Warmer again. probably. Yesterday was pretty warm, especially after the recent cool streak. Today should continue the trend. It was pretty windy too. Neighbor had a big limb in the front yard, I have some stuff tossed around in the back yard. I am just hoping for no rain for another day or two.
Spent yesterday not catching up. The dentist appointment was a weird time for me, and kinda messed up my schedule. I did get my outstanding pickups done, and the kid got some time behind the wheel.
Today I’m not letting the universe mess with my plans either 😛 Not today universe… I’m not making plans. That’ll show it. I do have some goals. And some tasks that need to be done. So that might happen or it might not. The sad truth is that I’m not catching up, I’m falling behind. I’ve got more stuff to do than I can do. I’m going to have to do some ‘slash and burn’ and maybe get some of the back log out of the way. We’ll see, I still haven’t decided.
I’ll be starting the day taking D1 to school again. This time because W and D2 are going on a field trip with her class to the beach. They should have a nice day for it… I’ll be doing some pickups (more solar panels, and some other stuff), and maybe an estate sale or two. One has an item I collect in my non-prepping hobby, one has some nice MP5 clones… I just want to see pricing. Yeah, just looking. Sure…
The solar will go on the stack, and into the Project queue… The other items will stack.
There is something you need to stack. Something you’ve missed or forgotten. Walk around the house and figure out what it is.
nick
Speaking of ships, steel, not crystal, spouse and I leave today for our cruise. Tonight we stay in Atlanta, fly to Vancouver tomorrow, night in Vancouver, board the vomit vessel on Sunday at noon, depart port at 17:00 PDT.
And 1st post.
@ray, safe travels. Enjoy yourselves.
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Morning routine is a bit disrupted by the field trip. No need to pack D2 a lunch…
Everyone is poked. Coffee is dripping.
n
https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2025/05/16/senator-markwayne-mullin-just-tossed-a-wrench-into-the-media-freak-out-over-trumps-qatar-plane-n2189165
Clean slice at the knees.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/05/an_only_in_california_class_war_heats_up_over_bike_lanes_on_a_major_bridge.html
If the bridge resurfacing projects have had the typical 90% federal funding of most such, the USDOT should determine that the conversion was an unauthorized deviation from the project plans and reduce the 2026 fiscal year grant to Cali by an appropriate inflation-adjusted amount. Then file a federal suit to start the inevitable legal process, and make a referral to DOJ to investigate illegal diversion of funds.
78F this morning and rising slowly. Light overcast too. Looks like rain, but that doesn’t mean anything in Houston.
Coffee consumed. Breakfast – down the hatch.
Time to do something.
n
Far out, man (from Perplexity):
Our line stops in Skagway where we are taking the White Pass Scenic Railway. I know you love choo-choo’s.
A Vandenberg Starlink launch about 50m after sunrise.
A decent western view from 100 miles away. High clounds & contrails, but not too bad, t-shirt & shorts weather.
I didn’t catch it clearing the horizon, but soon after. With the 12x Canon IS binoculars you could clearly see bright and dim areas in the exhaust flame (mach diamonds, though not really resolved) and better, the silvery vehicle stack proper – which is invisible at night – nicely side lit by the sun to the east.
The price for that is no ‘jellyfish’.
I tracked it up to MECO and separation, then had to step out of the road for traffic & lost it.
Knighton screws another pooch:
https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2025/05/15/even-courts-cant-stop-fort-devens-hostility-toward-gun-club-n1228611
Past time to jerk this jerk-off off the page.
Hegseth can and should relieve the LTC of command. UCMJ action is not out of the question.
Checked in for the flight on the Delta app. Since we are 1st class we will be the second group to board, 1st being active military and the less than mobile. Picked out our meal several days ago so will see how that goes. I suspect Delta has that down quite well. Long flight from Atlanta to Seattle tomorrow. We will get to the airport a little early because Atlanta, is well Atlanta. There are some stores to browse in the airport and some decent food there being a hot dog place that is good at one of the concourses. It will be a long day tomorrow.
Nice. We don’t stop in Skagway. Maybe I chose slowly.
Yeah, that is brutal.
Boeing moved HQ to Chicago 25 years ago to avoid that hassle, but then the City of Chicago bulldozed Meigs Field in the middle of the night two years later, eliminating the easy access to air transportation from Dowtown Chicago.
To Seattle is merely inconvenient. What is brutal is the flight from Atlanta to Frankfurt. Eight to nine hours crammed into a metal tube that stays in the air because more air molecules are banging on the bottom of the wing than are banging on the top.
We have done that trip 10 times and are doing it again this August. Mama didn’t raise no fool, but she might have raised an idiot.
Poorly, poorly, poorly. Gaaccckkk.
I despise the place.
We may do the Alaska cruise next year, and I dont trust my wife around the Chinese relations to let her attend a funeral up there by herself. Both would most likely involve a long flight to SeaTac.
Just a long plane ride isn’t as much of a problem as the destination.
This is sad:
SCOTUS Sides With Illegal Alien Criminals in Alien Enemies Act Case
Just unbelievable that SCOTUS thinks illegals have Constitutional rights. Due process for crimmigrants is: “you are being deported, criminal”. Thomas and Alito get it. The rest think crimmigrants should get more than 24hrs due process. I’m sure the doosh-judges think the US should provide translators and lawyers for free on top of it. These people are here illegally and most have committed crimes on top of it.
We are back to centuries to get rid of the crimmigrants already here not to mention new ones coming each year.
If you have time in Seattle, one of the few places I like there is the Museum of Flight.
I have 3 hours and arrive at 4:10. I have been to Seattle several times. A few of those times were to get to Port Townsend WA. Either drive south through Tacoma or take the Bainbridge ferry across the sound. A northern route would require traveling north to Mt Vernon, then south to the Port Townsend ferry. I have done all three routes and prefer the Tacoma route. But that Deception Pass bridge is really quite a sight to see.
Did a couple of pickups, hit two estate sales. The first was crazy high prices, more than new retail in some cases. I did buy some plastic worms for fishing. The second was a persian guy I know, so I mainly stopped in to say high. Nothing for me to buy.
Everyone is home safe and happy. New car has beach sand in it.
Need to figure out something for dinner. I’m leaning toward chinese or pizza.
n
The Hur tapes released:
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/05/16/confirmed-biden-forgot-when-his-son-beau-died-n2656908
Cry for them D.C. Diners:
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/05/16/wapo-complains-not-many-restaurants-left-in-dc-if-ice-enforces-us-laws-n2657188
Wouldn’t it be a hoot if one of the justices was dining out with family and ICE came into the restaurant to check? And wouldn’t it be funnier if it happened again? And isn’t there someone watching public records of building permits just to arrange a check on workers doing home repairs for the Nine Saints of the Nero Admiration Society?
Mr. Comey goes to Washington:
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/05/16/wapo-complains-not-many-restaurants-left-in-dc-if-ice-enforces-us-laws-n2657188
The Dems new theme song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocu7XObxRZ8
Polk County Florida Sheriff Grady Judd’s 1:06 of Comedy Gold:
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2025/05/16/operation-fool-around-and-find-out-nets-some-big-arrests-n2189190
Polk County is just south of The Mouse.
Dudette’s really a dude…
n
Ah, it’s froggy mating season. The little water feature outside my office has quite the chorus going. At the BOL the lakefront must be so loud you need hearing protection.
nightime for nick
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5302238-noem-new-homeland-security-jet/
Two is one and one is none…