The Beginning At Last

Author: Kevin

  • 30-Day Pushup Challenge (Days 26-30)

    30-Day Pushup Challenge (Days 26-30)

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    And here we are down to the final five days of this pushup challenge! Will I make it down the home stretch, or will I falter and trip right before the finish line? The answer, dear reader, lies below! Let us see, shall we? 01/26/24: Almost started with a half miss. 😄 I had done…

  • Telltale Tuesday

    Telltale Tuesday

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    Good day, all! Hope everyone’s Tuesday is going well so far! Not much on this end other than waiting to see the doc this afternoon about this cursed neck and back pain. With luck, I’ll get some answers and a path forward. In the spirit of today’s daily prompt, I am trying not to complain…

  • Complaint Department

    Complaint Department

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    These days, I try not to complain to much if I can help it. I used to get frustrated a lot and bitch about multiple things, but ultimately, it rarely did much good. Most of the things were out of my control, and that frustrated me even more. Also, as a supervisor, I had a…

  • Monday Mayhem

    Monday Mayhem

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    Good afternoon to all! Hope everyone’s week is off to a good start. I figured since we had a Serenity Sunday, we might as well dive in head first with some Monday Mayhem! I’d love to post something highly motivational to everyone, but right now I am in sheer agony due to a neck and…

  • The Sporting Life

    The Sporting Life

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    Growing up, I wasn’t really into team sports all that much. I never did the Little League, soccer, basketball, etc. thing. I would watch sports, but I had no desire to be involved with that stuff. I was always more of a loner, so my mom let me sign up for karate classes. I did…

  • Sunday Serenity

    Sunday Serenity

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    Good morning and a happy Sunday to all! As I type this, the freezing rain outside has turned to snow, and it’s coming down fairly steadily. There’s already a soft blanket of the white stuff covering the ground. The market will be quiet, the roads will be bare and the sounds of the outdoors will…

  • Shades of Tenderness

    Shades of Tenderness

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    Good morning and a happy Sunday to all! I wanted to take a moment to recognize Destiny over at Destiny’s Designz for taking up the gauntlet and completing my No Theme Thursday Challenge. I have teased her multiple times in a good-natured manner about this challenge, but in all seriousness, I am truly humbled and…

  • That’s What I Want

    That’s What I Want

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    Money, that’s what I want! Before we begin the festivities, this post is brought to you by Great White’s kickass cover of “Money (That’s What I Want)” Now, on with the show! What will I do when I win the lottery? Well, when I do win the lottery, first thing, aside from getting a financial…

  • The Chains That Bind

    The Chains That Bind

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    The chains that bindHeavyImmobileUncaringSteel to skinColdPiercingBruisingIron lacerates deeplyClaretFlowingStingingThe captor laughs incessantCursingSpittingTauntingTemples throb a pure barrageAngryVengefulUnrelentingVeins pulse a river rapidPowerStrengthGrowingSinews corded shatter steelTwistingWrenchingBreakingHusks of steel fall to the floorSweatingGaspingFreedom There’s an old song by Eagles that says “So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains, and we never even know we have…

  • Superhero Saturday (01/27/24)

    Superhero Saturday (01/27/24)

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    After fumbling the ball last week, I am back on track with a new edition of Superhero Saturday! Some will be pretty recognizable right off the bat, a couple are riffs on familiar favorites, and one or two are pure experimentation. Hope everyone has a great day!

  • SLDS Challenge (02/02/24)

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    This week’s prompt for the Spies, Lies, and Digital Skies challenge is: A romantic rendezvous on a rooftop. I went through quite a few iterations of this trying to get just the right amount of romance and spice I was looking for. Since I tend to prefer darker themes, nighttime was a given for me.…

  • Limitless

    Limitless

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    Unstoppable.Why do you bemoan the walls before you?Do you not see your strength within?Invincible.Why are you laying there helpless?Have you given up the will to fight?Indomitable. Don’t you know you cannot be overcome?Is the fire in your belly gone out?Impenetrable.Has your armor rusted and fallen away?Has your shield been broken from too many blows?Boundless.You are…

  • Fantasy Friday

    Fantasy Friday

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    Good day, all! Today I thought I would just post up some fantasy images I played around with recently. Some on the romantic side, some a bit more on the adventurous tip. Hope everyone enjoys them and has a great weekend!

