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Adventures in moving says it all and yes it certainly was. I had made a reservation locally in Natick for a 17′ truck a month in advance and the day before the big move my pickup location changes from Natick to Marlboro about 12 miles west. This would be good,  but I moved my car already. I call complain and then Joyce fixes it. She sends me to “see a guy in Millis”. The Millis store is strait out of central casting and the office is one Bob Odenkirk away from being a better call Saul office space. The guy is cursing and complaining to me that his computer system crashed. He also said U-haul referred to me as the “irate customer” and he had contemplated calling 911 before my arrival.  Anyway I finally get the truck,  fill it and then parking brake wont disengage. I crawl under dash find manual release and the spring load brake almost takes my head off. I am not shitting you. Although I may have soiled myself during all that.

We are then on the road,  but the truck thinks the parking brake is still on and beeps all the way from Natick to Salem, MA. I can still hear the noise now as a matter of fact. 

I said 10 years ago I would never move myself again and this time I mean it. U-haul has still not figured out customer service or scheduling and since that is all they do really, always assume all is not going according to plan no matter how much they insist it might be.

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life:

Happy Birthday to the legendary John Glenn who turns 95 today. No person alive has been more closely associated, for so long, with America’s triumphs in the early days of the Space Race than John Glenn, and few Americans in history have served their country in as many high-profile and varied roles: First American to orbit the earth; decorated Marine Corps veteran (in both WWII and Korea); novice, eager politician; seasoned, savvy, multi-term United States senator; space shuttle crew member—across seven decades, Glenn has lived much of his personal and professional life in the public eye. See and read more on LIFE.com. (Ralph Morse—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #LIFElegends #NASA #JohnGlenn

Happy Birthday John Glenn! 

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We as a species need to start actively doing better before things get further out of hand. I am increasingly concerned about the future we are handing to our children. Everyday somebody is dying either in the name of god, or because it is believed that their lives do not matter. “All lives matter” . 

I think we need an alien invasion! Yes I said it. Think about it, this would totally shift the focus from us hating on one another on this planet and shifting the focus on humanity as a whole. Suddenly it would be all of us vs. the aliens. Perhaps aliens with more intelligence will visit and show us the error of our ways, nothing else is working.