Life and stuff (zaibatsu), 06/25/2019
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It's been almost a month since I've posted on gopher. That's
a bit  of a long  stretch for me,  based on the  last couple
years of gopher habits. I  haven't even taken time to *read*
on gopher...

But here  I am, with a  very tiny contribution. And,  I took
some  time to  take  a  VF-1 tour  through  a  long list  of
Bongusta backlog. I didn't have time to read everything, but
it was nice to catch up a little bit.

In the meantime, I got a new used car to replace the one the
deer ruined, increased my insurance coverage a bit, got lots
of editing  done on that book,  met a few new  people, mowed
the yard, survived a small flash flood without getting water
in the  basement, caught  my first fish  in MO,  and visited
every firework stand in a 15mile radius with my youngest.

The  thing is,  I could  have easily  been using  gopher and
still done  all of those  things. Gopher is *simple*.  It is
simple to participate, both in reading and in writing. There
is very  little in the  way, very little required.  It's the
kind of tech behavior that doesn't suck away at life.

I hope  everyone is  doing well, and  enjoying this  time of
year, wherever you are!