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Mike Lawton
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#dotnet & #powershell developer, runner, ex-pat Hoosier now living in the mountains of VA, supporter of #LFC ⚽️ #IUBB 🏀#USMNT ⚽️ #USWNT ⚽️

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Shocking discovery on the state of the Christmas lights. The prognosis is dim.
November 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Partly bright and sunny, but fully cold and with generous amounts of wind. “Brisk” doesn’t even begin to do it justice. Still, I am a freak and love this weather. It felt good to be out moving. #teamshorts of course.

Walked briefly twice to bring my HR down a […]

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November 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
My hip pain, what I’m pretty sure was bursitis, disappeared after several days of rest. 🙌 I waited another couple of days and felt pretty good about trying it out.

So, we begin again. Again.

Stopped at the halfway point to take a few pictures and let my HR […]

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November 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Somebody got cold feet in the checkout line…
November 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
👀 Defensive regression. If you review most of the goals this season, it usually isn’t that LFC don’t have enough people behind the ball. It’s that depth & injuries have been more undermining than expected. Little choice but to play those out of form or out of […]

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November 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Pleasant conditions out: sunny and windy, cool but not cold. So I ducked out of the office for an afternoon runabout on the greenway.

Followed it up with a walkabout while talking to my sister on the phone.

#Running
November 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Not exactly “racing” the darkness, but perhaps more “pursued” by way of anguished plodding.

They’re doing construction on the school track I like to run on after dark, so now I have to be more intentional about when and where I run. 🏃‍♂️ 🌙

#Running
November 15, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Restarting #Running, take 37 🎬

Busyness and niggling knee pain derailed me from my last efforts. Then inertia set in and everything becomes harder.

But, here we start anew. One foot in front of the other.
November 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Farcical.

“MaKiNg aN ObViOuS AcTiOn dIrEcTlY In fRoNt oF Of tHe gOaLkEePeR”

No angle exists to back the assertion that Robbo was directly in front of the goalkeeper. Quite the opposite, actually. Donnarumma is seen to be sighted the whole time. And the […]

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November 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I should add that the local hatred for the Salem RidgeYaks name is partially fueled by the hatred for the name of our minor league hockey team, the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs.

An attempt to pay tribute to the history of Roanoke as a railroad town, it wholly […]

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November 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Today was the big unveiling of the rebrand of our minor league baseball team. They are no longer the Salem Red Sox, despite remaining an affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.

We are to understand that rebranding is good and common for single A teams. Necessary, even […]

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November 9, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Paint still needs to dry fully, but job done ✅
November 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Brackets down and spackle (what a great word!) applied to the holes. You can see on the right where someone learned of the importance of drywall anchors.
November 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Tapestry is down. Brackets next…
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Today’s mission is to take down this ridiculous 4’ x 6’ tapestry, then patch and paint the repairs. Builders around here in the late 90s and early 00s seemingly put them in every foyer that had an open design. After two years in this house, it’s finally time to […]

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November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This is the "find out" part. Look at that blue shift almost everywhere.

#va #election2025 #ElectionDay
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
94.1% accuracy is definitely the exception to the rule for me, but the moves looked clear and obvious. I had wondered about whether patience against the pinned queen was accurate but reasoned it had to be.

Opponent allowing the pin on the queen was their […]

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November 4, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Planted a handful of tulips and a bunch of daffodils on a gorgeous fall day. Took a minute afterwards to stretch my back by lying down on the driveway, the kneeling pad for a pillow, and to admire the bright blue sky.

Be still for a few minutes. It’s surprisingly rewarding.
November 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
One could make an argument that #LFC is looking to shed distractions in order to right the ship. The Carabao Cup is perhaps one such distraction. This starting lineup and bench selection is not the strongest.

But it will be great to see Woodman, Ramsay […]

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October 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This marketing image for a garage door keypad's tech support is perfect in its soulless vapidity. Yes, it lacks any sort of subtlety in the ludicrously homogenous selection of people. 😠

However, my initial gut reaction was a fascination w/ reconciling the man […]

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October 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The [not pictured] sign said, “females generally prefer partners with a larger snood”.

If true, this might be peak turkey attractiveness. His snood entirely covers his beak.

#turkey
October 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
October 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
It will remain ever a mystery because that's right out.
October 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The boy is home this weekend for fall break. ❤️

Took him to vote, then picked up his sister from school and got their flu shot and COVID boosters done.

#Vote #COVID
October 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
October 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM