3/3
He made it just over a mile. For him, on that scooter, that had to feel like crossing Nebraska.
He knows now the park isn’t just a place we take him. It’s a place he can reach.
Full post:
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1977 was a weird, perfect mess.
Rock was still huge. Disco was coming for everybody. Punk was kicking the door. AM radio, FM radio, arena bands, weird one-offs, soft rock, funk, country crossover — all of it was somehow sharing the same air.
This playlist is my attempt to catch that feeling: not a ranked list, not a museum piece, not a lecture. Just the songs from 1977 that still hit me, best played on shuffle like the radio is still in charge.
1977: The Year That Wouldn’t Pick a Lane
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2/2
The obvious answer was: some idiot mailed them junk photos.
Almost nobody landed there.
They made plots, clues, warnings, conspiracies, and one very disappointed fake child.
Little Tommy:
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1/2
Back in 1995, I had a giant box of duplicate photos, too much free time at IBM, and a theory that people can’t stand nothing.
So I invented Little Tommy.
He mailed strangers random photos and waited to see what stories came back.
1/2
New Our Old Dad playlist post:
1977: The Year That Wouldn’t Pick a Lane
My favorite songs released in 1977. No particular order. Best on random.
I was about to start junior high and pretty much lived inside FM radio full time.
1/2
New Our Old Dad post:
Dad, Do You Love Me Enough to Protect Me?
This one is about how child surveillance won’t be sold as control.
It’ll be sold as love.
A teddy bear logo. A safety app. A discount. A parent afraid to say no.
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Fear finally got named today.
I was listening to the Self-Directed podcast (Oct episode with Tim Eaton) and it helped me isolate the thing that’s been hovering behind this whole “alternate education” idea:
The system trains you to be scared to leave.
Not because it’s always right — but because fear keeps you compliant.
Two questions snapped it into focus:
If I love my kids unconditionally, stay present, and actually do the work… what’s the worst that can happen (within my control)?
Answer: not the nightmare scenario my brain keeps selling me.
If I give them more freedom to shape their path… what’s the worst that can go wrong?
Answer: friction and course-corrections — not ruin. Plenty of people do the bare minimum and still build a normal life. There are a dozen viable routes.
Which means the real fear isn’t leaving.
The real fear is staying put out of habit and compliance — “I’ll be good, I’ll follow the system” — and never taking a shot at building something better.
I’m documenting my build at https://t.co/xYUM7g4Wlr.
’92 me did the math on Perot’s ~$3B: 5% = $150M/yr. I asked, “Why work?” Decades later I realized I was using the wrong yardstick. On hedonism, autonomy, and defining “enough.” New post: The Wrong Ruler 👉 https://t.co/8GpG8mJJve
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