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Unpacking Your Life

Exploring the crossroads of life, security, and self.

Month: July 2026

When He Grabs the Stroller

Posted on July 29, 2026August 26, 2026 By UPL Admin

There is a moment in every family trip where the stroller becomes more than a stroller. It starts out as a convenience. A place for the kid to sit. A mobile snack station. A rolling storage unit for sunscreen, water bottles, half-eaten pretzels, mystery napkins, and whatever toy someone absolutely…

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DigiDollar: The Stablecoin Idea Crypto Was Supposed to Build

Posted on July 22, 2026July 3, 2026 By UPL Admin

Somewhere along the way, crypto forgot what it was supposed to be. Enter digidollar, a new player aiming to restore that original purpose. It was not supposed to become another version of the same banking system with better logos, louder influencers, and more confusing dashboards. It was not supposed to…

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Disney Cruise Observations

Posted on July 15, 2026July 3, 2026 By UPL Admin

I went on a Disney Cruise with my daughter, and I have thoughts. This is not a full review. I am not going to rank the restaurants, tell you the best time to get in line for a character photo, or pretend I had some master plan. I did not….

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DigiDollar: One Stable Coin Layer That Actually Makes Sense

Posted on July 10, 2026July 3, 2026 By UPL Admin

Crypto has spent years trying to explain itself to the real world. We talk about decentralization, freedom, security, wallets, mining, nodes, speed, block times, and all the other things that make crypto people nod their heads while normal people quietly look for the nearest exit. Now, the rise of the…

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Vacation People Watching: A Warning Label for What Comes Next

Posted on July 8, 2026July 3, 2026 By UPL Admin

I have been on vacation, which means two things happened. First, I tried to relax. Second, I accidentally studied humanity like I was working on a graduate thesis in public behavior, bad decisions, matching shirts, stroller politics, cruise ship confidence, and the strange things people do when they are released…

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It’s Time to Come Clean to My Microsoft Family

Posted on July 6, 2026July 2, 2026 By UPL Admin

It is finally time to come clean to my Microsoft family. For the last five years, I have been living in two very different worlds. By day, I was a Senior Escalation Engineer at Microsoft, working in the support world, helping solve complex problems, jumping into the hard cases, and…

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Reading the Writing on the Wall, Then Choosing the Exit

Posted on July 2, 2026July 1, 2026 By UPL Admin

In May of 2025, Brandi and I were in Fiji celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary. Twenty five years will make you think differently. It has a way of turning down the noise and turning up the truth. You start thinking less about titles and more about peace. Less about what…

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Stay Weird. It`s kind of a hipster vibe. Lots of new-age, white guys with man buns in Hawaiian shirts. J/K lots of middle aged white guys with their kids. Good times will be had by all... And Al. See what I did there 😎

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Stay Weird. It's kind of a hipster vibe. Lots of new-age, white guys with man buns in Hawaiian shirts. J/K lots of middle aged white guys with their kids. Good times will be had by all... And Al. See what I did there 😎

It`s a double rainbow 🌈 man

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It's a double rainbow 🌈 man

Kind of a daddy daughter day. She wanted to race go karts. Did a really good job of blocking a middle aged white guy for most of the 2nd race. He was ticked. Then we had to go help a friend out and redo a horrible Spectrum install. Good help is hard to find. The tech did a really, really bad job. Then saw a double rainbow and took Emme, Oliver, Brandi, and Emme`s friend Kinsley out to dinner. Make every day and every moment count. 😎

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Kind of a daddy daughter day. She wanted to race go karts. Did a really good job of blocking a middle aged white guy for most of the 2nd race. He was ticked. Then we had to go help a friend out and redo a horrible Spectrum install. Good help is hard to find. The tech did a really, really bad job. Then saw a double rainbow and took Emme, Oliver, Brandi, and Emme's friend Kinsley out to dinner. Make every day and every moment count. 😎

Had to make a quick trip to Arkansas to take the side-by-side and bring the rhino back to Texas. Time to get the rhino ready for the desert. The tire tread looked a little weird. Thank you Discount Tire for a quick repair. Emme was my co-pilot for this adventure. She`s now 13. Where did time go?

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Had to make a quick trip to Arkansas to take the side-by-side and bring the rhino back to Texas. Time to get the rhino ready for the desert. The tire tread looked a little weird. Thank you Discount Tire for a quick repair. Emme was my co-pilot for this adventure. She's now 13. Where did time go?

ex-Microsoft. There is life on the other side...

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ex-Microsoft. There is life on the other side...

Live your best life every day 😎

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Live your best life every day 😎

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This weekend was a quick trip to our place in Arkansas. I needed to replace some shingles on the roof. I burned my butt through the jeans. Brandi arranged it so I had enough time to replace the exhaust on my 996 on Monday night.

For some reason this trip she took lots of pictures of me. Weird.

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This weekend was a quick trip to our place in Arkansas. I needed to replace some shingles on the roof. I burned my butt through the jeans. Brandi arranged it so I had enough time to replace the exhaust on my 996 on Monday night. 

For some reason this trip she took lots of pictures of me. Weird.
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