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Principled Pragmatism
Everyone should have principles, a guiding morality and a vision of how life should be. Most people will have a long list of principles, which are ordinal and fluid; no one values kindness 3 and safety 4; a person values kindness and safety and sometimes the one wins out and sometimes the other, with no contradiction. Principles are personal; die ( Read more... ) -
The "Can't Do" City
I have come to realize that St. Louis is the "Can't Do" city. Any professional you ask to do a thing, if there could possibly be a more expert person to do the job, they will refer you. Then that referral will look for any reason to not actually take the case. It doesn't matter what field; they can't do it.
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Reopening the old site
What with facebook being all crazy and against any conservatism (or really, anything that isn't full-on woke), figured I could come back here. Every time facebook gives me s "suspension" I'll have to re-awaken the link, but hey, who cares facebook can dry up and die. #realitySteemit - a new blockchain based blogging site
Steemit is a site unlike any other - by leveraging the blockchain technology of chared trust built by Bitcoin, it prevents anyone from censoring or controlling the discourse. By using upvotes for funding and trending, it prevents advertising or despicable content from taking over. We'll see how it goes ( Read more... )Bought a Townhouse
Laura's Trust bought a townhouse in South county St. Louis. We are moving in this weekend ( Read more... )My son was born
On this date, Kenneth Steven Schattke was born, after 26 hours of labor. He was 7 lb 8 oz and 20.5" long. His head measured 12.5"
Laura and the baby are fine.I got Married
On June 21st, 2015, I married a beautiful woman I met here at college, Laura Michelle Warren.
She is now Laura Warren Schattke, and we are still living in Rolla, MO as I finish my Thesis.Stupid web designer tricks
Livejournal just destroyed my friends feed. Their stupid change to multiple files and whatever HTML 5 tricks has made it no longer load in a reasonable time, and it looks like I am locked in and can't go back to the old style which actually worked ( Read more... )living happily
I am using my ProScan 9500 tablet to update while soaking in my bath. For $40 its cheap enough to not care. Since it came with a full keyboard in the carrying folio, its even nice to use ( Read more... )
