Moderate Living

Hello, I'm Mike – I write every Tuesdays and Fridays

Month: December 2025

  • Last Christmas…I Nearly Deleted My Hard Drive

    Last Christmas…I Nearly Deleted My Hard Drive

    Overall temperatures are dropping here in New Jersey despite the presence of sunlight. I can see overwhelming evidence of winter’s impending arrival when I’m on the road and can see ice on the small creeks and ponds. I think I’m more or less finished with holiday decorations. I have to do things a little differently…

  • Putting A Face On The U.S. Immigration Crisis

    Putting A Face On The U.S. Immigration Crisis

    I told y’all about Yorgi, a groundhog that escaped his violent country to immigrate to my backyard. He occasionally drops in to be my morning coffee buddy as my work day gets started. I feel for Yorgi. Because of the previous administration’s well-meaning (just giving the benefit of the doubt here) decision to suddenly flood…

  • Yes, It’s That Time Of Year Again…

    Yes, It’s That Time Of Year Again…

    …the time of year where I inadvertently delete an important folder with 40GB of documents and then have to spend the next hour and a half looking for/installing/running software in order to get it back from the back directories of my hard drive. I could have had this post up during that time. It was…