Jimmie Lightner

Technology, Truth, and Common Sense

Category: Health

  • Uh-what-the-fuck

    https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/08/05/uh-im-pretty-sure-people-would-know I… don’t know what the fuck I just read. But I nearly spat coffee all over my screen. 🤣

  • Chuck

    Last night, Chuck, my next door neighbor passed away unexpectedly. He wasn’t even 70. When I first heard, I noticed I felt mostly unaffected. Almost as if floating out of body, looking at myself, seeing the “well, shit” reaction crossing my own face. I guess that’s why it’s called shock. He had just been out…

  • A new season

    If I have wronged you. If I have hurt you. If I have put out negativity toward you. I am sorry. It’s not something I’ve done intentionally. I truly hope we can take a deep breath and let it go. If you have wronged me. If you’ve hurt me. If you’ve put some kind of…

  • The Divide

    A sense of guilt washes over me, again. I watch as you sleep, restlessly. Your ears and whiskers twitch as you dream, someplace beyond this cruel reality I’m trapped within. I feel foolish. I’ve secretly held my hopes high, but the truth of things comes ever more steadily into focus, crushing the dream I’ve managed…

  • An offering

    I’m scared. I sit here swallowing my own heart. I’ve tried to tread every step with a planned and careful thoughtfulness, to base every agonizing decision out of love, and attempt to anticipate the outcome. The possibilities and uncertainty are tearing me to pieces. Nico is my heart. He isn’t a pet, he is my…

  • New Bike Day! 🚲

    While we were in Germany earlier this month, my friend (and coworker) John talked me into buying a new bike. John’s a badass… no shit, like the kind that competes in triathlons, Iron Man challenges, etc. So when he said “buy this bike” I bought the bike he said to get. 🤣 Parts of the…