Cooler definitely. But still getting brain broiling hot in the afternoon sun. Truck is so hot I burned myself on it. Not just “Ouch, that’s hot” but actual burned skin. It’s cooler than a month ago though. Fall is here. Or at least we can see it from here.
Spent yesterday on auction stuff. Did a pickup, and ran by my auctioneer to see if I can bring stuff next week (yes, probably.) Prices were low for yesterday’s auction though. Since it was hot, I didn’t get up on the roof and do my lumberjack thing. I’ll do it today though, pretty much running out of time.
Then I’ve got some domestic bliss to take care of, followed by some meatspace activities. D1 has a home game that I’d like to see. And later, a bunch of the dads are getting together to pre-grill burgers for Saturday’s concession stand in support of the Debate team. Sounds like a social event more than anything. Several of the dads from school and swim team are involved so I’ll have someone to talk to. I’ll meet some other people too, and who knows what could follow that? Networking, and getting to know your community. Both important preps.
Take advantage of whatever opportunities you have to leverage existing relationships or groups into meeting some more people. That is going to make all the difference in the world later. ‘No man’s an island’ is going to take on even more meaning if things go pear shaped. IDK what your need will be or what sort of group you’ll find yourself in. Maybe you’ll be at the Green Dragon. Maybe you’ll be a Committee. Maybe you’ll be a direct action cell. Or maybe you’ll just swap recipes and cleaning tips (for handloads and firearms, natch, what did you think?) Knowing people and being known will help.
And stacks of course, they’ll help too.
nick
The knee jerk reaction is Trump, but “Wish” lead Ariana DeBose is yet another LGBTQXYZ cast member whose career is arguably screwed by participation in the utter disaster that was The Beard’s “West Side Story” where Disney feels that they have to make it up to the community.
A magic king who won’t grant everyone’s wishes … like English subtitles in theaters for the Spanish language-only sections of a film which was expected to do at least “Knives Out: Glass Onion” or “Air” business.
Also, more “Socially Awkward But Otherwise Infallable Girl Boss”. The Mouse hasn’t learned a thing and deserves what’s coming.
BOHICA, Mickey.
If you don’t think The Beard has lost his touch, go watch “The Fabelmans” and set aside the Judd Hirsch scenes.
Offset by alimony. My friend’s soon-to-be-ex-wife is learning about that the hard way, that she can’t simply keep her ESG consulting fees in a divorce because she serves the agenda and the husband likes guns/Trump.
The men aren’t totally screwed … yet.
Pay close attention in “The Fabelmans”. There will be a quiz.
And “Wish” will be a minor disaster compared to “Snow Woke and the Seven Time Bandits” in March since Disney won’t back down from the other “West Side Story” female lead Rachel Zegeler.
Zegler. Ack.
We just go with “Unibrow” at our house.
On the express elevator going down…
Feinstein croaks, can Pelosi be far behind?
Newsome has pledged a “woman of color” will be appointed.
Adam Schiff “I woke up this morning and discovered that I’m not only a woman, I’m black!”
Another crone who would rather be in the “lime light” than spend her golden years with family and friends. These people are mentally ill.
This. I’m trying to realign my “hobbies” to stuff I like and can still do in my ”older” age. Like picking up the guitar at 68. Also things that challenge me mentally. Although, I do enjoy a midnight nude walk.
That is racist. Openly stating that only women of color will be considered, rather than qualifications, is prejudiced by race. A white person, male or female will not be considered simply because of their gender and/or color of their skin. Had Newsome state that only “males of non-color” be considered he would be sued, tarred and feathered, and immediately been the victim of a recall.
Anything involving a white male is racist. Anything involving a black female is progressive.
Do your neighbors also enjoy your walks? I hope you’re hanging reflective material on something so that you’re visible to cars. As small as that may be, it might help.
Cool-ish this am. D1 is home from school, body aches and chills. Negative for wuflu, and only a slightly elevated temp, which could just be from being in bed.
The Feinstein lizard has moved on. Very few people have had the negative impact on the country and Constitutional Rights that she had. Good riddance to bad garbage.
