The Car Wash Life

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Monday, August 12, 2024

Package in Limbo

In late June, I sent of a bill changer part to be repaired. Life went on, and Dad reminded me to check on the status. I called up the Colorado-based repair company, and they never got it. I was able to get the tracking number from the old mail section through the car wash email. For some reason, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 9, 2024

A Darker Side of Ernesto

2005. Things took an even darker turn with the Ernesto Mendoza story when it came out that his girlfriend at the time, the mother of his children, claimed he had abused her. Their relationship ended. Not only that, but a babysitter had described one of his sons had described to her what amounted to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Don's New Phone

Sunday was when Don's flip phone bit the dust. He received a new phone and a new number from Verizon. When I got his new phone number yesterday, I said, "Did you get a Smartphone?" "Hell, no," he said. "A smart phone's too smart for me. All I need to do is give and receive calls." Recommended... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 3, 2024

Moved Around

1997-ish. More came to light about Ernesto Mendoza's time as a priest. It turns out Ernesto had moved from his previous assignment in a Virginian diocese to the Archdiocese of Baltimore because he was caught having an affair with a married woman. This woman is not the mother of his children. Even... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Laicized

Summer 2002. I expected Father Ernesto's days as a priest were numbered after he told Dad that he was a father of triplets through IVF with a woman he knew. The Catholic Church does not want its priests having newborn children (married Anglican priest converts are allowed to do so, another story for... Sign in to see full entry.

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