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how did they miss it?

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Jim Dalling
Apr 21, 2024
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I have always sucked at baseball.

They throw the ball and I’m supposed to smack it out of the air?

Naw, I don’t think so.

You alway get a couple of swings of the bat before you get to go and sit down and watch the game again.

Yesterday, I took a swing at getting an idea into the world about wild wiring. I got distracted by the fun in front of me. I ‘missed the ball’.

Yesterday’s post was an example of wild wiring and how it works.

Yesterday’ post was an example of how everything takes me longer due to distraction.

I wanted to tell a story that took place when I was younger. I attempted to ‘set the scene’ but then got hung up on the number seven and the year seventy seven.

In any moment, on any project, that’s how my brain works. I could be going in one direction for a bit, but then some sort of amusement - like jokes about the number seven comes up. When that happens, the original plan gets forgotten. On to the next thing.

This is a clue, a hint.

This is for you if you’re curious and suspect…

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