{"id":14529,"date":"2021-01-15T09:57:25","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T16:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/?p=14529"},"modified":"2021-01-15T15:02:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T22:02:56","slug":"jan-15-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2021\/01\/15\/jan-15-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan 15 Breathe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive &#8211; to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marcus Aurelius<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Morning again.<\/p>\n<p>I saw something disturbing on a tv series last night. A woman was describing symptoms of ALS. I recognized way too many of those symptoms.\u00a0 It doesn&#8217;t matter until I can&#8217;t breathe any more then I die. The symptoms could be MS, or it could be spinal injury at my neck causing the same symptoms. I hope for that one, so I can keep going.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/wp-1610729491727-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14527\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2021\/01\/15\/jan-15-2\/wp-1610729491727\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/wp-1610729491727-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1152\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-A515F&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1610704090&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;1.74&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0071428571428571&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-A515F&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1610704082&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0065789473684211&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wp-1610729483670.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/wp-1610729483670-300x135.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/wp-1610729483670-1024x461.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14526 size-full\" style=\"border: 6px solid #000000;\" src=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/wp-1610729483670-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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data-permalink=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2021\/01\/15\/jan-15-2\/wp-1610747358054\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/wp-1610747358054-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1152\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-A515F&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1610717979&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00039904229848364&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wp-1610747358054.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/wp-1610747358054-300x135.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/wp-1610747358054-1024x461.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14538 size-full\" style=\"border: 6px solid #000000;\" src=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/wp-1610747358054-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/wp-1610747358054-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/wp-1610747358054-300x135.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/wp-1610747358054-1024x461.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/wp-1610747358054-768x346.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/wp-1610747358054-1536x691.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/wp-1610747358054-2048x922.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Did my chores chopped wood, did litter boxes, fed the birds, fed the generator, pumped water in as many containers as I could before the cold gets here in three days. There is already ice in my water tank. While I was there I also drained the hoses, took out the water pump to protect it and moved all the water I transferred, into a warmer room. There are still about 80 gallons left in the tank.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever is happening outside, polar vortex or not my life is getting harder. I had a hard time breathing out there while I was chopping wood.<\/p>\n<p>Now onto video games while my solar batteries are being charged by the generator.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/wp-1610747358167-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14539\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2021\/01\/15\/jan-15-2\/wp-1610747358167\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/wp-1610747358167-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1152\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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Marcus Aurelius Morning again. I saw something disturbing on a tv series last night. A woman was describing symptoms of ALS. 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