Hopefully, we’re still in the little clear bubble surrounded by the “t-storms and rain” band across most of the US. Because I need to cut some grass. Yesterday was nice. Sunny. Hot. Clear. That would be nice today too.
I did my pickups, auctioneer visit, and hit the chiropractor and doc in the box. Busy afternoon. Cough changed after the z pack, and I’m not feeling better so I thought I should be proactive. Doc listened to my chest and called for an xray. Yikes. Nothing wrong though, and the other tests were negative so it’s just ‘Ima put ‘asthma’ on the chart’… then I watched youtube for hours. Eventually kid came home and I could go to bed. Can’t even sit out with a tiny little fire ‘cuz I don’t want smoke in my lungs.
Today I’ve got two auction pickups and they are in completely different directions. Honestly, I should blow off the one that has me starting out with an hour round trip south. The other one I can grab in passing on my way to the BOL without any trouble. And yeah, I’m headed to the BOL unless it’s raining. That grass isn’t gonna cut itself.
But first, I’m not getting up super early, and if I feel really bad, I might rethink today and just do a speed run tomorrow.
There’s always something that needs doing, and always alternatives too.
Stack. It’s easy.
nick
Saturday. Good morning!
The stable summer weather has broken, or come to a cumulus thunderhead. Thunderstorms and torrential rain. Cooler too.
It was really oppressive in the night until the storm broke. I was awake until the first claps of thunder, then slept like a log through the rest of the night. 10am now, and it’s still flashing and rumbling.
Time to get up, I suppose. Stuff to do. Aldi had heavy-duty shelving units on offer yesterday. I bought two for the BOL garage. I might get them assembled, and even some stuff off the floor and onto them. That’s a plan…
Nick, glad your X-ray was clear. Sounds like you need a bit more rest and patience…
Have a lovely day!
Next time you’re at the BOL, set up speakers outside and start playing Nirvana’s entire discography on loop. Maybe the grass will get depressed and cut itself.
#FollowSteveFformoregardeningtips!
Insert here witty shotgun comment.
I’ve always believed they had Joe stashed at the Georgian Terrace that week with constant IVs running. Waffle House would have been on the way back to the hotel from Techwood.
It was either Waffle House or The Varsity, and that entire campaign was “walkin’ round” money for the black political establishment in Georgia, starting with the early primary in South Carolina.
All of Midtown was a carefully controlled/staged environment around the debate, intended to minimize confusion for Corn Pop. If the medical staff pumping Joe full of drugs that night thought he was having a stroke, he would have been whisked to the hospital as soon as the cameras were off.
And that’s *Doctor* Jill Biden to you, civilian.
In my experience, Microsoft will do anything for you as long as the money flows in their direction.
Failing that, the number that always worked for us at the Death Star was 32D.
Black knee boots and a diploma from a Fancy Lad school came along with that number on the trips to Redmond.
Plus the currency distortion necessary to provide the money for the capex to provide the “free” service.
But I guess that goes back to the immortal soul category.
“Economy of scale” is such a powerful force. It’s a shame, because otherwise smaller companies would eat these inefficient behemoths for lunch.
I have had one pseudo-management position. I was in charge of a development team of roughly five people (but specifically said that I was not handling personnel issues, only technical). One super-competent guy who was also a good mentor to younger devs. One super-competent guy who was terrible with other people. One average, one up-and-coming with a lot of promise, and…
…one guy with literally negative productivity. Negative, in that others spent more time fixing his messes than if they had done the work themselves. I was not allowed to even think about firing the guy, because he had been with the company for so long.
I think I did pretty well in the role, anyway, the company was sad to see me leave. But I really do not enjoy being a manager, not even just a technical one.
They vaporized a lot of programs. Not only Amazon’s satellite, but NASA moon missions and lots of other programs that were counting on them. I really hope that SpaceX is willing and able to pick up the slack. It would earn them good money, but I’m not sure they have, or can make, enough rockets. They are already pretty fully booked.
As far as launch pads go, there need to be a lot more of them. Apparently, it is incredibly difficult to get permission to build one, not only because of NIMBY, but also because of things like air traffic control issues. Issues that should be soluble, but it would require kicking agencies out of their comfortable ruts.
The pad will be rebuilt. I remember LC36 receiving damage from at least one hurricane in the last 20 years.