Feinstein croaks, can Pelosi be far behind?
from your lips to God’s ears…
n
It’s been dead for months, just was too stupid to realize it.
– and empowering these gangs is about the stupidest thing anyone could do.
n
Ha! Of course they had Pelosi’s daughter acting as her aid and working the strings.
BTW, I was joking about moving to San Antonio. There is no way I would move back into a city.
YUUUP, I agree with this. If I have to move, it would be a mile, or so, down the road from either JimB or EdH.
Last time this happened several european central banks ended up in trouble, didn’t they?
n
The new iPhone arrived this morning. Over ten days early. The activation and moving the eSIM took less than 5 minutes. Now transferring the rest of my data/apps.
Be aware that the phone may get quite warm during the process and for a few hours after. There is some background processing that takes place that consumes a lot of CPU power. Don’t be concerned as the phone will settle down to normal temperatures.
Yep, the new phone is quite toasty.
it maeks teh toazt?
I’ve also updated the Macs to Sonoma (macOS 14).
If you want some optimistic upbeat news about the legal challenges to the various vaxx mandates, and you use
twitterI mean X, check out Brian Ward “@GodsRiddles”It’s dry, but he lays out the legal cases under Federal law in an hour long video here. It’s a free resource he’s using to train attorneys how to fight.
I’m frankly surprised he posted that publicly, for fear that opposing counsel can see it, but I guess it shows how strongly he believes the case. Of course, he’s also exposed all the legal theories in the various complaints he’s already filed, and those are public. And listed on that website, covidpenalty.com
Mr. Ray, did you decide to go bareback (lol) with the new phone?
What doesn’t make it in the papers, even the DM, is that Feinstein was the last of the active SF Dem politicians who owed Jim Jones for their careers.
Pelosi didn’t run for elected office until after Jonestown.
Stay thirsty my friends.
I light of our esteemed senator and thoughts for some other…
just passing through channels last night and stopped here on MGM for a moment
Paul Moore:
[after firing one of his workers] Now, if there’s anything I can do for you…
Employee:
Well, I certainly hope you’ll die soon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6GfysUGVZQ
Newsome has a problem making the appointment in that it grants the power of incumbency to anyone who could be a viable candidate for the office in the next election. Stating that he will only appoint a “woman of color” gets him off the hook with Adam Schiff and the other white and/or male contenders without setting off a political firestorm.
Speaking of toasty phones, I remember when someone said that using one of the then-new big screen phones felt like holding a slice of toast to his head.
I like my Galaxy Note 20 Ultra with its 6.9 inch, 3088 x 1440 (Quad HD plus), Infinity-O Super AMOLED plus Display (whew!), but I do lust for the Galaxy Z Fold 5:
https://www.samsung.com/us/smartphones/galaxy-z-fold5/buy/galaxy-z-fold5-512gb-unlocked-sm-f946uzkexaa/?CID=pnf-mb-smp-cha-20230925-227996__
Too busy to change now, especially because my wife and I always have the same phone, and she will resist something new. It always takes me a while to sort out her stuff.
We tried that. Failed miserably. Stoopid voters.
https://hotair.com/headlines/2023/09/28/new-comer-to-subpoena-bank-records-of-joe-biden-hunter-biden-n581177
background:
https://twitter.com/simonateba/status/1707430201313972471
oh, and my uncle’s BROTHER will be bringing his KNEEPADS and hopes you will agree that he has been improving his technique
Tire update…
New variable in the equation which I overlooked when I dog-eared the page in the Costco circular – Costco now includes free installation, for which DT charges $88, giving Costco a $258 advantage over DT. I’d guess at some point DT needs to close (some of) that gap to stay competitive.
But between W2’s knee replacement recovery, and a new 8 week old puppy added to the pack (now at 5½, not my idea, but HWHL,) I haven’t gotten the tires just yet. Not urgent but there is a $100 rebate right now from Michelin that I’d prefer not to miss.
Costco seems to run the $100 promotion fairly often, so if you miss it, and the need isn’t urgent, it will come again.
n
>> And “Wish” will be a minor disaster compared to “Snow Woke and the Seven Time Bandits” in March since Disney won’t back down from the other “West Side Story” female lead Rachel Zegeler.
