Hopefully, no rain, and maybe even some sun. We got some light misty drizzle yesterday, and it was mostly overcast with occasional sun. We need slow rain, but didn’t get it.
Didn’t do much at all yesterday. Slept in, a lot. Then piddlefarted around the house. Read. Dammit. Didn’t want to lose momentum but there it is.
I’ll try to do better today. It’s the start of Spring Break, so the kids are home all week. That’s once they GET home. Still have youngest on a trip until late today.
I’m going to try to combine trips and do a scrap or trash run when I go to check on my rent house. I think today will just be fact finding, and I’ll get all the gear and supplies I need to hit everything at once. Or to come back with a contractor if the garage door needs anything scary done to it. Stored energy demands respect.
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With the decrease in global stability and upset to the status quo, I’m expecting disruptions and attacks. Hoping for nothing serious, but it won’t hurt to have food in the freezer and on the shelves. Ideally, having the ability to shelter in place for a few days or weeks without going out would be a good thing.
Dirty bomb in a shipping container, or VBIED attack on crowds or buildings seem to be the most likely major attacks; with self radicalized lone wolf attacks to increase.
Or they could be stealing as much money as possible and fleeing as the regime has other things occupying their time.
Prediction is hard. Better to be prepared for a broad spectrum of things.
Stack.
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What happens if Trump declares a national security emergency and pulls funding from SNAP to keep DHS running And gives the states IOU’s?
Bad “optics” for Tesla management. I don’t know if this is on the national wires, but the story has been floating around Austin and made the lead slot on Sinclair CBS news here last night.
I was too busy working to see last night’s local Faux News.
https://www.fox7austin.com/news/austin-6th-street-shooting-tesla-lawsuit-over-suspect
The response to the attack to the Gigafactory is pretty typical Austin.
Plus, nobody really knows what goes on inside that building since every employee signs an NDA.
My day started at 5 AM, but I’ve been working when I’m awake since 9 PM Thursday night.
It’s always something. Modern computers and software are so complex that sometimes we feel like savages worshiping cargo.
I was trying to play an online game with a friend this morning. I had been working online for a couple of hours, all no problem, but the game refused to connect to the server for more than a few seconds, then my computer would say it was off the network. Not just the game, but everything. I’ve played that game a lot with him, so it does work. Just not today – and taking the whole computer off the network was really weird.
Use Ethernet for the network connection for games if you can.
My kids burned out one of my spare WRT54GL routers playing games. 100 Mbps Ethernet. I put in a 1 GB switch to replace the router. We will see how that holds up.
I’ve got enterprise class switches in the attic. Full gigabit per channel fabric… and none of the household devices have ever pulled anywhere near a gig even during file transfers.
Our ATT fiber is supposed to be a gig, but usually is 750. Just now it was 850 down 400 up. That’s to a Houston server, so ‘last mile’ speed.
When I get the ubiquiti gateway set up and can see the traffic better, it’ll be interesting I’m sure.
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It’s a weird yellow outside, and overcast with some gusts. Didn’t note the temp.
Coffee is flowing, I’ll get some breakfast in me, then it’s time to see what my tenant has been up to .
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From my FEMA email, cadre availability… of 7 categories, how many do YOU think are a waste of money and resources? The real work is pretty far down the list of their concerns based on their staffing.
IM Cadre Availability 7 Cadres ≤ 25% Availability
Civil Rights: 24% (23/96);
Disability Integration: 19% (3/16);
External Affairs: 24%
(65/271);
Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation: 18% (117/644);
Field Leadership: 19% (22/117);
Hazard Mitigation: 20% (155/768);
Planning: 18% (62/345)
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I’d like to know what each of those has to do with Federal Emergency Management.
Put me in charge. I’d do a mandatory Saturday field test: Two hour shift on the sandbag auto-filler. Pass/Fail for 50% of your yearly evaluation.
You’re doing a heckuva job, Brownie.
I’m having serious doubts about Vox Day’s mental stability.
Anti-Boomerism is one thing. I assumed it’s because he blamed his dad for giving him bad advice and then going to jail.
Snide condescension towards all males who were not handsome, reckless Division 1 athletes is another.
But his hatred for America, and instant belief in any anti-American propaganda, his constant writing on Russian and Chinese superiority in technology and culture, have gone way beyond any case of TDS I’ve ever seen. All the more glaring since he sometimes pretends to like Trump.
“You’re doing a heckuva job, Brownie.”
