I bought this painting in '97 as my own birthday gift to me! In all those 29 years, it has never been framed because, well, I suck at these kinds of things. Before I left Knoxville, a friend who, before his retirement, did all the art restoration at UT, gifted me a frame. I am just so very grateful.
Look at their heads, hers is clearly leaning away from him signaling she is thinking differently than he is. His is ever so slightly pully away from hers. His hand on her arm signals him holding on. Her back to him says she's leaving.
Yesterday I spent 7.5 hours unloading the moving truck. This morning I'm going to drive it back to Knoxville and then come back to Etowah and start unpacking boxes, organizing stuff, and arranging furniture (the part I hate most). #Moving #etowahtn
Yup! Pretty much sums up Trump, MAGA and No Kings Day!
#NeverTrump #MAGA #nokings
🤔They're called donuts. I had two for breakfast!😏🤣
Y'all, I got gas today. I don't drive much, so I usually only get a tank a month, and today was my fill-up.
Last month it costs $19.83, at $2.34 per gallon.
This month it costs $30.63, at $3.39 per gallon.
In one month, Dementia Donnie has managed to drive prices up over $1 per gallon.
#gas
Awesome! You're running with some great guys!
I'm amazed at how many projects are started without a product plan.
After nearly 4 years of volunteering at the front desk of the Knoxville Museum of Art, I have decided "It's time that I moved on..."
So, what am I doing with my first free Friday in ages? Why baking *cough* Hippie brownies, of course!
#timeoff #volunteer #brownies
I'm just gonna sit this right here...
(And when you've seen it play out in the generations before you, you know the younger generations have no idea what's coming for them.) #estrangement
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I was renewing my tags and saw this sign 👇👇👇 I laughed out loud. The guy next to me asked what was funny, so I told him. He and everyone around started laughing. #humor #marriage #cars
I know... remember, I'm in Tennessee, and this is the mentality found throughout this state! This guy genuinely believed that USAID was a slush fund used by the DNC to undermine America. (he also believed the other 2 things to be true!)
2) USAID was a slush fund the #DNC used to fund 3rd world dictators who undermine Murica
3) The left is following the #Marxist playbook of creating confusing language, which is why men are wearing dresses.
#tennessee #healthcare #canada
Three things I learned yesterday @starbucks:
1) #Canadians will be back when they get tired of waiting for healthcare and want to see "real" doctors.
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I've been asked to host a weekly TV show. I've never done anything remotely like this before. Can anyone offer any advice, tips, pointers, or warnings?
#tv #tvhosting
THIS is why Gawd won't let me win one of those billion dollar lotteries... The campaign ads write themselves if only the democrats had the courage to run them.
For the past few years, I have watched people defending different things (beliefs) and wondered what could possibly be going through their minds.
So here's an observation: "You ARE what you defend."
#beliefs
I'm looking for some old Boy Scouts from Dayton or Fairborn, OH, from the early to mid-60s who know the rest of this 👇👇👇
#boyscouts #scouting #daytonohio #fairbornohio
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Breakfast consisting of eggs, bacon, kale, and a freshly-baked croissant.
I am marking myself safe from Valentine's Day. I caused no major trouble and had a peaceful day. #valentines #markedsafe
So today, I'm rewarding myself with 👇👇👇
WTF! If we talk on the phone, either be present in the moment or reschedule! I'm over people texting and doing all this other nonsense and narrating it while they do it... essentially (and passive/aggressively) telling you their life is more important than you are. #dignity #respect #friends #family
Today marks 11 years since the FBI arrested my Russian girlfriend outside my condo. I've not dated since. Too many bad choices required me to stop and work on me.
#mentalhealth #singlelife #singledadlife #dating
This is a story about a full moon camping trip that has stayed tucked away in my heart and kept secret from the world.
#fullmoon #Camping #Colorado #coyote
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This story is based on years of experience and recent conversations with two groups of young people who all thought I should share this tidbit of wisdom.
#dating #onlinedating #valentinesday
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Focus modes!
Sleep: 9:30p-6a - No apps or people allowed through
Work: 7a-6p - Certain apps and people allowed through
Wind down: 8p - All electronic devices off including TV only books, my guitar or journaling with a pen allowed.
As long as it wasn't both hands on your shoulder...
(I forget the old joke but that's sort of the punchline! 🤣🤣🤣)
Well, I'm gonna leave Toledo this morning... yup, I'm gonna reboot my router and see where I turn up next.
(Every week, my router's IP address shows me in a different place. Last week was Kentucky on the Indiana border, this week has been Toledo... every week it's someplace different.)
#5g
I just found out that my website ranks in the top 200,000. For some perspective, worldwide, there are over 1.1 billion websites, but only about 200 million of those are actively maintained.
Some of my stories have been read hundreds of thousands of times, while others have fewer than 10k.
#authors
So #Bluesky is telling me I have to #verify my #age to access certain features "because of my location." Bitches, every time I reboot my router, I show up in a new location. From Memphis to Los Angeles to New Orleans and 100 other places. Y'all have no clue where I am, and I wouldn't verify anyway!
Morning. What kind of dad stories do you need? I'm intrigued...
And this is why the planted the conspiracy that the insurrection was caused by FBI and democratic plants.