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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 21/09/2026

Bryan Ruby: End of Summer Observations genxliving.com/artic...

Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 02/09/2026

This summer, my wife and I discovered the joy of camping in the state parks on the weekdays instead of the weekend. Very few camping spots are taken, it's quiet, and it feels like we own the campground. Happy trails to us! #retirement

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 29/08/2026

Irish-American rockers Wild Colonial Bhoys playing tonight at the Sioux Falls Levitt.

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 23/08/2026

No, Google, preventing certain pages on my website from being indexed through robots.txt is not a "new reason". In fact, it's for the same reason I've given you for the past 20 years.

Text that starts with "New reason preventing your page from being indexed". Reason given, "Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt".

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 10/08/2026

5 Signs It's Time to Start Exit Planning genxliving.com/artic...

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 05/08/2026

I've been so busy this summer, I really haven't had time to blog or post as much on social media. I'm too busy living to write about it. But, my son and I had an opportunity this past weekend to ride a MS-150 in Wisconsin. I did 125 miles and he completed all 150 miles. #bicycling #family

Bryan and son at the finish line on first day of a two day ride.

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 29/07/2026

We are here. AC/DC in Denver.

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 25/07/2026

Hot Like Mars playing in Sioux Falls. www.hotlikemars.com/

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 14/07/2026

After a few days riding in the Black Hills, time to head home. It's just too hot to ride in this heat!

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 05/06/2026

Summer is here. Opening evening at the Sioux Falls Levitt.

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 01/06/2026

We escape to Chief White Crane in South Dakota for a peaceful weekday camping getaway! Enjoy the tranquility of quieter campsites and fewer crowds. Perfect for a relaxing retreat. #retirement #camping

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 21/05/2026

I just got back from a 5 day trip on my Cam-Am Spyder, from South Dakota to Arkansas and back. Beautiful scenery in southern Missouri and northwest Arkansas...but also a couple of very wet days! I'll blog about the trip when I get a chance. #motorcycle

Me with the Spyder somewhere in Arkansas in the rain.

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 15/05/2026

Camping in South Dakota's Palisades State Park genxliving.com/artic...

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 14/05/2026

Palisades State Park: Our First Camping Trip of 2026 bryanruby.com/2026/0...

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 01/05/2026

A Gen X Retirement genxliving.com/artic...

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 01/05/2026

Accepting the Position of Retired bryanruby.com...

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 30/04/2026

That time Google Photos mistook me as Garth Brooks.

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 22/04/2026

Latest addition to my 2017 Spyder RT, a USA LED flag! I bought it a couple years ago, but postponed installing it until I was comfortable enough to figure out the wiring and body panel removal. It's unfortunate there is currently a dark cloud hanging over the country but I'm hopeful for better days.

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 12/04/2026

New battery in my wife's Can-Am Spyder. Normal people can do this in 15 minutes. Unfortunately I'm not normal as it takes me an hour. #motorcycle #trike

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 08/04/2026

Are AI Headshots Hurting Your Credibility? genxliving.com/artic...

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 07/04/2026

The countdown to Journey has begun. #rocknroll

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 27/03/2026

We're celebrating UND this weekend. My University of Kansas may be out of the basketball tournament, but my son's University of North Dakota is still in their NCAA #Hockey tournament! Better yet, the regional final is going to be here in Sioux Falls!

Flag of University of North Dakota being displayed.

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 25/03/2026

First scotch on the patio in 2026...in March. That's how we do things in South Dakota USA!

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 22/03/2026

8 Types of Tax Deductions You Didn't Know Your Small Business Could Make socpub.com/articles/...

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 18/03/2026

Today, I tempt fate by storing away my snow blower in the garage and bringing out the lawn mower.

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 17/03/2026

I have to admit I never appreciated plumbers and the complexity of troubleshooting a leaky toilet until I worked on them myself. After replacing the fill valve, I ended up replacing the flush valve too which also required separating the tank from the bowl to replace the tank-to-bowl gasket. #DIY

Image looking down on a tank of toilet. New parts put in tank.

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 17/03/2026

How Employee Perks Improve Retention in Modern Businesses genxliving.com/artic...

