Author: Chris S.

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Driver Side Rear Signal Repair

Dear Dad,

I fixed the broken left rear blinker on my CR-V.

It failed a few weeks back and when I went to the auto parts store, the tech who was going to swap it out had me test it when he removed the tail light fixture, and it appeared to work again.

Yesterday (Easter Sunday) it failed intermittently as I drove to and from our gathering, so I drove back to the auto parts store, where the cashier was able to sell me the bulbs, but they didn’t have any techs around to replace it for me, so he suggested checking online for a how-to video, which I found on YouTube.

This afternoon I followed the instructions from the video, even though it didn’t actually cover the bulb replacement itself, but I was able to figure it out and it’s all fixed.

Just wanted to let you know. 🙂

Miss you and love you.

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Return to the Moon

I was still in kindergarten when the Apollo 17 mission marked the last time man landed on the moon.

I don’t recall watching any of the coverage on TV, as most of my TV watching was cartoons and maybe Sesame Street.

I certainly read about the moon missions over the years, and I remember Skylab and the Apollo-Soyuz ‘handshake in space’ mission.

The first actually launch I remember seeing live was the maiden flight of space shuttle Colombia, April 12th, 1981.

I’ve seen many shuttle launches over the years, and later the recent resupply missions to I.S.S.

But today?

I’m hoping to see something that I’ve never seen before, a manned rocket, launching to rendezvous with the moon.

So you’ll excuse me if I’m found tearing up a bit later this afternoon.

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Happy New… oh, it’s almost February?

This year has officially sucked so far.

I lost two uncles, both of them from my Dad’s side of the family, in the span of 10 days.

Hopefully the bad stuff will stay in January and the rest of 2026 will be fine.

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I was going to write more, but just writing that above has sucked the life out of me.

I will say that I enjoyed Wonder Man on Disney+.

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I will also say than in the span of about a week I went from being really excited about the Super Bowl down in Santa Clara @ Levi’s Stadium to not caring about game day except for the commercials and movie trailers.

My Broncos did better this season than anyone expected, including me.

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I think today marks 10 days until Pitchers and Catchers report for Spring Training, so least that’s coming soon.

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Xmas Thoughts

As I scarf down my other Burger King breakfast burrito (a Christmas tradition that I think I started last year?) I had some thoughts.

Some light, some not so light, no dark thoughts.

Because dark thoughts are for others, not for me.

But yeah, light thoughts.

*beam*

Christmas North American River Otter Graphic by Quoteer · Creative Fabrica

Merry Christmas, everyone!

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88

Odd coincidence that Dad’s 88th birthday would be a few days after my Denver Broncos celebrated their #88, Demaryius Thomas, in their Ring of Fame.

Dad’s probably smirking and shaking his head at me right now.

Happy 88th Birthday, Dad.

Miss you and love you.

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Rewatch: GoT

After watching one reactor’s reaction to Game of Thrones Season 1 and part of Season 2, I’ve decided to continue from there, and I’m about to finish Season 2.

Having never gone back to rewatch after the debacle, er, ending of the show (i.e. Seasons 7 & 8), I had forgotten just how good this series was, at it’s peak.

Plus, the reactor’s reaction watch prompted me to dive back into some forgotten Game of Thrones games that I had picked up over the years, I’ll need to see if I can find where I put the card game in my storage unit.

So I may or may not continue this to the end of the series, or maybe stop after Season 6, Episode 9.

Did I toss my House Stark shirt in the move?