[O.C.T.O.B.E.R. IX-20] First of many

Today, Samantha and I hosted my Mom and Dad at our apartment for dinner! I made stir-fry, with Mom’s help in chopping some veggies and mixing up a sauce. Dad was also helping with setting up hooks for the string lights on our deck, which went somewhat well.

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[M.A.P.L.E. IX-9] Battle of 19’s

Rest assured, COVID-19 is not in this discussion. (Well, other than for the fact that this post talks about changed schedules.)

Instead, it’s about 19:00, the time.

The time 19:00 is sometimes too early, sometimes too late. But it often seems to be the time that evening activities commence.

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[M.M.X.I.V. 328] Ironic prompt

I have mentioned this before on the blog, but when I am on the L, it is easy for me to find something which strikes up a conversation with a passenger. (I had a similar post in July.) In this case, it was inspired by an ad that I saw on the train, and the content makes the story even more compelling.

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