Another beautiful day should be heading my way. Yesterday was as beautiful as the day before, and today should be the same. Sunny, warm, not super moist.
Didn’t get much done during the day. I have productive days, then a completely unproductive day. Tried to get dinner at D1’s new job, but the line was out the door again. I’ll get some yuppy burger later. I did get my pickup done, and swung by the “good” Goodwill out in Katy. Didn’t get anything good. Did have some uncomfortable side effects from the carb pill, so I was home most of the afternoon.
The pill didn’t limit the peak, btw, but did change the slope of the down side. It really extended the time it took for my sugar to get back down to ‘normal’, about an hour longer. Not sure I see much of a benefit, but we’ll keep exploring.
Today I’ve got a dentist appointment, with D2 coming along for hers too. I’ll be working around that time and the taxi commitments, maybe I’ll get some work done.
Or maybe not much.
I’m sure I’ll stack something though.
nick
Good luck with the fang doctor, Nick!
It’s a lovely spring-like sunny day here at the BOL. Temperatures were around freezing overnight, but it is warming up nicely now. I see my neighbour’s snowdrops are in blossom, and our daffodils won’t be far behind.
Alas, we have to return downhill to base today, so I will soon be back in warmer climes, where allergy season is in full swing. Yuck. I have to enjoy the pollen-free air while I can, so windows wide open during breakfast…
Anyhow, good morning and have a beautiful Monday!
Temp was in the low 40s yesterday afternoon. It’s about -5F currently, won’t get much above 0 today. (Subject to change, of course.) I’ll need to collect eggs several times today to try to prevent freezing. Chickens are all perched on something and floofed out. It seems that they should cluster together for warmth, but they do that only when a stiff, cold wind is blowing.
A few days ago, I went out with some lettuce. Most of the birds were out and followed me very attentively when they saw what I had. One was in the coop but when I said the magic words “Who wants a treat?”, there was a scramble from the coop and then she popped out as if she’d been launched by a slingshot. As soon as the lettuce was gone, she ran back up. Laying eggs is serious business, but treats are important!
I swear I saw neck tattoos on the early images.
Local Faux News rushed a camera crew out to Pflugerville when they received a tip that ATF was raiding the house where Diagne lived. Details were sketchy, but it seemed like Faux was hiding that multiple unrelated people lived there. The camera guy reported an encounter with the wife before ATF hauled her away for questioning.
Property of Allah. Direct from Central Casting with a stop at Wardrobe.
“Texas gunman”. Could be he’s really that much of a cartoon character. They aren’t known for high IQ.
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66F and brightening slowly.
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Let’s not forget the mass stabbing. Doesn’t have to be terrorism to ruin your day.
n
The new Chosen One has been making noise about gun control.
God help us all if Talarico wins the Dem primary on Tuesday and the Republicans enter a runoff.
Cornyn has said that he will make Paxton unelectable.
I must be getting soft in my old age. I’m teaching a (for them) advanced programming course to my trade school students. Grade inflation isn’t really a thing here – if I convert our scale to ABCDF, the average grade is probably a B- or C+. In the first exam the average was more like an A-. Hmmm…are they good, or do I need to be harder? I actually think this class is, in fact, that good.
Looking at faces: a couple of Asians, but no one from the Middle East or North Africa. Coincidence, I’m sure…
I spent 20+ years playing bad-ass, teaching (among other things) a weeder course with a 50% failure rate. It’s nice not to be doing that anymore.
@brad, weed out classes are important. So is feeling good about what you do though, so I’m glad you are getting some enjoyment from it.
n
@Brad: as long as your students are still softly humming “Where There’s a Whip, There’s a Way” you haven’t lost it.
They absolutely are, and I really didn’t mind being the bad guy. OTOH, it is wearing, especially since part of the time is spent fighting the school administration.
As for my somewhat cynical comment about where the students come from? In my college classes, in recent years, often the majority of the students were from the Middle East or Africa. I really wanted to keep my usual standards, but it just was not possible. Otherwise, I would have failed 3/4 of the classes, which the school admin definitely would not have accepted. Letting unqualified students through offends my professional pride, but thankfully that was only the last couple of years.
I hear that similar problems exist in the trade schools in big cities. Thankfully, I’m out in the mountains…
RefashonedHippie? She’s a hoot.
She could do voice acting for a living, I think.
Once upon a time, I thought there was a credible primary candidate to unseat the treasonous John McCain. So I made my first-ever political donation.
She failed, miserably and dramatically. But the fallout to me was awful, and may still be going on. The campaign sold my name and email address to every whackjob Republican and conservative grifter who came along. I got put on email lists and newsletters from a hundred sites. It took me months of “unsubscribe” to get away from that, and I still occasionally see cr*p in my inbox.
I’m saying this because I feel an urge to support the guy trying to fight Thomas Massie.
It has been said, in many times and many ways, that the Constitution is not a suicide pact.
Libertarianism, however, ultimately is one. It is as idealistic and anti-intellectual as communism. It is a utopian concept, which could only be achieved by perfect people with high IQ. L’s want open borders and unlimited free trade, which only hurts the U.S. They do nothing to recognize the threats to us from foreign entities and bad actors.
It pains me to notice this, as I was both libertarian and Libertarian at various times in the past. And Objectivist as well. I even left Objectivism behind due to Ayn Rand’s denial of the Libertarian party. It also pains me because Massie is one of the few in Congress with a sane outlook on vaccines, mandates, and Big Pharma.
But we can’t fight vaccines, mandates, and Big Pharma with a Democrat government, and what Massie and Paul are doing is fervently and consistently undermining efforts to unify.
The only thing stopping me from contributing to Ed Gallrein is the personal blowback.
