A Sense of Doubt blog post #2714 - THE RETURN - End of Blog Vacation #2 - 2022 - COMPILATION of all posts

A Sense of Doubt blog post #2714 - THE RETURN - End of Blog Vacation #2 - 2022 - COMPILATION of all posts

I have postponed the end of this blog vacation at least three times.

Originally, it was only going to be about a month, then two months, then 100-ish days, and I don't remember how many other times I re-scheduled it.

While Dad was here, I realized I would need some time after he leaves to get caught up on the blog, on work, and on life tasks that were neglected or on which I fell behind during that "real" vacation in which I did little to no work.

This blog vacation was never meant to least 150 days, which is FIVE MONTHS.

That's nearly half of the year.

But this is an odd year. I moved to a new house. I am not reading prose books so much with my eyes (as opposed to audio since I am doing that) but instead working through the stacks and stacks of graphic novels. I applied for a full time job where I work and did not get it, and yet, I work more than full time for my jobs combined (I teach at two schools). 

And so, this "blog vacation" went on much longer than I planned.

Working with the rotation of a SHARE, THAT ONE THING, and a REPRINT for five months makes me think that this blog vacation is now the new normal. Though I will not exclusively follow that pattern now that I am free of the "vacation," I will fall back on it when I am busy and continue to space out the original and/or ambitious posts. The blog was always meant to be easy. Quick to make, simple posts that are easy for readers to digest. But that's not always my way. I always try to do too much.

Also, the blog vacation was meant to be focused on simple posts so when I take the time, in the limited free time, I set a week or more of posts ahead. That never really happened this time, though I have managed it before.

The work ahead is always my goal.

So, here we are. I return from the "blog vacation."

When I think of "returns," I always think of the iconic 1970s TV show Welcome Back Kotter: Your dreams were your ticket out.

Thanks for tuning in.

WELCOME BACK KOTTER INTRO-OUTRO



THE COLLECTED BLOG VACATION #2 from February 23 2022 to July 24, 2022


Wednesday, February 23, 2022

0 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2563 - ANNOUNCING BLOG VACATION II 2022

1 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2564 - Bizarro Report Card - THAT ONE THING

2 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2565 - SNOW DAY! Reprint of SoD #233 from February 25th, 2016

3 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2566 - Digital vs Analogue and an expensive photo via Warren Ellis

4 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2567 - Boltzman - Bad Space Comic - THAT ONE THING - Comic Book Sunday for 2202.27

5 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2568 - Musical Monday REPRINT for 2202.28 - Fergie and the National Anthem from 2018

6 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2569 - A Scottish Winter by Katie West

7 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2570 - WAR IS HELL - THAT ONE THING

8 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2571 - T-SHIRT REPRINT #347 from March Third, 2014 - Unknown Superhero

9 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2572 - Baseball's Lockout - Don't Get Screwed

10 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2573 - Me teaching - 1701.17 - WMU Computer Club T-shirt - THAT ONE THING

11 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2574 - The Ministry of Space - THAT ONE THING

12 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2575 - REPRINT - Musical Monday from 2018 - "It becomes part of you"

13 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2576 - Author Buys Site to Troll Greg Abbott

14 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2577 - Alienist Magazine - THAT ONE THING

15 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2578 - REPRINT SoD - HEY MOM#612 - Pistons game with Dad

16 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2579 - A Rubric for Students' Negative RateMyProfessors Reviews

17 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2580 - Moving Day - THAT ONE THING

18 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2581 - Future Quest - 2016 Reprint for Comic Book Sunday 2203.13

19 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2582 - Study Music - Musical Monday 2016 Reprint for 2203.14

20 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2583 - Year-Around Daylight Savings Time? Almost There...

21 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2584 - Misinformation Grenade - THAT ONE THING for 2203.16

22 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2585 - REPRINT: from March 17 2019: Captive State: Must-see movie!

