Diary of a Senior Geek

See if you can spot where I mispronounce the word “corner” as “coroner”. I’m not going to fix it!

Photo by Dean Fisher. My Cousin Chris Trulove and me, probably taken during our yearly Labor Day camping trip to Lodgepole Campground in Sequoia in 1962. What does it have to do with this episode? Again, absolutely nothing.

Check out my companion podcast, Tales of a Senior Geek. It’s stories of my life and my family’s lives:

https://anchor.fm/seniorgeek49

LA Times article: “Why nothing matters to Trump’s voters”

https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=c7008d1d-e470-402b-9cf4-3f28491ced66&v=sdk

LA Times article: “Where Trump’s scare tactics connect”

https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=75960386-cf49-46e6-b32f-3ba0733a586a&v=sdk

Here is the LA Times endorsement of the Biden/Harris ticket:

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-09-10/biden-president-election-2020-los-angeles-times-endorsement

Here’s a link to the MLK quote I used:

https://a.co/ekwe9vG

Here’s where I’m getting my information on COVID-19:

http://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america

Please send me an email:

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Photo by Dean Fisher, taken in June or July 1962 on a trip to the Seattle World's Fair. Probably Puget Sound. What does it have to do with this episode? Absolutely nothing.

You can find the interactive 1619 project here:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html

The book “How to Have Impossible Conversations: A very Practical Guide” is available here:

http://tiny.cc/DOASG002

Here’s where I’m getting my information on COVID-19:

http://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america

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Photo by Dean Fisher, Chiricahua National Monument, March 25, 2001

Here’s a site where you can get information on mental health issues, including depression and anxiety due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/tools-resources/index.htm

The book “How to Have Impossible Conversations: A very Practical Guide” is available here:

http://tiny.cc/DOASG002

Here’s where I’m getting my information on COVID-19:

http://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america

Please send me an email:

[email protected]

You can follow me on social media:

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Mode-0-Day Building Photo source:

http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll44/id/90263

The book “How to Have Impossible Conversations: A very Practical Guide” is available here:

http://tiny.cc/DOASG002

Here’s where I’m getting my information on COVID-19:

http://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america

Please send me an email:

[email protected]

You can follow me on social media:

https://twitter.com/seniorgeek49

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If you like the show, please give it a 5-star rating on whatever app or site you use to listen to it. And tell your friends and family about it! Thanks!

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If for whatever reason you can’t do that I completely understand. You can still help by telling all your friends and family about what a great podcast it is.

The book “How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide” is available here:

http://tiny.cc/DOASG002

Please send me an email:

[email protected]

You can follow me on social media:

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Here’s where I’m getting my information on COVID-19:

http://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america

If you like the show, please give it a 5 star rating on whatever app or site you use to listen to it. And tell your friends and family about it! Thanks!

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Here’s a shortened link to the Harvard Magazine article I mentioned:

http://tiny.cc/DOASG001

You can find out who your US Representative is at this site:

https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

You can find out who your US Senators are here:

https://www.senate.gov/senators/index.htm

Most if not all US Representatives and Senators have a link you can use to send them an email.

Keep it short and on point. If you have several issues you want to write about, write a separate email for each issue.

You can follow me on social media:

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Here’s where I’m getting my information on COVID-19:

http://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america

If you like the show, please give it a 5 star rating on whatever app or site you use to listen to it. And tell your friends and family about it! Thanks!

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Yin/Yang image by Gregory Maxwell - From File:Yin yang.png, converted to SVG by Gregory Maxwell., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=364239

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Here’s where I’m getting my information on COVID-19:

http://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america

You can find Justin Robert Young’s Px3 podcast here:

http://www.politicspoliticspolitics.com/

I highly recommend it.

Here’s a link to the clip I used in this episode:

https://preview.tinyurl.com/JuRY-Px3

His Patreon page is here:

https://www.patreon.com/JuRY/posts

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I talk about how baffled I am that different people see reality differently, apparently because of the political party they belong to.

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http://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america

Here’s information on the Perseverance Rover that launched to Mars today:

https://www.nasa.gov/perseverance

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I talk about how reading about a photo recently taken of some planets orbiting a star 300 lightyears away got me thinking about the relative importance of current events on our little blue planet.

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http://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america

Here’s information on the photo of the exoplanets I mention in this episode:

https://www.planetary.org/the-downlink/missions-to-mars-exoplanets-pic.html

Here’s information on the Total Perspective Vortex from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Total_Perspective_Vortex

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I talk about writing a letter to the President and how to properly respond to a global pandemic. You know, the usual stuff.

Here's a good tutorial on writing a letter to the President:

https://classroom.synonym.com/how-to-write-a-letter-to-the-president-of-the-united-states-of-america-12078337.html

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Daddy has a new PC, but still needs better software and audio gear.

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