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I had to go somewhere, so I couldn't make coffee. I decided to go to Starbucks again and wow. The line was pretty long. And once I was on it, the cars filled in behind me.  The other day it wasn't to bad. Or maybe I just got there at an opportune moment.  Either way, I needed that caffeine.  WCM

  Had to pick up some Starbucks the other day. It's been long enough and I hadn't had my coffee for the day.  I saw that random Starbucks sticker on the wall, seemed like a cool picture.  I got the Nitro Cold Brew with salted sweat cream foam. So good. Sugar gave me a strong rush, though. Not too cool.  Drive through seemed to have saved them in this craziness. Same with a lot of fast food places. Check out my experience in this whole thing here . Now get out and get some sun! WCM 

Gary and I talk about how things are going where we live in this episode where we talk about being on LOCKDOWN during the virus outbreak. It's a long episode, but in it we discuss business in the neighborhood, how we exercise and I even throw in a few dishes I'm cooking during the pandemic. Check it out above and please, w e need your help! Like and Share any videos on the channel you like, and SUBSCRIBE! I've made it easy, just hit the button below. Thank you! WCM

It's been a bit crazy lately getting used to working from home and other little issues here and there. But the new episode of Horror with Marchese and Buller is almost finished.  It took a little longer not only because of what's been going on, but also because the raw video was over 40 minutes. I've cut it down considerably, but most of the points are still there. I've cut the stuff that went off subject a bit and placed it at the end, for those who can't get enough of Gary and I--haha. But I think it's a relevant video in these times, and I only have a little polishing to do before it's ready. Will hopefully be Thursday.  Then I'll just have to make the thumbnail. I'm also trying new techniques, minor things, but they might make the show move along faster.  We'll see.  If you'd like to check out the channel, you can HERE .  Please share the videos if you like them, like and subscribe here.  It really means a lot.  WCM 

  Going to the supermarket is like one of those movies where you get suited up to go into an infected building. A building with food and drink.  It wouldn't be so bad if people followed rules. Not that anyone is wrong, I guess. But one is saying follow the arrows, others don't listen. And others do something totally different.  Some ask to walk by you, while others get up close.  I'm like, come on!  Make some rules and go by them.  Other than that, it sometimes feels like one of those game shows where you're given a certain amount of money and asked to go into the supermarket and grab as much as you can before the timer runs out haha.  Well. I can say one thing. When I take the mask off the air actually tastes good. Sweet. Makes you realize how much we take things for granted.  If anything, I hope people realize this was a wake up call. Not for corruption and politics and all that hoopla.But a wake up call for life and what shou...

Tentacles expand from within the center. A center that keeps moving on down the hall. It has to be exact.  Tentacles? Cliche? Some like, some don't.  There are many external stimuli which alter the direction of the center. Will it come to the same point designated originally? Those slippery tentacles (I know) prod and learn every corner and surface. Sliding as the center movies. Perhaps. Maybe with a slightly different reality, perspective--alternating constantly.  Maybe it never comes to the same point intended, maybe it grows a life not devised from the start. The outside pushing in? Or the other way.  A life grows, a true life.  It breaths, it feels. Perhaps more than what was initially conceived. But that's okay. That's perfect. That's what I want.  Like ingredients plopped into a boiling cauldron, what comes out is completely different. I slip my fingers around the rim and push, spilling it all across the shinny clean floors, down the hall....

Sure. Anything can be done. I know this.  I guess the question is, will it be done?  I've absorbed lessons I've learned along the way--lessons that perhaps can't be used for other individuals. Maybe some others can. But I have an idea of what needs to be done for me. I took what I saw and pieced together a plan that I need to move forward.  Of course you never stop learning, but at the point where I've opened the door and turned on the lights, looking around and gauging the obstacles ahead, I'd basically have the base I'll be building things from. I see it, I can almost feel and taste it.  Well, I know the next step.  I had a plan a few years back. I stepped off the path a bit, strayed from the objective slightly. I learned and I move on.  Some great things came even from that drifting off my path. And who even knows if the path I had started on was the right one?  I think I had a great idea though, and will look back into that...

Snow in May 2020 I get a few ideas, then save them and go back to something else I'm doing, feeling excited I thought of another idea I'd like to post on my blog.  When I come back later, with another possible idea, I remember I had a post or two half done, prior, and feel terrible.  I shouldn't. I remind myself that this is a place for my thoughts. Those thoughts just didn't fully form, I guess.  Right?  Maybe.  Either way, perhaps it was a thought I pondered posting on social media and that got me nervous about continuing.  Is it good enough for that?  Does that matter?  Yeah, I guess it does.  It could just be an idea i'd like to share, even if it's not totally polished.  Are people even reading this? I look at the analytics and it says yes, from many countries.  Hey, I don't get comments, but one thing I hope--the same with the YouTube stuff--if I could entertain someone the way I'm entertained on ...

So yesterday I was at my local pizza place, and noticed that the Chinese restaurant I usually go to was open again. They've been closed pretty much this whole time. They said it was their supply place.  But they were open and I knew Chinese would be on the menu sometime this week.  So my wife and I decided to get it tonight. And it was like old times. Plus, it's important to support local businesses as this is a very hard time for so many. If you can, try to support.  I found out that there might have been another Chinese place opened close by, but this particular one has a very high rating and has great tasting, restaurant style fare.  So get out there. Support! Food is safe. Just make sure to wear a mask. Or face covering.  WCM

Weird as it may sound (or maybe not so weird, depending on your relationship with social media), posting on my blog is a more comfortable undertaking than to do so on social media.  Maybe because on social media you put something out there with hopes people responding, you anticipate positive reactions. Maybe waiting for the interaction is part of the downside? Likes, and such. And it can get shot down with negative interactions, or even no interactions. There's also the anxiety of what will people think.  Many people post their daily involvements with the world. Some enjoy this, some may roll their eyes, some simply ignore it. Perhaps it's a skill that can be honed you don't feel you have as of yet. You can always build that, though.  Then there are the negative aspects to social media--some already mentioned above. Being bombarded with news where you really don't want it.  There are other reasons, and I've gone over them here and there on this blog and...

So I uploaded one of the latest video game videos I've done and got a Copyright notice. It was for a small portion at the end of the video for a song that I thought was played throughout the game.  Well, either way, the notice said I wouldn't be getting the monetization dough, that it would go to the music owner.  I've been trying to be careful with this on the video game channel, because I opened a can of worms when happening upon a video about this subject and got a bit worried. There are so many gaming channels, and I've never really heard about this happening. You'd think it was a heck of an advertisement having your game played, making others want to play through it, as well.  I usually try to keep all aspects of what I put out to be created by myself, or I mix/use what is offered for free on YouTube in way of songs, or pictures on the program I use to edit my videos. Also, fair use allows for some images and songs to be used, as well. But that's an...

I have been extremely busy. Not only with work, but also trying to do those other things I talked about in other posts.  Things are coming along, but I've also had a little bout of anxiety and semi-insomnia.  If that makes sense.  But things are moving, just have to put all the pieces in place and get them plugged in and electrified.  And as much as I don't like small blog posts, that's all I have for now. Good things come in small packages, as the saying goes. Unless it's something good in a big package. Hmmm. Or unless it's one of those Amazon box in a box type deals; because then the smaller package is inside of a bigger one.  Something to think about.  Talk soon.  WCM