23 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2586 - Fox News and Tucker Carlson Pro-Putin Propaganda

24 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2587 - The GhastlyGun Tinies - from Mad Magazine

25 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2587 - REPRINT FOR COMIC BOOK SUNDAY 2203.20 - HOUSE OF MYSTERY and HOUSE OF SECRETS GALLERY

26 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2589 - "Tower of Song" Musical Monday Reprint from 2018 for 2203.21

27 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2590 - To Do vs To Be and other cool VIDEOS - TEDX

28 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2591 - It's Turtles All The Way Down - THAT ONE THING for 2203.23

29 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2592 - HEY MOM REPRINT FROM 2016 - Revival, the comic

30 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2593 - Persepolis dropped from Pennsylvania English curriculum

31 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2594 - LOST KALAMAZOO: Tur Mai Kai; THAT ONE THING for 2203.26 

32 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2595 - DEADMAN - T-Shirt #43 reprint for Comic Book Sunday for 2203.26

33 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2596 - Musical Monday Reprint #1973 from July 13, 2020

34 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2597 - Corporate BS over Work-from-home

35 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2598 - This is what THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS gets you - 150 body bags and counting... THAT ONE THING for 2203.30

36 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2599 - 2017 HEY MOM Reprint - Studying Calculus

37 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2600 - Super-Recognizers of Faces

38 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2601 - Science Fiction Does Not Try to Predict the Future... THAT ONE THING for 2204.02

39 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2602 - Gil Kane - the Greatest comic artist? - COMIC BOOK SUNDAY REPRINT for 2204.03

40 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2603 - "Geek Love" - reprint of #1756 from 2019 for Musical Monday for 2204.04

41 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2604 - Curry 7 - International Women's Day sneakers

42 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2605 - This is how this quarter feels - SPRING QUARTER - College - THAT ONE THING for 2204.06

43 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2606 - Reprint of SoD #1160 from 2019 - First Haircut - for 2204.07

44 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2607 - TIGERS OPENING DAY - Share and Reprint from 2016 & 2019 - Welcome Back Baseball!

45 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2608 - JACKSON POLLOCK Number 31 1950 MOMA and CHROME plug in - THAT ONE THING

46 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2609 - Magic Systems and World Building

47 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2610 - Pink Floyd's First Single in 28 Years: FOR UKRAINE: Musical Monday for 2204.11

48 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2611 - I No Longer Grade My Students' Work, and I Wish I had Stopped Sooner - from THE CONVERSATION

49 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2612 - Hole by Ben Tolman and other images for Community Conversations - THAT ONE THING for 2204.13

50 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2613 - "Sense of Doubt" - REPRINT of Daily Bowie #30 for 2204.14

51 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2614 - Cade Cunningham for NBA 2022 Rookie of the Year

52 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2615 - Song Repeat - THAT ONE THING - and 16 other things that start with S for 2204.16

53 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2616 - Marvel Continues to Cheat Creators out of Money from MCU

54 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2617 - Musical Monday for 2204.18 - REPRINT of Everything that Makes you Wonder from 1807.02

... I make a numbering error here and have two Blog Vacation #54s, and I am NOT re-numbering everything after this point!

54 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2618 - Kohki Yamaguchi - THAT ONE THING for 2204.19

55 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2619 - Discipline equals freedom

56 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2620 - "You just see clouds..." - THAT ONE THING for 2204.21

57 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2621 - Theda Bara - "Arab Death"

58 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2622 - HEY MOM REPRINT - from 4-23-20 - THE CROSSROADS - WEEKLY HODGE PODGE

59 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2623 - Teen Titans no. 22 - August 1969 - THAT ONE THING

60 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2624 - I've Been Trying to Tell You by Saint Etienne - Musical Monday 2204.25

61 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2625 - HEY MOM REPRINT of #294 - Java studies - 2016

62 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2626 - GO EXPLORING: Keep Asking Why: THAT ONE THING for 2204.27

63 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2627 - Does Grammar Matter - Prescriptivists vs. Descriptivists

64 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2628 - T-shirt Reprint #39 - from 2013 - for BV#64 - 2204.29

65 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2629 - WE WILL NOT LET HATE WIN - Senator Mallory McMorrow Speech - Michigan Democrat - Most Viral Speech of the Year

66 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2630 - Neal Adams RIP

67 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2631 - Gary Numan Telekon: THAT ONE THING: Musical Monday for 2205.02

68 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2632 - “This Was Not a Surprise”: How the Pro-Choice Movement Lost the Battle for Roe

69 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2633 - HAPPY STAR WARS DAY!

