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Weekly Update 10/10/26 – 10/16/26 (My Mother's 85th Birthday, Frontotemporal Dementia, Remembering Mom)

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This week's Weekly Update is a personal one. My mother passed away on October 15, 2026, her 85th birthday, following a long struggle with frontotemporal dementia (FTD). I reflect on her final days, the unusual coincidence of her passing on her birthday, and the challenges of dealing with grief while continuing with everyday life. The sky was clear, the air was cool, and the sun would not rise for another hour and a half. It was 5:30 a.m. on October 15, 2026, my mother's 85th birthday, in Ventura, California.
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Weekly Update 10/03/26 – 10/09/26 (The Phantom of the Opera at 40, Zoom Meetings & Life's Challenges)

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This week's Weekly Update covers a difficult week for my family, delays at work, progress on the office remodel, an observation about eye contact during Zoom meetings, and some personal reflections on the 40th anniversary of The Phantom of the Opera .
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Weekly Update 09/26/26 – 10/02/26 (New Office Floor, Starship Flight 14, Passive Income)

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This week's Weekly Update covers progress on my new office floor and woodwork, watching Starship Flight 14, dealing with a leaking washing machine, and discovering just how much passive income I am getting each month.
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Weekly Update 09/19/26 – 09/25/26 (New Office Floor, Time Perception, Fall)

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This week's Weekly Update covers preparing to install the new floor in my office, why time seems to pass faster as we get older, the slow arrival of fall, problems getting back to my morning walks, and deciding to repair an aging washing machine.
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Weekly Update 09/12/26 – 09/18/26 (Irvine Business Trip, John Wayne Airport, Travel Pet Peeves)

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This week's Weekly Update covers my business trip to Irvine, California, including a visit to the company's headquarters, some travel frustrations at John Wayne Airport, and the new office flooring waiting for me when I returned home.
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This week's Weekly Update is a short one as I get ready to leave on a business trip. Things at work are going well, but with September 11 marking 25 years since the attacks, I've also been thinking back to that morning and what I remember seeing, thinking, and worrying about as the events unfolded.
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Weekly Update 08/29/26 – 09/04/26 (Turning 65, The Missing September 3, and an 11-Minute Mile)

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This week's Weekly Update comes a day early as I turn 65, look back at the year when September 3 disappeared from the calendar, remember an unexpected visit from the FBI involving my father's fingerprints, and set myself a new goal of getting back to an 11-minute mile. I'm getting it out early so I can spend the three-day weekend working on my office remodel.
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