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By Chad McComas | October 23, 2023
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The Theater of Life

By Chad McComas | July 3, 2023
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Today, as we consider the theater of life and the state of our play, it seems alarmingly clear that we are trading our performance for something much less artful. No longer clapping for the intricate dance given on the precipice of a delicate flower, but a standing ovation for those that cast the first stone:…

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Authenticity

By Chad McComas | July 1, 2023
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I had written the most fantastic personal bio in existence. I read it to my dog, and then he groaned, laid down, put his paws over his face, and farted. Why? Who knows. He pointed out that what I had written might have started a war. Maybe not with humans. But what about the ants…

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Lopsided

By Chad McComas | June 30, 2023
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I never noticed my breasts were uneven until I was in my early twenties. I would always wear a padded bra to even them out, but one day I decided to go braless and let my ladies breathe. That’s when my boyfriend pointed out that one of my breasts was more prominent than the other.…

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American Exceptionalism in Business

By Chad McComas | June 14, 2023
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Do you want to be a celebrity? Do you want your business to succeed? Then you need to embrace nepotism and promote incompetent ideas until they work. At Smith, Smith, Smith, Smith, Smith, Smith, Smith, Smith & Waldy, we have helped over 100 businesses fail. And we’re proud of it! We believe that failing is…

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Such Awful Choices

By Chad McComas | June 3, 2023
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The man looked around, surrounded by bleachers filled to the brim. There was one group ideology on the left of him, and another to the right. All eagerly waiting for the opportunity to pounce on him. To police his words, thoughts, actions, and life. Those to the right of him saw themselves as arbiters of…

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A Better Time

By Chad McComas | May 20, 2023
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There was a time when life was more about enjoyment, with little care for the problems of this world. The ice-cream man would come down the street and I would run as fast as my little feet would carry me. I always had the exact amount of change to give him and I would stand…

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Facebook Chat Plugin – Too Many Redirects Error

By Chad McComas | November 18, 2022
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When you install the Facebook Chat Plugin on WordPress, it might give you an error of too many redirects. Here are the steps to fix this: This solution was posted by Jake Edwards. I take no credit for it. I am posting it here for my sake in the future and for anyone else. You…

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Abandoned City Street

By Chad McComas | October 28, 2022
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Procedural Fence in Substance Designer Model Graph

By Chad McComas | October 1, 2022
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Since Substance Designer introduced the Model Graph, I’ve been wanting to get my hands dirty and see what Substance Designer could do. (Material authoring doesn’t interest me much.) I was curious how hard it’d be to make a procedural fence.

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