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With the recent fall back of the clock, we have have moved into the darkest and shortest days of the year. It is that 'nesting' time of year. I have found that with our new, empty house, I find myself tuning on the TV more than I ever had in my life. Now, I rarely sit down to watch something but I do have something that is at least quasi interesting to me in the background. Today, I am talking about my change in habits.

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I recently made it through my wife's record collection that she purchased used. I am familiar with most of the bands, but not necessarily the song names. My first order was to determine the playability of the collection. While I didn't expect problems, I found some significantly warped records on picking out some randomly. Since records also have a propensity to be warn out, I wanted to see. I some thoughts about buying a used album collection.

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You have heard it from all sides. Today, I examine my ballot, the local political situation and the statistics to see if this is a true statement. You probably know where I am going to end up but maybe you haven't looked at it in this way before. By the way, this is apolitical. I of course have my bias but my analysis is strictly the facts.  

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You would think that with my experience with cancer I would have learned all the things that I should have before this incident. There are some differences between this one and my other experiences which is what helps learn those lessons. This is kind of a different situation which I address in the podcast but it has also led me to be more introspective. Tune in to find out.

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Only a month later than planned, I had some reflections about my summer vacation. I had these thoughts while I was on the plane. Today I am going to talk about my return to the old town, sharing the memories with the kids, repatriating my dogs ashes back to their home and how that effected me. It was cathartic and I am glad we did it.

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This is a special edition of the podcast. We are coming to finally close on our house, selling it to new owners this week. I wanted to make sure that the history that I knew it was documented and passed on. Yes, there are some facts but it is largely about how this house was part of our lives and how we changed the house as a result. One hour is not enough time to cover over twenty years of life.

As I listened to the playback, I realized that there were a couple of mistakes or omissions. I am OK with that as this is always an imperfect effort but the gist is there. What I want to convey the most is that this was a place of life, giving and growth. I won't lie that I got a little choked up at the end. It is the closing of a chapter, the longest place we ever lived, the place where our kids were born and grew up and left.

Once the house is no longer ours, I have no right to comment or critique the decisions that others make. I do want to say that the house was an integral part of Altf4.co; arguably the most important element. I do hope that the love we gave and vice versa goes forward for generations to come. Good luck to the new family, may you be blessed as we have.

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After putting out a podcast week after week and then all of a sudden to go silent, it is strange. I will admit that I think about it a lot, but time, time, time. And even then, what to say? If there was something important to say, I would probably make the time. With me trying to stay out of politics and living in boxes, what the most important thing to do is actually survival to the next phase.

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In case you are wondering, it is not a coincidence that our current book is Surprised By Joy by C.S. Lewis. That is because it is the holy season. I was hoping to end it here but clearly I got hung up in my own life and so we just got started. Nevertheless, today I make an argument for the true Christian holiday and the hope of eternal salvation.

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Last week was an emotional one. We were supposed to be moving and then we weren't. I have to admit that I have no idea what to do. The safest thing is to continue preparing to move without any real guarantee that it is going to happen. I am taking you down with me this week.

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You have believe that Orwell was going to come up again, how could it not? There is just so much always related to what is going on with current events and our government. This seems to be the 'Newspeak' that obfuscates our judgement, numbs our senses and polarizes our positions. Tune in today to hear Orwell's words come back from the past.

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