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1. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Monday, 19-Apr-2021 03:45:53 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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   Had a conversation with #Daddy_A over #Wire ... basically a text chat ... about the areas he’d driving through. Some large-ish cities in Great Lakes states. The way that much of what is visible from the highway are just skeletons of industry that is long gone. The importance of getting to the #hotel early, before dark, and not leaving anything in the car.
   
   In all of this, I’m hearing a thoughtful, contemplative person who has finally found his voice. He’s using words longer than five letters long, spelled correctly, with proper punctuation and discussing concepts that I’m only aware of because of some of the courses I took in college.
   
   (I guess some of those discussions about what I was studying sunk in. I did not know he was paying attention.)
   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Monday, 19-Apr-2021 03:58:51 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     I’m trying to say that the person I always suspected was inside is finally starting to show. I’m very proud of my half son right now.
     
     He was the one who thought he wasn’t as good, as loved, or as smart as the others. He wouldn’t speak up, wouldn’t stand up for himself, wouldn’t draw attention to anything he did.
     
     But he’s the one that decided to make a “hackintosh” ... and did so. He’s the one that decided to jailbreak an iPhone ... and did so. He’s the one that decided to root an Android phone ... and did so. I always knew he had it in him, but he just lacked the self-confidence.
     
     I think he has started to get that confidence, now that he’s in his thirties.