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Better Call Kong · May 14, 2026

Life is humbling

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BowTiedKong · Better Call Kong

That’s the narrative that comes across my brain once the day gets started. I’m confident, but it’s earned confidence. I have worked hard and smart to get to where I am at.

One of M’s (former fiancee, son’s mother, now deceased) favorite memories of her and I pre Little Boy Kong was after a hike. We were departing for the day. I saw a beautiful sunset, threw it in park, sprinted to her car.

“Come see this!”

I took her out of the car and pointed her to the sunset.

Except, I was starting the wrong way.

She thought, who is this goofy guy? She loved it.

This morning was an example. I kept trying to get gas, but all the pumps were broken.

A guy saw me, walked over. Thought maybe I have vaper lock. Vaper lock? STUPID car!

He then looked in my gas tank. “Looks full”.

“That’s impossible, it is on empty!”

He looked confused. I said thanks, he walked away.

As I drove off, I looked at my gas meter.

FULL.

“How could this be?”, I thought.

Then I remembered - I filled up last night on the way home

It is ok to do dumb things at times. I will be smelling spilled gasoline all day on my shoes as a reminder to not take myself too seriously.

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