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Midwest Attorney trying to navigate the waters of life

Each person feels pain in his own way, each has his own scars.

Haruki Murakami

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February 15, 2017

T Minus in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017

I start the new job April 3rd. Which gives us approximately 6 weeks to take care of things. Of course… not sure how quickly Wife will get transferred. So… there is every reason to believe that...


The title is the closest thing to Click Bait that I’ve ever done and I only slightly apologize. But I had a thought that I couldn’t exactly discuss with people and I wanted to investigate cultur...


February 14, 2017

317 in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017

After careful consideration After speaking with Private Attorneys After discussing it all with Ran I think I am going to accept the job. I informed wife that I was going to accept the job and… gr...


February 13, 2017

316 in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017

I had set my alarm for 5:30 am so that I could wake up, shower, eat breakfast, and get to work early to take care of some things I had wanted to take care of during the weekend (but couldn’t due ...


I had plans for this weekend. But as is often the case, plans don’t come to fruition. Friday before leaving, I checked with Ran on how things are for him and his wife since they decided to move i...


I was going to write something about my personal biases… but I kept writing exceptions to my own biases; thereby suggesting that it isn’t as much of a bias. Breakdown: I have long had problems w...


Nothing much to write first thing of the day except… I woke up from quite the dream. Not sexy or fun, either. In the dream I was discussing my trip to Europe that I took in High School and I wa...


Oh boy, here I go bitching again. But wait. I tried, am trying, really hard not to bitch. Not to sit in… well, I have to sit in the shit; but I’m trying to keep my mind occupied otherwise. It...


February 09, 2017

312 in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017

Today should be interesting. I have already demonstrated my ability to be less adult than I should be. I woke up at 6:30 intending to eat breakfast, shower, head in to work early, and be a super ...


This isn’t unusual and it isn’t unheard of but it always strikes me. We have someone who is literally dying of liver failure on a week long bender. This woman is entirely a slave to her addicti...


February 08, 2017

311 in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017

My favorite band. I’ve bought tickets to two of their concerts… attended one. Funny story about that. It was back when I was a telemarketer… I sold batteries over the phone. Batteries. Like...


Internet is, once again, on/off/on/off/on/off throughout the office. Hooray for government work (sarcasm). At least this gives me time to work on my Disconnected Dinosaur Run Best Score. I ...


I just remembered that I forgot to do share something I wanted to remember! Clearly, Des Moines was on the brain. After spending two days there with Wife… having just had an interview in Des M...


February 06, 2017

309 in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017

And back again. It is a little bit funny, it is a little bit sad, that the mere fact of returning here makes me feel bad. The weather is much more cold, my body pains much more bold, my soul fe...


February 06, 2017

Still in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017

I feel like I am taking crazy pills! We are in Des Moines at my parents and my brother and his family are here as well. - Wife is on her tablet continuing to binge watch House. - Dad is trying to...


February 05, 2017

Guh in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017

Sometimes I don’t understand where I came from. My father supports Trump and says Barack Obama was the worst president of all time. Whereas, I say Trump is a monster and Obama is “easily bottom ...


So… the net was out for an hour. Then I came back and it was like DIAL UP SPEED. Then it went out again. And has been down for over another hour. I’m starting to fight off the VERY strong urg...


February 03, 2017

306 in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017

The interview went well; but before I outline that… the following: I left work and headed to the gas station. The plan was to fuel up, grab a bite, drive to Des Moines, get my haircut, and have ...


Wow… our country is so divided. Puxatony phil (most famous of all groundhogs) says 6 more weeks of winter. Staten Island Chuck (most accurate of all groundhogs) says we’re in for an early spring....


February 02, 2017

305.1 in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017

It is a cold morning at 12F (-11 C). Last night, Wife mentioned that sex could help me sleep… that it was something to think about, but she was tired. Then she said how it is unfair how my inab...


So… political post number one for the day… is just an image share. But… considering things I’d said previously… Hillary was Umbridge. Trump was Voldemort. Giving the Ministry complete control w...


February 01, 2017

304 in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017

I don’t know if I’ll be able to do it but… I am going to TRY not to talk politics today. It is destroying me. Especially the fact that President Trump is not sleeping (as we know he doesn’t) an...


Someone called Donald Trump a “moderate, really more of a centerist than I was thinking.” And I want to vomit. Not because of the idiocy of that remark; not because of the blind reeking bullshi...


January 31, 2017

303 in Book Four: Ichi-no-Tani 2017

If I were the type to believe in omens; this would be a bad one. Last night… couldn’t sleep. Legs were in significant pain. But there was also something else. Something worse. Saturday night, ...


Good news? I applied to a firm that had locations in Ames and Des Moines. Both places I would enjoy. Both places Wife would love to live (if, at times, expensive). They want to interview me. ...