>> BOHICA, Mickey.
Says ‘Bard’…
And here I always thought it had a similar, but slightly different meaning…appended with “no l*be.”
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/09/the_death_of_the_library.html
The article is short, but following the links, including the source of the above quote, takes some additional time but is equally worthwhile.
Step back and consider that this is only one piece of the construct:
Half Price Books sent out an email earlier this week. I would have to transcribe the text from the gif that acts as a link to their website (why is that< i wonder?) which dos not repeat the text but says:
The leftists have been making bullshot claims about “censorship” and “book bans” for years. In every example they cite, there is neither. What there is are demands by reasonable parents that considerations of age-appropriateness be made when selecting books for classrooms and school libraries, and that books which are thinly-veiled grooming manuals are not appropriate. There are two simple proofs of the truth of this statement. The first is the obvious ease with which any of the books can be purchased–quite often locally at HPB–and supplied to children. The second is the howls of leftist outrage when excerpts from these books are read publicly at school board meetings (and thus often publicized to the general public on cable) or press conferences (thank you, Gov DeSantis). Note in particular that in the latter case the news organizations that are themselves primarily leftist-controlled censor the very words they insist that children should have unfettered access to.
“Costco seems to run the $100 promotion fairly often, so if you miss it, and the need isn’t urgent, it will come again.”
The tire manufacturers have been running rebates for years, carefully keeping the availability limited to comply with FTC regs on “list price”.
The primary reason is the volatility of the price of oil. Oil is a large component of the raw material that goes into a tire. Using rebates to is a method of damping out price fluctuations.
Engine oil manufacturers use a more limited approach, keeping rebates infrequent so they are screwing the customers more often.
Yup, physical copies. And they are not subject to stealth revision.
n
Nope. I bought the Apple case. The one with the micro weave. I, for one, think the case is OK. It is not nearly as bad as what the reviewers claim. The reviewers intentionally subjected the case to severe abuse. I don’t envision any of the issues produced by the reviewers to be applied to my phone and case.
I was never really impressed with the leather cases. I don’t like the silicone cases as they look like toy covers. The hard plastic is just ugly with the MagSafe loop in the back.
I am not impressed with the Apple case, as in wow, nor am I disappointed.
One for the good guys…at least until it’s appealed…
https://www.firearmsnews.com/editorial/california-magazine-ban-repealed-again/482646?utm_term=sep29&utm_campaign=guninpho&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=osg
P=NP questions; “Can generative AI solve computer science’s greatest unsolved problem?”
https://www.zdnet.com/article/can-generative-ai-solve-computer-sciences-greatest-unsolved-problem/
Y’all were talking about that earlier in the week, so I thought some of you might be interested.
It has been my policy for years of buying used books online to identify the websites of the companies with the actual physical inventory and order direct from them when possible.
https://www.secondsale.com/
https://discoverbooks.com/
https://www.thriftbooks.com/
https://www.betterworldbooks.com/
many of the above are listed here:
https://www.rd.com/list/used-books-online/
Note that ABE and Alibris and Biblio are sites used by small booksellers to list their inventories online.
Considering generative “AI”’s propensity to make stuff up, I’d have a doubt or two regarding any proofs that popped out.
I have three theories concerning the rash of recent articles in this vein: First, that a lot of science journalists are vastly ignorant of science topics in general and in particular have no more than a “15 minute introduction to GPT4” understanding of the latest “AI”s, but they’re writing anyway because they need the paycheck. (One-A: the journalists have a decent understanding but are constrained by wordcount or editorial stance. One-B: the magazine’s or site’s junior editors hacked at the articles after they were written and converted them to nonsense. Having had that done to several of my magazine articles, it would surprise me not at all.*)
Second, that an agenda is being pushed concerning the world-changing potential of generative “AI”.
Third, that lazy journalists or penny-pinching editors are having ChatGPT write the articles about generative “AI”’s capabilities and they are not fact-checking or running it past a basic skeptical eye.
