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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-03T11:35:28.000Z",
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  "textContent": "This is 2026. Those who are familiar with me here, if they haven't died already, may recall interactions with me going back to 2005. THAT'S 21 FREAKING YEARS!\n\nYou may recall more recently from \"Social\" -> \"Relationships\" or \"Health and Fitness\" that I lost half my family -- my youngest brother (RIP 66) in 2022 and my Moms (RIP 98.5) in October 2023. We had all lived under this roof for more than 20 years, or rather my brother returned to us in 2010. I'm still getting over the loss. I have now approached completion of the task to clean up their respective bedrooms and preparing those rooms for use. I'm vacuuming! I'm ready to steam-clean the carpets with our old Hoover Steam Vac!\n\nI built one \"new\" computer after Bro died using dated but brand-new parts first available by 2017 -- NOT Win 11 \"eligible\", but close to it and we're beyond that now. How I acquired those parts dates back to 2021 when my daily driver \"died\" for having put a cannabis vaping pen into the USB port to...\n\nRead more",
  "title": "Discoveries of an Aging Computer-Tech Veteran -- on my Dining-Room Table . . ."
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