Exam Question 2:
You’ve been fast-roped into the backwoods after receiving reports of armed looters. Upon landing your team discovers that you grabbed the wrong rucks, and the M16’s you thought you had are unsharpened fire axes. Fortunately you do have sharpening stones, and you have ten minutes to get edges on your only weapons and make a couple practice throws. If you man up the team will drop Plan B, which is tie you up for the bad guys with a note that says your family is a bunch of rich liberals.
10 points
Extra Credit:
Rambo brought his Buck 110. What are your instructions?
10 points
My Warsun T7 FLASHLIGHT is dead, in a strange way.
I can put it on a charger, and it charges. It turns on and works. I turn it off after a short time, and it won’t turn on again until I put it on the charger again.
I bought it in September. Amazon returns expire after 30 days. Amazon says to contact the seller.
Google-ish searches came up with links showing a 3 year warranty, but the warsun.com website doesn’t seem to exist any more. I get search results, but no working links.
I like the form factor a lot. It’s nice to have the side light, and the strobe. It’s not perfect, the light isn’t really that bright nor focused. It replaced my pen-shaped, well, penlight which wears holes in my pockets and jeans.
I don’t have any problem with going back to my penlight, but I’d like this new one to work.
Added: Brave search gave me bad links. I used Google, and it gave me the same results, but links that worked. Working on warranty issue now.
>>I just suddenly realized that I have not had a blood test with A1C, choresterol, and PSA in 18 months. I am overdue.
Don’t forget the…umm…in-office part of the prostate exam.
Just a friendly reminder :O
My dot Indian female GP doctor does not do the prostate exam. I have to go to a urologist for that.
Ugh, looked at the forecast for here.
Up to 80F by Wednesday, 90F on Sunday.
Outside mowing the back 40 this morning.
“Pentagon identifies seventh soldier killed since commencement of Operation Epic Fury”
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/pentagon-identifies-seventh-soldier-killed-since-commencement-of-operation-epic-fury/
Well, crap.
And we have lost four F-15s now. Kuwait shot down three accidentally thinking that they were Iranian SCUDs and Qatar ??? has done the same.
Maybe the Air Force has decided to get rid of their F-15s the hard way.
With the decrease in global stability and upset to the status quo, I’m expecting disruptions and attacks. Hoping for nothing serious, but it won’t hurt to have food in the freezer and on the shelves. Ideally, having the ability to shelter in place for a few days or weeks without going out would be a good thing.
I have about 400 to 500 cans of food stacked in the pantry. That will get us by for a while before hitting the freeze dried stuff. The wife is freaked out. I told her that we can buy them today but there may be rationing by the end of the year.
Dirty bomb in a shipping container, or VBIED attack on crowds or buildings seem to be the most likely major attacks; with self radicalized lone wolf attacks to increase.
Apparently most of the Iranian terror squads in the USA have deradicalized and joined our hedonistic society. None of them have done anything to date that I know of. Or the FBI and CIA did their jobs and took them out quietly.
My kids burned out one of my spare WRT54GL routers playing games. 100 Mbps Ethernet. I put in a 1 GB switch to replace the router. We will see how that holds up.
At the end of the day, the fanless equipment still needs a fan to keep cool on heavy duty days. Our software was known for melting the first 80387 chips that were fanless in 16 Mhz. I was telling customers to pull off the case side or top and direct a 12 inch fan on it.
My day started at 5 AM, but I’ve been working when I’m awake since 9 PM Thursday night.
Are you getting comp time for the self induced bugs by your teammates ?
Hahaha! Lynn make funny.
My Warsun T7 FLASHLIGHT is dead, in a strange way.
I can put it on a charger, and it charges. It turns on and works. I turn it off after a short time, and it won’t turn on again until I put it on the charger again.
I bought it in September. Amazon returns expire after 30 days. Amazon says to contact the seller.
Google-ish searches came up with links showing a 3 year warranty, but the warsun.com website doesn’t seem to exist any more. I get search results, but no working links.
I like the form factor a lot. It’s nice to have the side light, and the strobe. It’s not perfect, the light isn’t really that bright nor focused. It replaced my pen-shaped, well, penlight which wears holes in my pockets and jeans.
I don’t have any problem with going back to my penlight, but I’d like this new one to work.
Added: Brave search gave me bad links. I used Google, and it gave me the same results, but links that worked. Working on warranty issue now.
