Category: Personal Reflections

Lessons learned about life; pearls of wisdom I’ve gleaned through pain, failure and honest reflection

An evening with geeks and nerds 

Carl Setzer

I’m part of a Facebook group titled Nerds. Been part of the group for years, along with about a hundred or so others. Most of these folks I hadn’t met in real life. Well, one if the families decided to host a BBQ tonight, bringing a ton of us out if the woodwork/internet. Sadly, even with lures, there weren’t any Pokemon. And this wasn’t some farm in the country. Thus, to no-one’s surprise, I’m sure, the PokeGods chose not to shine their blessings today.

 It was a delightful evening, meeting the humans behind the personas, profiles and posts. Deepening connections that were in place for years. There is something enriching about that face to face interaction that’s important. Even though many of these folks were connected with me on multiple channels, the in person interaction enriched I’m ways I couldn’t have guessed. These intersections really are important and I’ve come to value them. I’m really delighted to have had the chance. I’m richer for it.

An evening with geeks and nerds 

Carl Setzer

I’m part of a Facebook group titled Nerds. Been part of the group for years, along with about a hundred or so others. Most of these folks I hadn’t met in real life. Well, one if the families decided to host a BBQ tonight, bringing a ton of us out if the woodwork/internet. Sadly, even with lures, there weren’t any Pokemon. This wasn’t some farm in the country. The PokeGods chose not to shine their blessings today. 

It was a delightful evening, meeting the humans behind the personas, profiles and posts. Deepening connections that were in place for years. There is something enriching about that face to face interaction that’s important. Even though many of these folks were connected with me on multiple channels, the in person interaction enriched I’m ways I couldn’t have guessed. 

These intersections really are important and I’ve come to value them. I’m really delighted to have had the chance. I’m richer for it. 

Well, I passed 100k views and didn’t even notice

Carl Setzer
So, I haven’t been paying too much attention to my stats of late. Logged into Blogger and lo-and-behold, boom!

I don’t know what I was expecting. Well, WordPress has badges for follower counts, page views and that sort of thing. Then there all the tiers of YouTube badges. As YouTube is Google property, just like Blogger, perhaps that would’ve been expected.

Anyway, it feels like a big deal. Well, a bit of one at least. Ok, it makes me happy.

Hey, follow me on these social media channels! I need the supervision. 

      

Dad Joke Of The Evening

Carl Setzer

Sorry to torment you with this…
…ok, not sorry….

There’s a cop on the side of the road, checking for speeders. A car flies by and the cop sees 12 penguins in the back of the car. The cop hits his sirens and pulls the guy over, runs up to the window, and says, “What are you doing with 12 penguins in the back of your car?”

The guy says, “I dunno.”

Cop replies, “Well I think you should take those penguins to the zoo.”

 “OK,” the guy replies.

Next day, the cop’s on the side of the road again. Same car flies by, 12 penguins in the back of the car. Cop hits the sirens, pulls the guy over, runs up to his window, and says, “I thought I told you to take those penguins to the zoo!”

Guy replies, “I already did. And now we’re going to the movies.”

A Northwest summer’s morning 

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Birdsong fluttering

Moist morning air enchanting 

Northwest summer’s day