  • Traditionally Speaking

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    Traditionally speaking, my family doesn’t really have a ton of them. 😄 We all live within reasonable proximity of each other, but don’t see much of one another due to conflicting schedules and that whole “life” thing. But like a lot of other families, we make a point of getting together at the holidays. That’s…

  • Back to School (One Month In)

    Back to School (One Month In)

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    So, it’s been a few weeks since I did an update on the whole class thing. For those interested, my previous posts are linked below. First Day Of School! Back to School (One Week Down!) Anyhow, it’s the end of the fourth week of this course and it’s going pretty well. I’ve earned quite a…

  • 30-Day Pushup Challenge (Days 21-25)

    30-Day Pushup Challenge (Days 21-25)

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    Well, we’re coming down to the home stretch and I am looking to finish strong over the next 10 days. Let’s see how it went, shall we? 01/21/24: 200 pushups completed. Unlike the rough starts over last week, today went well. Got them done in 4 sets of 50 and they went pretty quickly. Possibly…

  • No Theme Thursday: 01/25/24

    No Theme Thursday: 01/25/24

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    Good day, friends and fellow bloggers! I started this last week and think I will keep going with it. At least for now. 😄 No Theme Thursday is exactly what it sounds like. I will post some images with no specific theme (i.e. sci-fi, fantasy, etc.). I’ll just post what I hope is fun and…

  • Deja Vu much? (Prompt: 01/25/24)

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    Strange, I feel like I just answered a very similar question. Anyhow, as some might argue, there is a difference between “fun” and “leisure”, so I’ll play along. 😄 I guess I would call the following activities “leisure”: Napping: Sometimes a midday nap on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon is just what the doctor ordered.…

  • WP = GPS?

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    Yeah, I’m not feeling this prompt today. And really, there’s not much near me I’m hellbent on seeing. I’ll just post some pics I made for today. 😄 Have a great day, everyone!!

  • The Black Knight

    The Black Knight

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    Good evening/morning all. Hope everyone is well! Today, I thought I’d share some of my takes on the mythical Black Knight. I’ve always been a fan of Medieval/fantasy themes, King Arthur, etc., so these were fun to mess about with. Hope you enjoy! And since I love my mashups, here’s my futuristic take:

  • Andrea’s Story

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    Hi all, Some of you may already know Andrea, AKA: Skepticalvalentino. She is a children’s book illustrator who regularly posts extremely funny pics and sometimes asks for captions from her followers here on WP. Today, however, she posted a very personal story which touched me deeply, and also has a goal to help a friend,…

  • Fun, Fun Fun! (Prompt: 01/23/24)

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    Never had a T-Bird so daddy can’t take it away. 😛 Let’s see…Five things I do for fun. I don’t know if I can count that high! Anyhow, enough of me being a smartass. Here we go: Lifting weights and working out. I started this rather late in the game. Where most guys start in…

  • Keep Climbing

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    While I don’t intend to completely do away with the image-only posts, lately I feel compelled to add at least a few words when I post them. We often hear the phrase “peaks and valleys” when talking about the game of life, and it is a fairly accurate descriptor. There’s no greater feeling than reaching…

  • If you’re walking through Hell

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    Walk through it like you own it. I was just going to drop a couple pics and call it a day, but I decided to add a quick commentary to the proceedings. We all have times in our life where we are walking through Hell. Sometimes it’s different levels of Hell (apologies to Dante), but…

  • Oh, they understand (Prompt: 01/22/24)

    Oh, they understand (Prompt: 01/22/24)

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    They just don’t care, is all. I have more than one thing I want these damned cats to understand. No, no one wants to know your views on uhusdffgjds/vusmbtrzifvsrhe80‘‘l; Just stop it. Expecting you to eat from your dish is not “treating you like a dog.” 🙄 Dude, I just washed and waxed it. Really?…