70 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2634 - Abortion has Always Been Part of America

71 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2635 - A Better World is Possible - THAT ONE THING for May Six, 2022

72 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2636 - George Pérez RIP and 2500 Days

73 - Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #1236 (SoD #2367) - I Wish My Mom Was Here - Mother's Day 2022

74 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2638 - "Over the Border" by Saint Etienne - THAT ONE THING for Monday May Ninth 2022

75 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2639 - The Myth of Plastics Recycling

76 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2640 - More George Pérez reprints and art work - RIP - for 2205.11

77 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2641 - Nekro: THAT ONE THING for 2205.12

78 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2642 - Sigur Rós - Valtari Film Experiment

79 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2643 - REPRINT: Sigur Rós T-Shirt from 2013

80 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2644 - Neal, George, Joe, and Me: Comic Book Sunday 2205.15

81 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2645 - Sigur Rós Setlist at Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA from 2205.13

82 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2646 - Gunman Livestreams Killing of 10 On Twitch and STOKED by Tucker Carlson

83 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2647 - Don't Be a Sucker for Tucker: THAT ONE THING for 2205.18

84 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2648 - Alan Moore and Creator Rights

85 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2649 - REPRINT: Wonder Woman and Reading Graphic Novels

86 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2650 - Racism is so American that... THAT ONE THING for 2205.21

87 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2651 - Vangelis RIP

88 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2652 - REPRINT - Hey Mom #313 - Another Green World by Brian Eno a book by Geeta Dayal - Musical Monday for 2205.23

89 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2653 - Vintage Obscura Radio - THAT ONE THING for 2205.24

90 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2654 - Is it Hateful to Believe in Hell?

91 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2655 - MOONAGE DAYDREAM - new film about DAVID BOWIE

92 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2656 - Entire U.S. Police Force Flees Country After Hearing Gunman Inside Nation

93 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2657 - How many people need to be shot dead before we pry that gun out of your cold, dead hands?

94 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2658 - Women in Comics - SoD reprint from 2020 for COMIC BOOK SUNDAY May 29, 2022

95 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2659 - THAT ONE THING FOR MEMORIAL DAY 2022 and Musical Monday for 2205.30

96 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2660 - Words on Music: Saint Etienne on The Joys of Pop

97 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2661 - Hey Mom Reprint of #695 from 2017 - I Hate the Phone! Die Phone Die!

98 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2662 - Racist Star Wars Fans are not STAR WARS FANS: THAT ONE THING for 2206.02

99 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2663 - Why All Men Should be Feminists (according to a male feminist)

100 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2664 - REPRINT for June 4th - from 2020 - Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #1200 (SoD #1934) - BLACKOUT: EIGHT minutes and FORTY-SIX seconds

101 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2665 - Obstacles and images in ABCs - THAT ONE THING for 2206.05

102 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2666 - "Peyote Healing" - Robbie Robertson and the Red Road Ensemble - Musical Monday for 2206.06

103 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2667 - Polemical Judo - chapter three - Were the 1950s so great?

104 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2668 - "Even an Android Can Cry" THE VISION - THAT ONE THING for 2206.08

105 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2669 - How Coffee Works and Things That Start with H - THAT ONE THING for 2206.09

106 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2670 - The Case for Hogwart's Grading System

107 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2671 - Please Respect Mia Khalifa's Rebrand

108 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2672 - Hurt Feelings and Lost Opportunities: An oral history of the original, doomed JLA+AVENGERS crossover parts 1-2

109 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2673 - Julee Cruise - 1956-2022 - Musical Monday for 2206.13

110 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2674 - PUPPY REPRINT from 2018 #992 - National Puppy Day Blog 2018 - Two Dog Trips

111 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2675 - Has Google's AI come to Life?