* The most egregious when one junior editor (like all of them, she was a recent graduate with an English degree and no knowledge at all of the computer, programming, or EE worlds) robotically changed all “he” to “he or she”, including when the pronoun referred to a particular, male antecedent. Donald Knuth’s wife would no doubt be distressed to learn that he had been converted to a “he or she”, and this was decades before the attempt to normalize “transgenders”.
https://hotair.com/headlines/2023/09/29/yes-the-impeachment-hearing-produced-plenty-of-evidence-for-corruption-n581320
Yes. I’m not kidding when I say that I view ChatGPT as an interesting monkey trick until it can play Minesweeper on Expert level perfectly every time.
And I would want to look at the PRNG algorithm generating the boards. No BillG MAX_RAND of 0x7FFF which he cookbooked out of Knuth.
Crack Minesweeper and the AI will have proven P=NP. Then the real fun begins.
Scintilla. I wonder if ChatGPT generates the Talking Points Memo now.
Scintilla
Sounds like something Hunter Biden would try to order from his drug dealer:
“Hey, I heard about scintilla. Is that shiite any good?”
All the people using the word “scintilla” recently is simply evidence of the return of the “Journo-List”, in whatever form it has taken in its latest iteration.
I used to play the rebate game about 20 years ago. At that time, prices went up, and rebates helped, although they were a hassle to do. Some of them required a physical part of the case to be cut out and mailed.
Some time after that, I switched to Mobil 1 synthetic. The best price for that was either at Costco or Walmart. Costco had an in-store rebate applied at the register, so was hassle free. Walmart simply reduces the price some time in the summer for about three months. I stock up. Walmart has the more convenient 5 qt jugs instead of quarts at Costco. The price per quart is very close. Another reason I hate rebates is that sales tax is calculated on the full price.
Lately there are some newer oils that might be better than Mobil 1. I am not brand loyal, rather use what I think is best. Mobil was one of the first companies to make synthetic oil, and some of their oils test really good. What criteria? Ah, there’s the rub. Most modern engines seem to be weak in EP areas, such as cam chains and roller rockers. Many synthetics are especially good with this, but of course not all. Some engines tend to generate deposits around the rings, although none of mine. Yet others have sludge problems, but again none of mine.
Not sure if I will change the type of oil I use. Some of the oil formulations are driven by EPA pressure, and this has nothing to do with how well they work in engines. Dang government, although some of this has led to some oils that seem better, so it is complicated.
Found a doctor and made an appointment for next week. That was a surprise, I usually have to wait two to four weeks.
Picked up the lawn mower tire and installed it but the dust cap is so bad I now need a new one. Ordered it from Amazon.
Didn’t get much else done. Worked on a couple of small things and read an OK book on my kindle.
I had a pretty productive day, after the nap.
got the branch, limb really- it’s about 10 inches across and 20ft long, off the roof and cut up. Took about an hour to get it down, and about 40 minutes to clean up and cut the last piece into one foot lengths. I ended up tying a rope to the upper third, then nibbling off a foot or so at a time from the end sitting on the roof. Eventually it was hanging straight down, just missing the edge of the roof. I cut several more one foot pieces off that, and then lowered the remainder.
It was nerve wracking. The pole saw attachment for the string trimmer worked like a champ and kept me far away from the limb in case it let go or moved. The extra extension piece made it possible to reach the upper end of the limb and cut it away from the tree. HIGHLY recommended.
Then went to hang out with a group of dads from the kids’ school. Grilled up some burgers for the concession stand tomorrow, ate a couple. Talked and just hung out. Nice night.
Someone here made cookies and left them on the kitchen table. I ate enough to be sick tomorrow. Yum.
n
Nick, you did more than most lumberjacks do. I never would have suspected a pole saw could cut a 10” diameter limb. There is enough weight to severely damage the roofing; hope that didn’t happen.
I would have definitely considered getting a pro to do that job. Try to avoid the roof whenever possible, but that’s me.
Lumberjack…
https://youtu.be/FshU58nI0Ts?si=MOTqjvMGHoLbZw7r
I had the lumberjack song in my head all day!
n