Somewhat cool? It was warmer yesterday morning, so it might be warm again today. And it will get warmer throughout the day. It did rain in various parts of town yesterday, although not much, and not for long. Lots of ugly clouds in the sky. Today should be the same.
I did a couple of pickups after doing some office work in the morning. Then I took some stuff to the shop, and moved stuff around at the house. I’m making slow progress cleaning up and getting stuff out of here. It just piles up elsewhere for now, but the goal is to get rid of it.
I did decide to move the laser engraver and all of the stuff for it to the shop. It would be convenient to have it set up here, but for safety issues, and noxious fume issues, not to mention the lack of somewhere to put it issues, it has to go somewhere else. The printers are still here for now. I am still holding out hope that one kid or the other will get interested in using them, or some of my other ‘maker’ stuff. So far it hasn’t happened. And it may be generational, as this generation seems to be content to do this much and no more.
It could be that they haven’t found that thing they would dive into yet, but we had all had a dozen hobbies and interests by now. I’d already built models, a model railroad layout, had slot cars, built a heathkit clock, torn apart a pile of electronics, tried to take my bike apart to make it go faster, and bought my first computer (TRS-80.)
When a buddy introduced me to the music of Led Zeppelin I had to hear all of it, same thing when I heard Jimi Hendrix, or later Kate Bush, or Rush. My kids, and the kids I see at school, are content to hear what they hear, and not pursue more. Their extreme risk aversion extends to learning new things or doing new things.
And that isn’t good.
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So I’ll keep doing what I can. Stacking what needs stacking, and learning what needs learning. Maybe teaching what needs to be taught…
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When JNJ stock is 25% held by the usual mutual fund suspects, and the company already “took one for the team” in the recent past by their non-MRA jab to be disregarded in favor of eliminating Control.
Music is uninteresting anymore in the US. Most songs are commoditized and consumed in formats which eliminate a significant portion of the original performance using an algorithm based on psychcology, and you would be hard pressed to find a track which isn’t available somewhere for “free”.
I typed that word. No more posts using my phone.
How strange. Is it a result of having the knowledge of all civilisation easily at one’s fingertips? No need to be curious…?
Thanks for all the kind words, folks!
We indeed had a happy meal, but not from Mickey D’s. 🙂
A friend recommended a local place that has two dishes on the menu – eel in herb sauce, or ribeye steak, grilled on the bone. We had the steak, medium-rare for W1, and “bleu” for me, and it was glorious, served with sauce béarnaise, watercress, a green salad, and fries “à volonté”.
When a restaurant serves only two dishes, they really know how to cook them.
Not quite date-night prices from 25 years ago, but not ridiculous either. 150 bucks plus tip for two glasses of (OK) champagne, two main courses, two glasses of excellent Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, and two desserts. We left happy and satiated, with a doggy bag of meaty beef bones for my buddy’s dog (whose name is Bones!) to enjoy.
Haha. Lucky you to have a Ruger No 1 and an heirloom to boot! I had a .30-’06 one in my grubby paws at a gubshop years ago, and foolishly didn’t put a deposit on it. I still regret that. They are not very plentiful here, and the prices reflect the scarcity. The Ruger falling-block action is really stout, probably even more so than my break-barrel one.
As lawyers always say, “anyone representing himself has a fool for a client”.
Routh still hasn’t been put on trial in Florida court for the charges which provided the basis to hold him.
DeSantis don’t surf.
Regardless of what happens at the Federal level, Routh faces at least another decade of Republicans holding all three branches of government in Florida.
Indeed, not ‘cool’. 80F and 84%RH.
Phone alarm didn’t go off, but I woke on time anyway. I’d left it in the truck, and it “shut off 5 programs because they were causing the phone to overheat.” I guess one of those was the alarm noise player. If the truck and the A/C aren’t running, the phone will get too hot to touch when left inside.
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Lunch is packed, kids are moving. Time to get up.
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‘stacheGate: The room where he got caught
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/09/24/bolton-was-indeed-hiding-classified-files-in-his-office-n3807129
David Strom is usually pretty solid, but he misses the point entirely. People in government have taken an oath and should be held to the highest standard.
The routine application of the law to the little guy is to ruin his life and put him in prison for relatively minor infractions. Public servants should expect no less.