112 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2676 - GO DUBS!!!! Golden State Warriors can clinch tonight!

113 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2677 - GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS WIN FOURTH NBA CHAMPIONSHIP in Eight Years!

114 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2678 - LCC Graduation 2022

115 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2679 - Five Wolves in Comics and Assorted for 2206.19 - THAT ONE THING on Father's Day and Juneteenth

116 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2680 - Toni Morrison on Freedom and Pharrell - Music Monday for Juneteenth 2022

117 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2681 - Happy Father's Day 2022

118 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2682 - Mistakes Make You Humble - THAT ONE THING for Wednesday June 22, 2022

119 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2683 - Wall of Fire in Space?

120 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2684 - Bitch Media (and Magazine) Closes up Shop

121 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2685 - Marvel Heroes by Alex Ross and other new COMIC BOOK stuff - THAT ONE THING plus for 2206.25

122 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2686 - Dad arrives!! Happy Birthday Big Guy!!

123 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2687 - Dad's Visit 2022: Gordon House FLW House as a birthday treat

124 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2688 - Mt. St. Helens and Coldwater Lake with Dad

125 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2689 - Showing Dad Around where I work: LCC

126 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2690 - OHSU and Double Dragon with Dad in Portland

127 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2691 - DAY OF REST: Dad and I eat at McMenamins Kalama Harbor Lodge

128 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2692 - Mu Ra Ta With Dad then Visiting Family

129 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2693 - OMSI with Dad - Leonardo da Vinci

130 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2694 - Portland Art Museum and Salty's with Dad

131 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2695 - Dad's Last Day: The Columbia River Gorge and Portland - July Fourth, 2022

132 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2696 - A Letter to Toni Morrison

133 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2697 - What is CYBERPUNK?

134 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2698- The Art of Being Yourself

135 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2699 - Rey and Skywalker and Boring?

136 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2700 - Great Transmetropolitan Re-Read - COMIC BOOK SUNDAY FOR 2207.10

137 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2701 - Tycho - Musical Monday for July 11, 2022

138 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2702 - Finding Me: Towards Self-Actualization in Writing - SF

139 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2703 - Knowledge is Carnage: Olivie Blake and The Atlas Six

140 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2704 - What makes workers thrive? Shorter work weeks; less collaboration

141 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2705 - Good For The Soul - THAT ONE THING FOR 2207.15

142 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2706 - The Making of TV's best show: Battlestar Galactica

143 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2707 - Happy Birthday Satchel - Ten Years Young!

144 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2708 - Blondie's "Call Me" via POMPLAMOOSE! Musical Monday for 2207.18

145 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2709 - A Reprint of a Reprint: SATCHEL DOES CHICKENS

146 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2710 - Humans Have Always Been Wrong About Humans

147 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2711 - Action Comics #001 SPOOF: THAT ONE THING for 2207.21

148 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2712 - Reprint of July 22, 2015 and HEY MOM #17 - Memorial Service Part Six

149 - A Sense of Doubt blog post #2713 - Musicians Perform Brian Eno’s Ambient Album Music for Airports in an Airport

150 - This post, today's post -- THE RETURN. Blog Vacation II over.

Blog Vacation Two 2022 - Vacation II Post #150

I took a "Blog Vacation" in 2021 from August 31st to October 14th. I did not stop posting daily; I just put the blog in a low power rotation and mostly kept it off social media. Like that vacation, for this second blog vacation now in 2022, I am alternating between reprints, shares with little to no commentary, and THAT ONE THING, which is an image from the folder with a few thoughts scribbled along with it. I am alternating these three modes as long as the vacation lasts (not sure how long), pre-publishing the posts, and not always pushing them to social media.

Here's the collected Blog Vacation I from 2021:

Saturday, October 16, 2021

A Sense of Doubt blog post #2433 - BLOG VACATION 2021 COLLECTED

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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2207.24 - 10:10

- Days ago = 2578 days ago

- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.