If you could go back in time and give your younger self advice, what would it be?
If I could go back in time and tell my younger self anything, it would be to never compare myself to anyone.
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No Comparison
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I Didn’t Get Rich Yet But I Buy What I Want
What’s something you’ve done that your past self would be proud of?
There used to be a time when I could barely afford anything. I love electronics and I remember arguing with myself over could I buy something or I better stay frugal. I’m not rich, but if I want that PS5 or the new Nintendo Switch 2, I would go get it and not think twice about it. My old self would be amazed at how time has changed, and myself as well in that area. This is not a bragging post. This is a finally reaching the point I deserve for all of my hard work.
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None That I Can Remember
What’s the best online course you’ve ever taken?
In all the years that I’ve been on the internet since 1998, taking online courses is not something I have done. Perhaps I should give it a try sometime. I know there are a lot of free ones out there.
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Meeting Tracy Lawrence Would Be Cool I Think
Which celebrity would you love to meet, and what would you talk about?
Why do I feel like this question probably comes up a lot? Anyway, I think it would be fun to meet country music singer Tracy Lawrence. At one time in my life during the 90s and early 2000s he was my biggest country music idol, along with Tim McGraw, and Toby Keith. I would just thank him for many great albums that were great to listen to then, and even now, great songs, and 2 great times I got to see him in concert back in the 90s. I saw his concerts in Killeen, Texas, or maybe it was Dallas or Austin (I forgot), and also at Fort Hood, Texas while I was in the Army. I saw him at those concerts between sometime in 1994 and 1996.
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Site Layout Changes And Other Recent Site Updates
Today is Thursday, October 15th, 2026 and CRAYY.co is a whole 1 month old. I’ve been extremely busy blogging and building this site. In 1 month I have over 200 posts published and 61 pages. I’ve had more likes and comments left on this blog in this 1 month than I ever have on any other blog I’ve maintained on the WordPress platform since I got on it in 2014. I don’t know what that says about me as a blogger, but I apparently I started doing something right. In a quick time, I have had to change the way commenting can be done on this blog. You need to have a WordPress.com account in order to leave comments here. I have removed the ability to comment with a Facebook account because I am finding that links to Facebook profiles or pages either don’t work, or are fake, or are apparently made private, or for some reason cannot be viewed. If I cannot view your Facebook link, my site visitors can’t either, and your comment is not going up on this blog, but that doesn’t matter now because you can only comment when logged in with your WordPress.com account. While on the topic of comments, if your comment wasn’t approved, you need to work on your Gravatar profile, or your blog. I get that some people are on the WordPress.com platform simply to have a place to chat with some folks versus going out on social media. I know there are a lot of retired people here on this platform that fit that description. WordPress.com is actually a great place for that, and there is a very vibrant community of people from all walks of life from around the globe here, but I am also getting that some people simply don’t care for keeping their Gravatar profile, or their blog and websites up to date. Your comment might be a great one, but not if your profile and link is trash, or your blog hasn’t been updated in over six months. I’m not going to approve comments for people who were bored enough to say something, but not bored enough to build and maintain their platform and actually contribute something to the blogging community. I know from initial appearance my blog may not look like anything more than another chat spot over some pictures and daily writing prompts, but as a content creator and curator, I am maintaining a level of professionalism here, and a part of that means catering to people who hold the same interests I have in operating updated blogs and profiles versus the other. I chose the Bitacora WordPress theme for this site because I prefer a sidebar style layout for my blog, and it is just one out of 2 that I found available (the other one being Nook), and I liked the uncluttered look of Bitacora. I have been experimenting with adjusting the theme’s layout settings to make the layout appear as I want. For me, the original Bitacora theme is a little too narrow, but fortunately I’ve learned enough about Gutenburg and it’s block system to be able to make adustments. I like a layout that takes up at about 80% to 90% of the width in a normal size computer screen. So I’ve learned how to widen the theme a little bit to make it that way. I’ve also learned how to restructure the theme so that a web page background could be added while the blog content stays on a solid color or gradient color scheme. Over the next month I could be converting the layout to do that. Before Gutenburg came along, my favorite WordPress theme was Colinear. It allowed for easily adding web page backgrounds, and I used to love that. It’s an easy way to make a website look beautiful without too much effort. I got started on building a WordPress Support section on the blog. I will soon begin filling the posts for that with links to guides in the WordPress.com Support Center. Next I’m planning to add a section on the blog for curating Wikipedia articles, and I’ll soon add my Apps & Software Arsenal listings to the sidebar. Those will be links to the apps, software, and online tools I use the most to stay productive. So a lot of work and accomplishments made in the first month with plans for continued growth.
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Start With Self Loyalty
What does it mean to be a good person?
You have to be good to yourself before you can be good to others. You achieve this by being loyal to yourself before giving loyalty to someone else, including your ratchet ass parents. Sure parents automatically earn some loyalty for being the ones who brought you into this world, however some parents, like mine, do not know or show respect to their adult offspring. Many of them think they don’t have to, but lines have to be drawn somewhere. You also need to self care yourself, and set boundaries for yourself and self obey those boundaries with people. Being a good person means not allowing yourself to be a door mat for others.
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How To Handle Dollar Bills
What’s one thing you know now that would have saved your younger self a lot of pain?
Maybe it comes with age, but I had no clue how to handle my money when I was younger. Thankfully I learned some lessons. Some of the lessons I wish I didn’t have to learn, but that’s life.
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My Precious Few Morning Hours
Tell us about your morning routine.
In the early morning hours I have two choices. I can chill out, or I can use the time to get some chores done. Either way it goes, the early morning hours I have in my schedule is where I get my “down time”. Chores are limited to one or two per day so that I can keep my home in order, but also have time for personal care or project planning.
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Traveling And Meeting New People
What’s the best way to meet new people while traveling?
I avoid people as much as possible if I’m traveling, so I’m not the right guy for this question today.
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Gotta Break Any Language Barriers
If aliens arrived tomorrow, what’s the first thing you’d ask them?
The first thing I would ask is, do you speak English?
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