If an ex-president retains classified documents that he legally received as chief executive, it is impossible to prove that he did not exercise his plenary powers and declassify them in order to retain them. Pass on trying to prosecute Trump, Biden, Obama, or any of them.
The thing that differentiates Biden, however , is his possession of documents from his VP and Senate days that he could not have legally held. Then mystery of how he came to hold docs that he could only have viewed in a SCIF was not investigated.
And to top it off, Biden’s handling of classified docs was criminally negligent. So, yes, unlike Trump, he should have been prosecuted. .
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/09/pregnant-liberals-post-tiktoks-themselves-popping-tylenol-pills/
– a label change is pretty mild, and has happened to a lot of drugs, some of which actually kill you.
–Only one small problem with snarking back at Trump and Kennedy….
Spicy times may have arrived.
FBI Director Kash Patel wrote on X
– remember saying that we don’t know what would actually be the spark?
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Music is uninteresting anymore in the US
– mass market music created recently might not be, but the classics remain, and the wealth of stuff that isn’t indistinguishable from AI generated pap is great, it’s just harder to find.
I wasn’t commenting on the state of modern music, but the kids’ lack of desire to explore further when they do find something they like. They are content to like the one song without an desire to hear if there are more songs they’d also like.
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My sister up Seattle way sent me a link to an article about another bridge closed due to a vehicle strike, and another link about a driver jumping a draw bridge during a police chase,
She then blamed the bridges.
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The lefty mind is a wonder to behold.
“Against stupidity the
Gods themselvesEngineers strive in vain.’Did someone mention Civil War 2.0?
Dallas ICE facility shooting is among at least 4 attacks or threats on ICE or Border Patrol locations in Texas this year
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/ice-facility-dallas-shooting-09-24-25?t=1758721446750
None of the people shot were members of law enforcement, he added.
‘Student Intifada’ Domestic Terrorist Sentenced to 19 Years in Prison
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2025/09/24/antifa-arsonist-sentenced-to-19-years-in-prison-n3807139
And no forgiveness of student loans.
Even Randi Dooshgarten, yeah the teacher’s union turd, had to chime in, just because Orange Man Bad. Then people started posting studies on bad effects of Tylenol and, of course, Tylenol’s own response. Hilarious.
Also hilarious. I’m sure it was a troon who couldn’t hit shit, except illegals. LOL
I hope someone keeps track and follows up on the health of the children.
Given that Tylenol is not recommended for pregnant women, health problems in the children could be argued to be the result of reckless endangerment and result in charges and loss of parental rights. Not that I would advocate any of the mothers get any respite from caring for their children.
Part of the joy of discovering a new-to-you performer is seeking out their back catalog. True with music, film, and print of all kinds. If thee is such a thing as scholarship in the social not-sciences, it would seem that such a shift between generations is worth studying.
ID’d and offed itself. Its brother labeled it as “unique”. That’s probably code for troon.
Maybe.
An exit wound from a personal weapon probably looks a lot like a exit wound from DHS issue.
You know, when you own six a/c systems, you get to know your a/c guy on a first name basis. Yesterday morning, the 21 year old south a/c unit, a 3.5 ton Trane, at the main office building literally melted its capacitor and wiring. Plus the north a/c unit condensate drain was backed up again. Since the north a/c was trying to cool the 5,300 ft2 building, it was really draining out the side roof pipe. John’s son fixed both of them this morning for $351.18.
Now I have my roofing guy looking at the 21 year old roofs on all of my four office buildings to see if they need replacement. He has patched three places on the roofs over the years. Ah, I hear him walking on the roof now, the rain has let up for the moment.
Money, it is what you spend a lot of when you own property.
The new trend on TikTok is pregnant liberal women taking Tylenol because Trump told them it was dangerous. Trump Derangement Syndrome is truly the most dangerous mental disorder on planet Earth!
We are definitely living during Heinlein’s Crazy Years. I thought that we had reached peak crazy during the BLM Antifa years but it turns out that was not even close to peak crazy.
Freefall: Florence Is Still a Wolf
http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff4300/fc04274.htm
Florence, the AI Wolf, is still a wolf at heart.
The biopsy on my gone-south back mole was Basal Cell Carcinoma. The kind that doesn’t spread, but will eat away at you for years. I had it removed today. I could go with 15 radiation rounds, or surgery. I went with surgery. It took 30 minutes or so. Numbed up, rectangle drawn around the area, then cut out, cauterized and stitched. I have a 1.5” stitch on my back. Back in two weeks for stitch removal and final biopsy results.