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 14/03/2026

I personally was hoping for more snow in the Sioux Falls area. I feel like I haven't really gotten my money's worth out of my two-year old snow blower yet. Source: www.weather.gov/fsd/... #sdwx #nws

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 10/03/2026

One of my favorite picture I took when my son was young and played hockey. Until they reach a certain age, it's quote common for girls to play on the same hockey team as boys. For awhile, those girls also have a physical advantage over the boys and they let those boys know it on the ice. #hockey

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 13/02/2026

Jasmine and I hit the bike trail on our yearly warm February day walk. She was thrilled exploring all the old and new scents along the way. #siouxfalls

Photo of dog on bridge. Photo by Bryan Ruby (Copyright 2026).

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 10/02/2026

What a great Kansas vs. Arizona game! With the rocky start, I had prepared myself for a KU loss. This is probably one of the best Jayhawk games at Allen Field House we've seen on TV in the past couple of years. #RockChalk

Kansas scored 82 Airzona scored 78. Kansas player #14 in the image.

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 07/02/2026

Transitioning CMS Report to a Permanent Archive bryanruby.com...

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 04/02/2026

Will Daylight Saving Time End Soon? What Lawmakers Are Saying genxliving.com/artic...

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 04/02/2026

Preserving CMS Report: Why We Are Transitioning to a Permanent Archive cmsreport.com/articl...

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 04/02/2026

Yesterday's hack of my Instagram, Threads, and Facebook accounts exhausted me. Because they were in still the process of taking the accounts and hadn't fully pulled my credentials, I was able to steal those accounts back from them. But I also learned a lot including other scammers offering "help".

Conversation on hackers and scammers on Meta accounts.

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 31/01/2026

Here for a musical but can't stop thinking of Robin Williams.

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 30/01/2026

How Modern Technologies Create New Security Challenges genxliving.com/artic...

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 13/01/2026

Yesterday, we hit a high temperature of 57 deg F here at the house in Sioux Falls, SD. Naturally, I took the Can-Am Spyders for a ride with an obligatory stop at Wall Lake. I wasn't the only one taking advantage of the nice weatheras a father and son were ice fishing during my visit there. #sdwx

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 11/01/2026

Listening to Perry Como's album, Dream On Little Dreamer, while I clean my office. Growing up only "old people" listened to this album and I was bored. These days, I finally get what they liked about Perry Como singing these tunes.

A vinyl record of Perry Como's album, Dream On Little Dreamer, sitting on top of a record player.

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 07/01/2026

Twenty years ago today, my wife Karen had an opportunity to fly in the backseat of an F-16 (General Dynamics Fighting Falcon). Her and the pilot took off going from 0 mph to 350 mph in under 10 seconds. After the ride, I had her write her story in our family blog. bryanruby.com/her-story-ka...

Woman standing near the backseat of an F-16 fighter after returning from flight.

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 13/12/2025

This is already my fourth or fifth time snow blowing my Sioux Falls, SD driveway. Temperature was 6 deg Fahrenheit. For those curious, this is the EGO two-stage snowblower which replaced my EGO single-stage snowblower. I haven't had to buy gas or change oil in my snowblower for eight years now.

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 13/12/2025

YouTube TV to Offer Skinny Bundles bryanruby.com...

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 12/12/2025

While dining in Lisbon, I really like how this restaurant directed their patrons to the bathrooms. Just follow the school of fish!

School of fish pointing toward a restroom.

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 11/12/2025

YouTube TV to Offer Skinny Bundles genxliving.com/artic...

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 09/12/2025

While we were in Seville, Spain this park was closed. They're blaming the meteorologists for closing the park! Evidently, the area is sensitive to rain and wind from "normal" thunderstorms.

Sign explaining that the park is closed due to weather. A mix of spanish and english written on the sign.

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 29/11/2025

The Chiefs may not have beat the Cowboys, but we had a lot of fun watching this game together.

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 28/11/2025

My wife and I saw this accident on Tuesday near Gainesville, TX on I-35. As far as I could tell, the driver was safe.

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 08/11/2025

I've been to many places this past week.

Optical illusion showing many images of good looking man.

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Bryan Ruby 🌤️ @bryanruby.com · 21/10/2025

Given I don't have a huge following on Threads, I'm slightly disturbed that among my posts, Meta's algorithms decided to push a post about my deceased cat. There are many happier posts from me that the algorithms could have pushed to other people's feeds but chose to focus on one of tragedy instead.

Chart showing daily views for the past 90 days, with the last two days showing a sudden rise.

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