Views

My general views on life, death, and everything in between.

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wishes — Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for […]

Wishes for the winter solstice holiday

This entry was posted in Views and tagged CHOICE computer holiday winter Winter Solstice on December 13, 2017 by JayCooper (updated 280 days ago)

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I have a pseudo tradition on my blog of posting a bunch of Halloween images on or before each holiday. This is the Halloween 2017 batch. I hope you enjoy! Trick-or-Treat! Happy Halloween. This list includes images for everything from vintage pumpkins, creepy crawly bugs, serious owls and ravens, frightening bats […]

Halloween 2017 Cartoon funnies

This entry was posted in Views and tagged creepy Halloween Happy holiday Hope list pumpkins scary Serious vintage on October 31, 2017 by JayCooper (updated 323 days ago)

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Weber — I stepped into our neighborhood bargain store and immediately my eyes were drawn to a shelf in the far corner where a lone box marked Weber sat. Now, I have been eyeballing a new grill for some time and Weber was high on the list so, as you can imagine the […]

Oh What a twisted Weber we weave.

This entry was posted in General Summer Views and tagged ALWAYS FREE holiday list me STICKERS story on July 6, 2017 by JayCooper

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poweshell — When I made the leap from Product Manager to DevOps Manager I quickly realized where my knowledge gaps were. One gap that was very apparent was in the arena of software automation known as PowerShell. What is PowerShell you say? I said the same thing. In my former life as […]

By the Power of PowerShell, I have the power!

This entry was posted in Computers General Views and tagged fun KNOW life list man operating system PM powershell REALLY thinking on February 15, 2017 by JayCooper (updated 442 days ago)

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I have a very good friend that introduced me to cigars. Now, I don’t mean I was oblivious of what a cigar was into my 40s. What I mean is, He shared a cigar with me and explained that he enjoyed them immensely. I have to admit I was not […]

The Mystery of Cigars or why I like them now

This entry was posted in Bio Views and tagged brother cigar cigars fire FREE habit hate KNOW life me mom REALLY son surprise TRY week on September 11, 2016 by JayCooper (updated 738 days ago)

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work — It has been a while since I made any kind of reference to the work that I do. This is actually a great thing. In general when you do not talk about your job you are pretty happy. That being said, I shifted from more of a product manager role […]

Work I do : Update

This entry was posted in Bio Computers Views and tagged ALWAYS dislike Happy job people Politics work on June 25, 2016 by JayCooper (updated 349 days ago)

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80s Toys : M.U.S.C.L.E. men — I know. I know. There are millions of blog posts about Obscure 80s toys you loved. There is a reason for that. They make cool posts! So in the interest of doing my part to keep the internet running like the well oiled machine that it is. Here is mine. Boglins […]

Obscure 80s toys you loved

This entry was posted in General Views and tagged 80s ALWAYS children COMPLETELY computer fun FX INTERNET KNOW man men movie people quality REALLY story surprise TRON on May 23, 2016 by JayCooper (updated 849 days ago)

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synthwave — Most teenagers tend to gravitate towards some genre of music. They tend to keep coming back and enjoying that music all of their lives. I was no different. Synthwave was my music of choice. Tears for fear, Ray Lynch, Alpha Ville, Thompson Twins, and Bronski Beat are all bands that […]

Synthwave Revolution

This entry was posted in Bio Views and tagged 1980's CHOICE list music retro synthpop on March 31, 2016 by JayCooper (updated 150 days ago)

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Do not fear — I am convinced that fear drives almost all of our behaviors. It has become more and more clear to me as I have gotten older and more aware of my mortality. Death is the thing that we all fear the most. Hundreds of published academic papers have shown that worrying […]

Fear the Mind Killer

This entry was posted in Views and tagged ALWAYS child death FAVORITE love me people quotes REALLY Religion TRY on January 19, 2016 by JayCooper

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I had the distinct displeasure of sitting within listening distance of a family at dinner tonight. My ears were assailed with the most incredulous conversation regarding tattoos I have heard in a long time. Living in the south as I do, I should know better than to think the intelligence […]

Mother of all tattoo myths

This entry was posted in General Views and tagged Art child children Happy Hope job kids KNOW man me old people reality REALLY Religion Sad on December 27, 2015 by JayCooper

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This year’s celebrations are truly filled with a great many “firsts” for me. With this in mind I wanted to list them out and note my gratitude for them one by one. This is the first year that I have no children living with me at home. It was […]

Gratitude 2015

This entry was posted in Bio Fall Seasonal Views and tagged child children friends gratitude Happy Happy Thanksgiving holiday job life list me old Personal REALLY Thanksgiving on November 25, 2015 by JayCooper (updated 348 days ago)

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When people start implying that because they take no offence, nobody else should be, either. That’s when their arguments lose all relevance. You see, some people haven’t really learned that everyone is entitled to their feelings, whether those feelings are “rational” and “logical” or not, and that one person’s feelings don’t […]

Simple Offence

This entry was posted in Views and tagged CHOICE EVERYONE GIANT offended people REALLY Religion Sad TRY on July 12, 2015 by JayCooper (updated 1005 days ago)