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Choad Orcutt

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 Ok. So the political clime is fucking brutal. I get it. I really do. And I’m up in arms about the Nazi-fication of our country.  We might not be a Democracy next year by global standards. I’m not a veteran. By the time I thought to sit for the ASVAB I already had two felonies so all four branches individually told me to fuck off. I tried but it was after I had discovered addiction and developed inappropriate coping mechanisms for even more poorly processed trauma responses. I digress. I’m currently working as a case manager. My clients are disabled. From Autism to IDD with the full spectrum of developmental, behavioral disorders and mental illnesses which cohabitate in the confines of the trapped minds and broken bodies of these folks, I’m encountering quite a bit of needs out there. I’m also pretty intimate with the veteran population and the fact that despite VA attempting to support the overwhelming flood of service folks who are abandoned by our government, it’s an uphill...
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Reno travel blues

Checked in to Eldorado casino hotel at the Row in Reno. Prepaid $110 through reservations dot kahm thought inclusive. Wasn’t so. Neglected to read fine print so they served up a $40 resort charge on top. My bad I didn’t read and I booked it from playa via phone on Starlink at the 11th hour. Was gonna eat it.  Bathroom lightbulb was busted - turned it on and it was strobing, so I put my hat back on and my glo-vest and danced a little jig before calling the desk and asking a non-seizure bulb be installed. No problemo Doctor Teeth bulb en route. Cool. Ok TV time - haven’t seen this manner of screen in nigh a fortnight - perplexed when the only buttons working on the remote were the channel up and volume down.  Ok. Call #2 to the desk can I get a matching remote to the TV? (I’ve worked in hotels before and when hardware gets upgraded or replaced it’s far from an ideal system resulting in mismatched equipment as a common gripe received from guests - universal remotes are the standa...
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Foxy’n’Fine

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  Day 1   for my trip brought PWM>EWR>LAX where I was picked up by Carrie and Zachary of Bigger Life Adventures. We are friends now of a few years and this is my retreat #2.5 having been to Baja (Rosarito, Mexico), Arizona (Rim 2 Rim in the Grand Canyon), as well as staking a place for a footprint near Lincoln, NH for a retreat this coming September in the White Mountains. So we’ve hiked together. This is a bit of info which will come in handy later. They’ve also seen me expose my inner child – what remains of my innocence, what I have left for fears – so. They know me and they knew this would be a good fit. A bit about Bigger Life Adventures: Carrie and Zach are partners in every sense and they bring a sense of harmony and collaboration to every conversation and experience – they’re funny, smart, curious and generally wonderful hosts, be that at their home near the Grand Canyon or anywhere on the road. The retreats which I’ve participated in have included yoga (Carrie’s...
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