Three RNA Viruses, One Big Problem: Cytokine Storm Explained
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/05/29/three-rna-viruses-one-big-problem-cytokine-storm-explained-n2202837
This article is based on:
The Three Bogey Viruses
by Dr. Andrew Bamji 28 May 2026
https://dailysceptic.org/2026/05/28/the-three-bogey-viruses/
Police Sacked Hate Crime Adviser Who Warned Force Favoured Muslims Over Jews
https://dailysceptic.org/2026/05/29/police-sacked-hate-crime-adviser-who-warned-force-favoured-muslims-over-jews/
We Have the Results of Trump’s Cognitive Score
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/05/30/we-have-the-results-of-trumps-cognitive-score-n2676949
Not Joe’s tack–they got a new one.
Pressure Causes Temperature? It’s Time to Climb Down from “Mount Stupid”*
by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/05/29/pressure-causes-temperature-its-time-to-climb-down-from-mount-stupid/
It’s a trivial experiment:
*Tony Hawk would see an opportunity here.
https://ace.mu.nu/archives/IMG_11728.JPG
22 and counting…
FBI Arrests Man Accused of Threatening to Kill ICE Agents and Their Families in Newark
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2026/05/29/fbi-arrests-man-accused-of-threatening-to-kill-ice-agents-and-their-families-in-newark-n2676948
Six months involuntary commit to psych hospital for evaluation. Daily treatment with thorazine, followed by the fentanyl treatment that the State of Minnesota claims is 100% harmless (see G. Floyd field study).
89F in the shade and sunny.
I’ve been up for an hour and still no closer to starting my day for real. Well, coffee of course… but no brekky yet.
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Things to do, I got ’em.
n
Sure, but best estimates are well over a year. It is apparently pretty well destroyed. Then testing can begin again. So they’ve loss at least a year-and-a-half, maybe more.
It is time for the muslims to police their own community. The “nice” and “peaceful” muslims need to do something about the radicals. Otherwise, at this point, they are supporting terrorism.
We just had a muslim guy run through a train station, randomly stabbing people until his knife broke. The “we are the victim” cries from the muslim community are sickening. Yes, people are going to look at unknown muslim guys with suspicion. WTF else do they think is going to happen? Why do they think that is unreasonable?
Ten for one.
The ratio increases with every incident.
We need the next generation.
From ShotSpotter to ShoutStopper.
An AI-driven .30-06 that can be mounted in public places and capable of aiming and firing in the interval between “allahu” and “akbar”.
The inverse of poptart method: pop ‘em and cool’em.
Historical ‘Truth,’ Philadelphia Style
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/web/historical-truth-philadelphia-style/
The activists had a voice for 16 years due to the corrupt agreement made by the Obama administration, and it’s long past time to throw that in the trash where it belongs.
It is time for the muslims to police their own community. The “nice” and “peaceful” muslims need to do something about the radicals. Otherwise, at this point, they are supporting terrorism.
– you are making a category error. There are no “nice” and “peaceful” muslims. There are muslims and there are apostates. They haven’t had, nor can they have, their version of the Protestant Reformation. Any muslim who is not fully on board with ALL of it is by definition an apostate and subject to death.
The people in your neighborhood might seem like nice and peaceful people, but if they profess the faith, observe it in dress or actions, then they support the whole thing.
I extend that to everyone, and liken it to people donating money to “the cause” in irish bars in the US before the US declared war on terrorism and ended the various irish terrorist organizations. If you give money or support to someone who throws hand grenades at schoolkids waiting in line, you are a terrorist. If you tithe a church that has ‘sanctuary’ policies or supports them, you are complicit in every crime that results. If you profess the same faith as people blowing up crowds and that faith has absolute doctrinal hygiene (ie. this is the one and true faith and it is entire, and any variation is not the faith) then you are complicit. You don’t get to disavow the actions of others acting in the name of your faith, while professing that faith. Hence, no innocent adult muslims.
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Home from one pickup. Time to load up and head to the BOL.
n
Uh, now you’re noticing? F you and the horse you rode in on.
Lyin’ Jill Biden’s vile secret is finally exposed. Utterly inauthentic, fame-hungry and always alone… now we know who hates her the most: MAUREEN CALLAHAN
Paywalled so noclick
n
Found in review of Chinesium replacement for Dewalt 18v battery: