In follow up news to duplicate charges:

Hi,

Good news, we just had another recurring payment charge and it only went through once so I think that is fixed!

Thanks

CLIENT

All’s well that ends well.

#hurray

Audio (MP3): 20180614 - Share the road with bikes?

How about they go the speed limit? Or obey the traffic signals? Or decide if they’re going to be on the street or the sidewalk?

I ride my bike as much as anybody. Okay, that’s not true. I have a bike in my garage and I’ve only ridden a few times this year.

But I’ve seen the guy at Sammy’s Bikes race around town, blow through stop signs, make wild ass turns without warning, weave around cars, all like he’s in a race to win the World Cup.

When I do ride my bike if I’m on the sidewalk then I act like a pedestrian. And if I’m on the street I act like a car. I stop at stop signs even if nobody’s around.

I do my best to follow the laws in either case. Because I believe in the greater good.

Yes, I still protest in my garage but I’m not a big fan of anarchy in the streets. I’m much more interested in communal well-being than getting my rocks off on my 10 speed.

#bikes #socialproblems #diariespodcast

I decided not to continue with the book format and went back to the magazine style. The former just cost way too much and my plans for Amazon domination didn’t pan out. I had intended to sell it on their website but it turned into such a headache with their print/bleed/gutter guidelines demands that I simply gave up. I print how I want.

Whatever though, it’s still packed with 64 pages of diary goodness, including the 2016 Flashback dream I had about Styx guitarist, Tommy Shaw. 😊

#photos #diariesmagazine #forsale

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I don’t know how many times I heard my mom say “that’s enough water!“ growing up but it was a lot. I hear her voice in my head every time I’m filling up the pitcher to water my plants, or when Maggie’s running her bath, or even when I’m getting a lone ice cube on a warm summer’s night.

💧✋🏼 #thestruggleisreal

Dinners like this are why I’ve gained 87 pounds these past seven days.

PS- that’s a regular dinner plate.

#photos #cake

Peeps, here’s your it-doesnt-really-mean-that-im-into-you jam for Wednesday.

I normally don’t like videos with talking but this one will do since I took gold in Wimbledon tennis back in 99. 🎾🏆

Also, if I had hair I’d wear an athletic headband in the summer. 👍

#musicvideos

Audio (MP3): 20180613 - I fucked this up

I set up an auto-renew feature on a client’s website not long ago so members could check a box and have their member account renewed each year. It’s a win-win for the client and the member since neither would need to do anything. The client would collect their membership dues and the member would have uninterrupted access to the site. Hurray!

However. When the first member selected the option their credit card was charged twice. And then of course it happened to the second member.

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I’m eating a donut with steel blue stripes. Will the wonders never cease?

#photos #donuts

Audio (MP3): 20180612 - It forever influences the present

I was talking with one of my friends several months ago and I brought up something that sounded an alarm in her. What I’d just touched on triggered an unhappiness almost like ripping someone’s blanket off on a chilly night when they’re sound asleep.

I don’t know who first used the blanket analogy but I love it so much that it works its way into the things I write.

But anyways, you fuck people up and you won’t be able to take that shit back.

It’s unfortunate that I can’t be my best self with certain people because of the torrid history between us. Even though I can forgive people, there can be so much damage in the past that it forever influences the present. And then also, the future will be permanently stained.

Okay, maybe that’s not entirely true, that relationships can “never recover” but both people really have to want it. They have to fill the present with astounding moments and create a backlog that more than rivals the historical damage of the past.

What I’ve seen, more often than not, is that people can never get there. At least not both of them.

And sometimes it seems like you just run out of time.

#relationships #photos #HeavyMachina #diariespodcast

I was reading through my FB birthday wishes this morning and below are my absolute favorites:

I hope your day was filled with clear streets Tastee Donuts and quiet people.
—Mike P.

Hope this is an amazing year as you become more and more remarkable.
—John S.

Happy Birthday, I thank you for all your words and thoughts, they inspire me to keep true!
—Kim B.

‎Happy birthday Travis! Hope you have a wonderful chipmunk and puke-free day! 💖😚💖
—Carol M.

Happy Birthday, Travis! I hope your day is as awesome as you are!!!
—Linda F.

‎Happy Birthday Travis! May your work day be short and your donuts be plentiful.
—Heather M.

I’m truly blessed to have such great people in my life.

#gratitude