Chihuahua’s have been picked up, I am a free man again.
“Why a Native American tribe can open a new casino in Houston”
https://www.chron.com/culture/article/livingston-casino-houston-legal-naskila-21065057.php
“The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas is bringing a casino to a town just outside of Livingston. How is it legal?”
Sigh. No good will come of this.
I’ve been to NA casinos probably coast-to-coast. They all (even big ones in CaCafornia) pale compared to Vegas (Atlantic City pales also). When we have gigs in WA, we usually stay at a NA casino since we can get a free room. There is nothing like Vegas gambling and bingo in the US. Keep it here. We aren’t call Sin City for nothing.
89F and hasn’t rained yet. I’m taking a load of stuff to the shop… so I don’t want any moisture from the sky.
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Like a bad wife eating away at your will to live?
Except that an awful lot of wives (or a lot of awful wives) do spread, IYKWIM.
What you need is a formerly fat person who lost hundreds of pounds. Their skin will be all loose and flappy and can be draped over the stuff in your truck.
The lies they told to get “riverboat” gambling in Ill and Ind were astonishing. When you put a casino in the ghetto, you don’t get Vegas high rollers, you get ghetto blowing crime money and .gov assistance money.
And it doesn’t elevate a neighborhood, it attracts losers, predators, and criminals.
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“Zoox Robotaxi: How Does It Compare With Waymo?”
https://www.pcmag.com/news/i-took-free-ride-vegas-strip-in-zoox-robotaxi-how-does-it-compare-to-waymo
“Here’s what it’s like inside Amazon’s toaster-like AV—and how it stacks up against its biggest rival.”
Ugh.
The weather forecast said about a tenth of rain. I just poured an inch and half from the gauge. Not complaining, the grass was getting crunchy.
Today, wearing a t-shirt felt good. There’s a chill in the air.
Given that most over-the-counter medicine is not recommended for pregnant women
Fixed it for you.
When my spousal unit was pregnant almost every medicine was to be avoided. Even coffee drinking (which she does not) and caffeinated drinks were to be avoided.
The roof on my house is 20 years old. I am getting it replaced in one week. For less money than I budgeted, which was surprising.
Soon you will be free of the cancer.
The Chinese relations in WA State use the NA casinos to launder money from their rackets.
About that… I need to make time to sit down with a hard-nosed lawyer and figure out my best path. My wife’s health isn’t the best. It’s possible I’ll be best served by gritting my teeth and waiting for her to die. Probably not, but I do need to discuss particulars rather than general guidelines and gotchas.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15129485/dallas-ice-facility-shooting-office-live-texas.html
– anti-ice but only managed to kill illegals.
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“War Department Seeks Approval for First Military Execution Since 1961”
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/09/24/war-department-seeks-approval-for-first-military-execution-since-1961-n2194340
“Then-Major Nidal Hasan, a U.S. Army officer and psychiatrist, went on a shooting rampage on Fort Hood in 2009. He killed 13 of his fellow soldiers and wounded 32 others. In an exclusive at The Daily Caller News Foundation, contributor Wallace Wright informs us that Hasan has exhausted his appeals, and now the Army and the Secretary of War will be seeking his execution.”
About time !
https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/msm-forgets-theyve-been-warning-about-tylenol-and-pregnancy-over-decade
Yeah, maybe it was ‘scare of the day’ in the original articles, but to act like no one ever suggested this before is deranged.
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War Department Seeks Approval for First Military Execution Since 1961
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/09/24/war-department-seeks-approval-for-first-military-execution-since-1961-n2194340
Skip the execution and just do a burial at sea.
Gitmo for the rest of his life.
I agree. Sewn into his hammock with a cannon ball at his feet, and over the side he goes. Far more merciful than he deserves.
Binging update.
I’ve posted before about watching all the NCIS episodes. We ran into a stumbling block a couple months ago. Netflix only had so many seasons online, and to continue watching would require subscribing to Paramount+. We aren’t ready for that yet.
So we flailed about for a while, and since we have Britbox, we watched all 6 episodes of Death Valley, which was kinda cute, and one episode of Professor T, which was interesting because I like Ben Miller (the original Inspector on Death in Paradise.) Unfortunately, they rotate streaming of shows, and Professor T rotated out, so we didn’t get to watch more episodes.
