Yesterday, November 6, 2026, I was out riding my e-bike and came to a place where I normally turn around and head back home. As I was making the turn, my front tire hit a very small patch of dead leaves. Even though I was only going about four to five miles per hour, my front tire went zip! It scooted out from under the bike, and I did a face-plant on the pavement!
Paramotoring – Episode 1 – Awareness and Focus
In October last year – 2024 – I was browsing through YouTube videos, looking for some documentation of the disaster wreaked by Hurricane Helene in Augusta and Asheville. I came across a video by Mark Hunicutt entitled “
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EMail!
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- EMAILS NEVER INTERRUPT ME. They always wait until I’m ready to read them, and they wait until I’m ready to answer them. On the other hand, I am so busy, pretty much all the time, that a phone call has about a 98.4473% chance of interrupting me doing something. Text messages are almost as bad, because they come in regardless of what you are doing. However, they can be more readily ignored than a phone call. But they are not put off nearly as easily as an email.
Wrestling with City of Madison Rental Inspections
As I write this, it’s the last day of August, 2024, and I have been wrestling with the City of Madison Rental Licesing people for nearly two months now.
Here’s the story.
THE BACKGROUND
For this particular rental house, I have owned it for nine years, having purchased it in 2015 (near as I can remember). It has been rented out since I bought it.
The City of Madison requires a license to rent out a residence, and to obtain this license, the house must pass an inspection. The new tenant cannot get the electricity turned on until this license is issued.
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