Anything electronic made in China is highly suspect for a long life. It might work out of the box but I doubt that any warranty action will be made. Good luck !
She may not know how to do the exam.
You might already live the future of General Practice. Your MBBS will see you now.
“ABC’s Unscientific Attack on Trump and CO2”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/03/08/abcs-unscientific-attack-on-trump-and-co2/
“ABC News repeatedly botched the science of a major regulation “to fight climate change” while falsely accusing President Trump of “rejecting” and “wiping out” “science.””
“Per the academic book “Carbon Dioxide Capture for Storage in Deep Geologic Formations,” CO2 is “generally regarded as a safe and non-toxic, inert gas. It is an essential part of the fundamental biological processes of all living things. It does not cause cancer, affect development or suppress the immune system in humans.””
“Natural processes emit about 770 billion metric tons of CO2 per year, while human activities emit about 41 billion.”
And both of those CO2 annual production numbers are highly suspect just due to volcanoes and other such items not controlled by anyone or anything.
Anything the media does is highly suspect since they made a car blow up by putting a lit road flare in a gas tank and claimed that it self ignited.
The answer is no.
They need the hard points on the F15 to do real air superiority in the Gulf now that the F14 is gone from the Navy inventory.
The F15 also has the endurance to protect AWACs.
They need the hard points on the F15 to do real air superiority in the Gulf now that the F14 is gone from the Navy inventory.
The F15 also has the endurance to protect AWACs.
The only mission that I know that the F-22 cannot accomplish of the F-15 is the ASAT, anti satellite.
Are you sure there is no protective plastic film on the battery terminals? I had the failure you describe with a new torch. It turned out the battery needed to be relieved of two tiny dots of plastic where the terminals met the unit. It would work when on the charger, but was dead without it. Removed the offending plastic, and it worked as it should.
Monday. Early bed for me. I just drove 500km, about half of it in the dark. Tired eyes. Goodnight!
“This new laser farming technique could free us from pesticides — forever”
https://www.theblaze.com/return/farming-with-lasers-ai-pesticides
“An attachment, powered by artificial intelligence, could save farmers from a seemingly ever-present headache, while producing a higher yield than ever before.”
“'[This] is now the cheapest way to control weeds in the vegetable fields.’”
“This laser farming technique uses powerful 240-watt lasers, high-resolution cameras, Nvidia processors, and nearly two dozen simple LED lights.”
“The operation is called “laser weeding,” and it comes from company Carbon Robotics, which has developed technology to destroy weeds with lasers while keeping crops intact, seemingly eliminating the need for pesticides that contain harmful chemicals.”
This is very cool if it really works.
Hmmm, it’s like you shrunk an HK-tank from The Terminator and gave it a pulsed plasma rifle in the 40 mW range.
Cross out ”machine gun“ and write “pizza oven”.
“Why does the new weeder need an electrical transformer upgrade”
”Ready for Mk II”
The F22 does not have the equivalent number of hard points for anti-aircraft missiles without losing the stealth capability.
Herbicides, not pesticides.
RIP.
Jennifer Runyon was also in the original “Quantum Leap” pilot.
I have the box set.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jennifer-runyon-chicago-native-actress-obit/
“The Democrats’ Shutdown Has Overwhelmed Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport”
https://rumble.com/v76vbck-the-democrats-shutdown-has-overwhelmed-louis-armstrong-new-orleans-internat.html?mref=1wxk5&mrefc=3
The security checkpoint line backed up in the parking garage due to the TSA workers not showing up because they are not getting paid.
Hat tip to:
https://thelibertydaily.com/
“John Cornyn Is Running to Block President Trump’s Agenda”
https://www.independentsentinel.com/deceptive-john-cornyn-is-running-to-block-president-trumps-agenda/
“The establishment Republicans are pushing for President Trump to endorse John Cornyn over Ken Paxton for senator from Texas. All the money from the worst people is going to John Cornyn. The most important thing one can say about John Cornyn is that he has repeatedly tried to stop Donald Trump’s agenda. He’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Cornyn I’d a plant. You can see how John Thune and his allies are refusing to push Donald Trump’s agenda and are passing nothing. They are blocking it in real time. Now, they are pushing hard for John Cornyn. He’s like Thom Tillis. His goal is to block Donald Trump’s agenda with his comforting drawl and mild manner, while successfully deceiving many people.”
Yup. John Cornyn is a traitor to Texas.
Jennifer Runion inspires the first “Oh boy” from Bakula.
