Saturday, September 30th, and my walk through a few of last year's posts has ended. The new format will hit the digital newsstand, and year 2 will begin tomorrow. The final repost was written in the middle of cancer flare-ups and funerals. From this time, I remember the power of refusing to make an excuse and getting through the work no matter what. Enjoy the post, be good to each other, and tomorrow is always a new day.

Below is the copy of the original post, enjoy!

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The week was a battle, stories about living eulogies and near-death experiences were not typical of current events, inspirational stories, and highlights we typically shout out.  We are a young newsletter continuing to find our path, and life hit us this week.  The newsletter took on more importance to the writers, which helped with understanding the personalities that go with the stories.  Today we start moving back to the stories, the highlights, and the music.  Similar to the quote at the end of the newsletter, create something as long as you are here and able.

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Axios co-founder and CEO Jim VandeHei have a pleasant article about the other side of headline rage called Normal America, where most of us are from and live today.  It has some data that shows we live in a progressive society, and most of us care about each other and not about negative headlines and culture on whatever side we lean toward.  Here is a quote from the article that says what we think a lot of us know:

“New Gallup polling suggests they're hardly alone in feeling estranged.  It turns out that 49% now call themselves independents — the same amount as self-described Republicans and Democrats combined.

The rest of the article discusses how the media blows up, what the machines are trying to create, and why it matters.  It ends with suggestions on how to slow your contribution to the devices and, in typical Axios fashion, says it quickly and precisely. 

People are reasonable; we are normal.

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Wired Mag writes a good article on Streaming Services and what you must consider if you think of cutting the cord.  The article goes through all the well-known services; Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, HULU, Disney+, and HBO Max, which recently became Max.  All the top streaming platforms are releasing original movies and shows, and if taken as a single provider makes perfect sense.  Over time free services have become paid services, and what you had ten years ago is a fraction of what the benefits look like now.

A decade ago, I had an Amazon Prime account for shipping purposes; I wasn't even aware they had TV, Netflix was still delivering DVDs to my house, and we probably still used Blockbuster.  Pandora was the primary music streaming service, and I had an XM satellite radio account.  This was on top of cable TV, and the new streaming services were more of an accent to radio and cable TV.  We got rid of cable years ago, and we now have a lot more choice in the content we pay for and can see and hear that content on multiple devices, but you would need a forensic accountant to figure out how much we now pay for:

And others I'm sure I've already forgotten that we subscribe to.  Wired walks you through each service and other services we have not seen before.  One of these days, we will run an article that will likely tell us we spend more on the benefits than we did when we had cable. 

I don’t know why - but I love you.

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Thank you for spending a few minutes with us. Here’s one for the road!

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