Buck says refund the tariffs—to the consumers
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=418708
Yup.
Actually I’m fine with letting Trump use it to fund ICE.
But the main thing is, not one dime to the companies—they all raised prices.
Wow, a bowl of super sugar golden grahams hit me harder than a bowl of ice cream after a plate of chinese with rice.
Harder than a bowl of Cap’n Crunch for that matter.
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Time to do some things.
n
“Who Needs Matches? This Phone at Mobile World Congress Can Start Fires”
https://www.pcmag.com/news/hands-on-with-oukitel-wp63-mwc-2026
“In an emergency, a fire can save your life. The Oukitel WP63 rugged smartphone is not only massive, tough, and able to charge other phones, but also features a pop-out firestarter that can ignite kindling.”
I am fairly sure that the airlines will not like you having a fire starter on your phone.
This. I remember many moons ago a discussion here where Dr. Bob claimed libertarians would just build roads. I think everyone said what you did above. Only an achieved Libertarian Utopia would “just build roads”, but that is never going to happen.
I tell people I’m a Conservatarian, a conservative with libertarian leanings because goobermint just sucks not matter who runs it.
Well… most railroads were built with private money and most streets today are private developments. The Feddies today admit to ~30% of GDP, an egregious proportion wildly under estimated. Let’s talk again when collapse reduces that to something much less.
… and with government seizure or forced sale of private land to lay the tracks, and with government seizure and sale followed by protection of the land on the frontier. Public-private expense, private profit.
Because most current road work by governments is maintenance or improvement of existing roads. New streets are overwhelmingly for new housing or office developments. Initial construction of the streets is a requirement for the permit, then the streets’ ownership and upkeep are turned over to the local government. HOAs, gated communities, and similar groups may continue to own their streets as a corporation but that’s just a variation of the theme.
I’m concerned about the influence of having a slightly-to-the-right-of-Stalin management at CNN, if that actually happens.
Right now, it’s safe to say that if CNN says it, it’s either wrong or a lie.
If they mix in a little truth, it ruins the purity of that algorithm.
I wouldn’t worry about it. Once a liar, always a liar. Falsus in uno, falso in omnibus. One cup of sewage in the punchbowl.
“Trump approves ‘serious money ask’ to build Texas desalination plant”
https://www.chron.com/news/article/trump-texas-desalination-21947422.php
“Corpus Christi could run out of water by 2027.”
Corpus has plenty of money for DIE spending. Why don’t they use that for their water needs ?
“Reports”
https://areaocho.com/reports/
“22 Pakis were killed while discovering US embassies are sovereign US territory guarded by armed US Marines.”
“I’ve also seen reports that, for the first time since 1945, a US submarine sank an enemy ship with a torpedo. Another report i saw says the ship sunk was a submarine stalking the Abraham Lincoln. I can’t confirm at this point. If it was in fact a submarine, this would be the first sinking of any submarine by an SSN. EVER.”
Cool and Cool !
“The Precipice”
https://www.schiffsovereign.com/trends/the-precipice-154465/
“The first is that—regardless of how someone feels about this conflict— World War III is LESS LIKELY today than it was on Friday. And it’s not hard to understand why.”
“US military capabilities have been on full display this year— first in Venezuela, where special operations forces managed to extract one of the world’s most tightly protected dictators… and it was over in a matter of hours.”
“Only weeks later we see total dominance of Iran’s air defense systems— most of which are Russian or Chinese technology.”
“In other words, China and Russia saw their military technology completely embarrassed by the United States. And this unmitigated defeat makes them both less interested in taking on America’s military.”
“More importantly, Russia is completely depleted after four years of war in Ukraine. China’s military has almost no combat experience and has never had to project power beyond the South China Sea.”
“So while they’ll certainly phone in their condemnations and strongly worded tweets, these countries have neither the capacity nor the inclination for war.”
I agree. WW III is way less likely now.
Even though Kuwait “accidentally” shot down three of our F-15s Saturday.
And he is right, this may make a Civil War in the USA more likely now.
That’s raycess!!!! Hater!!!
I almost moved to Corpus while in college. Seemed like a nice school. The town was nice compared to say, Brownsville or Reynosa, But overall the place gave me the creeps. There was a vibe…
While it’s true that DEI hires are mostly water, it’s not potable water. After rendering them down and extracting the water, it would have to be desalinated and purified, which puts you right back where you started.
“California Law Forces Age-Tracking Into Every Operating System by 2027”
https://reclaimthenet.org/california-ab-1043-os-age-verification-law
“California wants to build a surveillance layer into every device its residents touch. Assembly Bill 1043, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom and taking effect January 1, 2027, requires every operating system provider to collect age information from users at account setup and broadcast that data to app developers through a real-time API.”
“Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Linux distributions, Valve’s SteamOS: if it runs an operating system, it’s covered by this overreaching law.”
Not gonna happen. Severe invasion of privacy there.
Hat tip to:
https://thelibertydaily.com/
I woke the Lexmark printer. CX410de. Opened Printers and there it was, my printer. Printed a test page just fine.
I tried to scan to this PC and I don’t have permission. But the printer sees Mint. I’ll figure this out. Maybe I have to reboot?
Then while I’m on a roll, let’s try the ever finicky Dymo label printer. Ok, found a driver for it. Found a GUI label printing program on github but I have no idea how to install it. I tried printing from Text Editor but, nope. On one website someone said they use LibreOffice. I’ll give that a try. I don’t print many labels. I just have it because it seemed like a cool thing to have. I can address Christmas cards by hand.
@Lynn:
This Dan Simmons Story Has The Sci-Fi Gatekeepers FURIOUS!