We wrapped up the last season of Vera, and so that’s over now. I like Brenda Blethyn, so I’m sad that’s all done. Following up with her, we watched Kevin Spacey’s Beyond the Sea, where she plays Bobby Darin’s mother. Her other movies are on my watch list, but none are available on our current subscriptions.
Early in this century, BBC did a series of Inspector Lynley mysteries that are quite well done. I see they’ve re-done them in the last 5 years, but we have a ways to go before I try them. We’re currently on season two of the older ones.
I keep going through “Best 100 Movies” lists by category or genre, and as much as I like old movies, I either get bored or they just don’t grab me.
I do have a list of re-watch movies for the Christmas season, so that will help stretch things out.
Since I like quirky things in general, there’s a category of movies I’ll call Ochi chyornye movies. I first noticed the song appearing in two of my favorite movies, My Man Godfrey and The Shop Around the Corner. Then I found out Mischa Auer from My Man Godfrey also played a few notes of it in Ten Little Indians in his death scene. I may need to track down the other movies listed in Wikipedia that have it. Oddly, Wiki doesn’t show Ten Little Indians in the Ochi chyornye article.
I watched the blu-ray of Dune tonight. Copyright 1984. Which explains the music sounding like John Holmes and Seka and Linda Lovelace having a party. Lordy…. good times.
I shoulda bought the DVD. Yes, the blu-ray looks and sounds good. That was the point of buying blu-ray. But what’s with hitting Stop and no resume? Or going to go pee, put it on pause and come back to some studio logo and the only way to get rid of that was to eject the disc. No other disc I have shoved into this player acted like this.
Anyway. Two hours and fifteen minutes. Good looking video and mostly good audio. I’m pretty positive what I taped off of HBO in ‘87 or ’88 was pushing three and a half hours. Filled most of a T-120 at slow speed. So it seems like some stuff was missing.
So. Sting. Coming out of the sauna or whatever wearing whatever that is. Not an Aussiebum speedo for sure. Homo much? He ain’t hot, I looked like that back in ’84. And I had a better tan.
Barron Harkonnen didn’t die nastily enough.
Mau’dib, yeah. cool. I liked the guy. Of course he is cool. His first name is Paul.
Parts of what I remember watching are missing.
Sand worms are interesting.
Parts of the movie, the gamma, I guess, was messed up. Like middle of the day and it’s all dark.
Anyway. Not a bad movie. But you have to adjust your thinking. I don’t think CGI actually existed. Star Trek Next Generation was not a thing. This came out about the time of Star Wars.
So, yeah, other than the first part of the sound track sounding like an 8mm porno film’s audio track….
I seem to find a lot of movies to watch just from what y’all talk about.
Stuff I’ve never heard of. But I’m like, if y’all like it maybe I should look.
Toto used to have the soundtrack credit.
What’s the composer equivalent to “Alan Smithee” for directors?
@lpdbw
Have you watched the Thin Man movies recently?
H&I TV has been running ads announcing that CSI will start airing from the beginning on Oct. 6
https://www.handitv.com/stories/watch-csi-crime-scene-investigation-from-the-very-beginning-as-the-series-joins-h-is-lineup
The website is not clear, but the time slot is presently NCIS, so I tediously scrolled the schedule and NCIS disappears Oct 6. They have run through the first 5 seasons 3 times and are on the 4th iteration, but will not complete it. Hopefully it will come back at some point with later seasons.
Shortening days and getting dark before 8PM sucks.
House Republicans Move to Put Charlie Kirk on U.S. Silver Dollar
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2025/09/24/charlie-kirk-could-be-on-us-currency-under-gop-proposal-n2663901
If they have a lottery, sign up.
My impression was that “NCIS” on H&I was to promote “Tony and Ziva” streaming on Paramount Plus.
Mission accomplished.
Better for us amateur astronomers.
Short form social media… well, youtube shorts without ads doesn’t quite qualify but this guy popped up. Only 45 seconds but worth watching twice.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SRJMRSFQWHE?feature=share
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Pharmacist on youtube says “acetaminaphen is responsible for ½ of all liver failures in the US.”
It’s nasty stuff.
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Past time for bed, goodnight west coast!
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