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As some of you may know, one of my monitors blew up last Tuesday night (July 23, 2024). Since then, I’ve done about everything I can do to get a second monitor on this machine. It’s all failed. Let’s take a look at what I tried, why it failed, what I ended up doing, and why that almost failed.
What Happened to the Monitor?
I run two monitors, and I’ve run two monitors for 10 years. In 2020, I upgraded the whole system. I got a new workstation, versus a standard computer. It was refurbished, so perfectly affordable. And I bought 2 22” refurbished monitors. Prior to this, I was using 2 19” monitors. Now, one of these monitors has been jinky since the beginning. However, I have to keep working. I didn’t have time to send it back. Three and a half years later, that monitor was awfully red when I first started it in the morning. This went on for a couple weeks, so, I know it’s dying. But I’m going to get every bit of life out of that monitor.
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I am sick and fucking tired of signing up for accounts to do certain things, and those website are anywhere from 50 percent to 75 percent BROKEN. Take your fucking upgrades and features and shove them up your tail end without lube. I’m tired of it. It ends up wasting a whole lot of my time that I can’t bill for. That’s right. You wasted my time, and YOU want ME to PAY you for it. I don’t think so. If anything, I should be sending you a bill.
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This was bought by a financial institution at some point, and you can tell. It’s more broken than ever. A couple years ago, 98 percent of what you saw in your account worked. There were a couple hiccups that were annoying, but not overly so. Mostly, there were just templates you couldn’t use, and you were limited to X number of subscribers. That’s perfectly reasonable. Today, 75 percent of that website is broken.
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With the temperatures heating up, you may be ready to spend some time in your personal outdoor above ground or in-ground pool, and if you have one, you’re doing better than me. Writers can’t afford pools in their backyards, at least, we can’t afford houses with ready-to-go pools in our backyards. We might be able to afford a fixer-upper that needs a complete pool overhaul…. But anyway, I think we can all agree that lounging by the pool is a great way to relax and unwind and enjoy a book, like The Tiny Vampire From Outer Space That’s Bitey XIV: Vampire Vacation.
But Before You get in the Pool, Make Sure It’s Ready
If you live in a colder climate, like Indiana, you’re probably just now unwrapping your pool from the winter or at least, thinking about it. It’s still cold up here. It’s June 2, 2024, and the outside temperature is 68 degree. It’s cloudy and raining. Not a good day to go swimming up here, but it is a good day to start thinking about unwrapping your pool for the summer, cleaning it and getting it properly sanitized.
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Are you an author who likes a little background noise while you write? Background noise can be anything. It can be music, podcasts, random videos on Youtube, audiobooks or TV channels played by AMazin Fire TV or Roku or another device. I've tried both Amazon Fire TV and Roku, and I'll explain why I left Roku for Amazon TV after many years, and why it only took me four months to go back to the Roku to spite the fact that Roku has security issues and legal issues.
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(Disclaimer: It’s important to note that I am not a financial advisor or anyone in the financial sector. This information is provided as a suggestion on what to do if you’re finding yourself in a tough financial spot. It is not the be-all-end-all of suggestions. This is simply how I handle things when I find myself in dire financial straights. You may have a better way or you may develop a better way that better meets your needs.)
Oh, American Dream, where have you gone? The United States has gone from having the world’s largest middle class to having no middle class. Of course, according to the statistics, 50 percent of US households are considered middle class, according to PEW Research. That’s for 2021. I’m sure that has greatly changed in the last 2 to 3 years. However, in 2001, 54 percent of the US population was considered middle class. In 1971, a whopping 61 percent was middle class. However, those stats don’t account for the entire story. In 2024, it now takes a salary of 96,500 for an INDIVIDUAL to live comfortably. If you’re a family of four, you need to earn $300,000 per year. If you’re a couple, you need to earn a combined $235,000. The official definition of middle class is anyone earning between $30,000 and $90,000 per year, but if you notice, even $90,000 isn’t enough for a single person to live comfortably. Someone’s numbers are way off, and I tend to think it’s the guys calculating middle class. So, if you’re having trouble paying your bills, you can start to guess why. I mean, the average car payment today is between $600 and $800 a month. The average rent in the US is $1,372, but I know people who can’t find anything under $1,500 a month. My grocery bills as a single person are about $500 a month, and that doesn’t include any fancy foods, like you know, bread, milk and eggs. Forget about steak, ground beef or anything else in that category, but I digress. How do you pay your bills when you can’t pay your bills?
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