dormatory complex at UCM. The perspective is from the ground floor looking up. Behind the building there are a few clouds and a bright blue sky.

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It was a very fulfilling Sunday. I got a nice walk in, hand-washed the Type S, and enjoyed the 70Β°F weather. Being able to open all of the windows throughout the house was a plus.

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I have to explain to guests that visit that my guinea pigs squeak not because they are starving, but because they are good at politics and collectively bargaining for excess vegetables.

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I ended up cancelling my pledge to the Tapestry project, so if anyone wants to snag the last Silver pledge position now is the time to do so! It was clear that they had no interest in pursuing a macOS app, and I do not want to donate money to an app that is stuck in an iOS silo.

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My father took many photos of Japan while he was in the military. I’m unsure as to when these were taken, but it was likely in the mid-to-late 1960s. All photos are black and white.

Appears to be a small garden of some sort behind a few buildings made out of wooden planks.Three Japanese women and two American men standing in front of a bridge. It may be the Kintai Bridge.A Japanese man crouching next to what appears to be his child. The man is dressed in business atire, and the child is dressed in a white shirt with a white cap. It looks like it may be a school uniform of some sort.A large multi-story structure with very ornate roofing tiles. A statue can be seen out front.A large multi-story building with ornate roofing. There are big linguistic symbols displayed on the building.A photo of what may be Kintai Bridge with many people walking across. A man is pointing to something on the other side of the bridge in the foreground.

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Dog-sitting this little weirdo today.

A blue heeler named Coal sniffing around in some grass.

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It is forecasted to be 75Β°F on Monday. Simply insane for February. I’ll try to take advantage of this weather though. I need a break from Winter.

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Here is a throwback to a guinea pig I had years ago. He lived to be seven and his name was Stux! I miss that ol’ boy.

A guinea pig named Stux sitting in front of a lit fireplace on a blanket. He is white with brown/light brown patches over each eye. Stux the guinea pig, looking right at you while sititng in front of the fireplace.

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