And Bruce McGill, who bookends the series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0kUWiTXMeo
As long as an “NCIS” series is in production, the “Quantum Leap” storytelling universe continues.
The F22 does not have the equivalent number of hard points for anti-aircraft missiles without losing the stealth capability.
Yup. “F-22 pictured with external AMRAAMs and pylons [1024×669]”
https://www.reddit.com/r/WarplanePorn/comments/qu36ax/f22_pictured_with_external_amraams_and_pylons/
The Coast Guard is also Homeland Security.
The airports have the option of providing private security, but only Orlando-Sanford has ever looked into the possibility, at least publicly.
I have a “pet” mesquite tree. It sprouted at one end of the woodpile. When I had a woodpile to stack two plus cords of wood for the wood stove. Wood stove is gone, replaced with a pellet stove.
I was going to cut it down but I just prune it up. Mesquite pollinate and make seeds on the same tree. It’s kind of pretty, a different shade of green. When the mesquites leaf, it is Spring.
I’ve been looking at the tree. Yesterday it looked dead. This afternoon it’s sprouting leaves like a teenage boy sprouts whiskers.
Yeah. I know. That sounds weird but it reminds me of when I first sprouted whiskers.
The various Live Oaks are turning gold then brown then dropping the dead leaves as the new leaves bud. There’s an old gnarly Blackjack/Post Oak I walk by when I walk the dogs. It’s flowering. The old Red Oak in the front yard is just starting to flower. The big Red Oak in the back yard is looking like it’s about to bud, same for the bit Post Oak in the back yard.
Yep. It’s Spring.
Oh, and I have a few cats that are suddenly getting wide.
Might still get a frost, Easter is a month away.
Oh yeah, I spotted a few Bluebonnets today, too.
85F here, and the sun finally poked thru.
Kinda unpleasant with the humidity so high too.
Time to head to lowes and costco.
Battery in my pickup died.
Need an InSinkerator for the rent house. Also need new torsion springs but I’ll leave that to the pros. Some trees died after the assh0le next door cut them too aggressively. And the porch needs some boards replaced.
Looks like I’ll be at the rent house for a couple of afternoons.
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Huh, The Walt Disney Company is looking for a Lead Media Systems Engineer in SPRING, TX of all places. Wonder what that’s about?
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Bet it’s a custom jeet position.
Huh, The Walt Disney Company is looking for a Lead Media Systems Engineer in SPRING, TX of all places. Wonder what that’s about?
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Datacenter ???
There are many multimedia Datacenters hidden in the suburbs in what appears to be a home so they can move the multimedia servers closer to the customers.
Streaming. Isn’t Spring an old railroad town?
Fiber optics run in railroad easements.
Florida doesn’t have data centers, and I imagine that their options are limited in Southern California.
Plus Texas is more … relaxed … about permitting and allocation of scarce resources such as power and water.
Its all about them jerbs, son.
Colonists. Americans need not apply.
The light worked perfectly for months. This is new behavior.
Think about that carefully. With the right AI and vision, it could do both.
Of course, one man’s pest is another man’s pet. Or child. It would start small, with aphids, and make progress up to deer or watermelon thieves.
Which reminds me of a joke. A farmer’s watermelon patch kept getting raided, so he put up a sign saying “One of these watermelons is full of arsenic. Feel lucky?”
The next morning, the sign had been altered “
OneTwo of these watermelonsisare full of arsenic. Feel lucky?”Weeds don’t get up and move around.
The limitation is the refresh rate on the camera. Affordable off-the-shelf tech is 30 or 60 Hz, and a bug can move pretty fast.
Those aren’t weeds. They’re baby Ents.
“Need an InSinkerator for the rent house.”
They have upped their game over the years but I would still buy GE.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/03/09/a-new-poll-just-dropped-in-the-gop-texas-senate-primary-what-does-it-show-n2672563
The old grinder is at least 15 years old, maybe 20. I can’t read the date I wrote on it, but my wife initialed it too, so probably just after we moved out and turned it into a rental, 2008? I don’t think the new one will last that long.
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youngest is back from her trip to NM to ski with a school group. She had fun, didn’t get hurt. It was the same town and places we went when they were little, and OFD was sick. Time flies.
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And now that I’ve had my snack, a baked chicken thigh and some buttered bread, I’m headed to bed. The time change doesn’t bother me much, except that it messes with my meal times, and my sense of how late in the day it is.
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