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Adidas® Small Gym Bag

A small gym bag and pillow cases were purchased at Ross® this morning for $20 with the senior citizen discount. The old gym bag was probably acquired over 15 years ago, and it remains in service. The new gym bag has been stuffed into the small storage suitcase for the time being.

Some acquisitions are being made now after years of “pinching pennies” and accomplishing simple tasks the hard way. This, by no means, is any kind of spending spree. Shopping is still considered a detestable activity, and consumerism is religiously avoided.

Many more Web sites, which piqued daily interest, have been removed from active perusal. Essentially, the repertoire has been reduced to news sites (listed in Notes) outside the collective “West,” and a few technology sites. Music and video streaming are prohibited. And, absolutely no social media is perused.

The iPhone 14 Pro has no third-party “apps” installed. Only two Safari extensions are installed to block advertisements, tracking scripts, and “nag” scripts. The iPhone has 256 GB of storage and there’s nothing else but iOS in it. Yeah, that’s insane.

So far, there have been no new occurrence of log-in blocks. Notes no longer delineates any controversial topics, so censorship is not required. The search for an alternative home for what is now called “Notes” has been terminated. Moving to social media is not acceptable. And, the reason is plainly obvious.

The construct of Notes is clearly not of a “social” nature. The third-party viewpoint is not conducive to any kind of human “relationship.” Rather, the tone is more machine-like. That’s the reason why so few readers visit the Notes habitat. It’s boring.

The crazy idea of converting to photographs as a means of conveying a “story” could have made the Notes progeny more “social.” That is totally unacceptable. Notes must remain detached, unemotional, and rote.

On a side note, the recent discovery of being in the “Baby Boomer” subgroup “Generation Jones” (read: “GenJones”) is quite interesting. “GenJones” is actually more like “Generation X” (read: “GenX”). Perhaps that’s obvious when perusing Notes.