Images from Our Real Life, Remember Yours? Before the Great Divide...

Photos of our travels across the land and focusing on the life that is still here, outside of the constant anger and rage bait in the feed, detoxify yourself from the noise and come back.

For me personally, part of getting out of their feedback loop was remembering the life that was there before we were divided, in reality, my health diagnosis was a blessing and a curse. When you realize, and I mean truly realize you are not invincible and are on a clock, the concept of hate, the clarity of seeing us being divided, and the appreciation of what is truly important is enlightening, not a spiritual way, but in a human way.

The physical pain I have been going through is indescribable and inescapable. From a patient standpoint, in the midst of the pandemic, and coming from being on the healthcare side of the business for so long, it was a little disheartening. To be clear, before getting my diagnosis, which had nothing to do with Covid, I was just an "IT guy" in title but I was allowed the privilege of working in the trenches with our healthcare providers directly in the patient care areas, this is before the divide, and pre-Covid. And I assure you, it was a privilege I was offered and I immersed myself in the patient care environment. At the time, there were very few of us who wanted to cross that line from being just an expense item on a budget report, sitting in some other ivory tower building down the road in a cage, I mean cubicle. The few that joined the adventure, were all rockstars.

Then, one day you wake up, and things ain't right so-to-speak, and the next thing you know you are the patient. So to have a front row-seat to the s!** show at the time, was disheartening, in so many ways. We will dig into and unpack my experience together, and much like I use the the system prompt to instruct any, and every AI I use, to "never coddle or pretend to sympothize with the user", do know that I am not here looking for sympathy, and will kindly refund you for it 😛, this is as much a journal for me as it is an opportunity to just share my experiences on a whole slew of topics, and offer my perspective on the state of our species today in 2025, (to note, my wife and I say that we feel like we are watching two teams fight it out over what to even call the ball, and don't realize the stadium is on fire). If that resonates with you, awesome, if it doesn't, all good, or if it perhaps offends you, please feel free to fill out the complaint form, I "promise" it worx 👍