Hot and humid. Possibility of rain. Possibility of scorching sun. It was nice yesterday at the BOL, with a cool breeze in the shade, and brain boiling heat in the sun… while Houston got some cooling rain.
I did get a bunch of work done at the BOL. Cleaned up almost all the remaining downed branches, cut up logs, and other debris. Now I have 3 burn piles as tall as me… Cleaned up the demo debris from the dockhouse. Reset the A/C in the dockhouse after the power failure. I’m running it 24/7 to help dry out the wood. Mowed the grass. Put most of the patio furniture back after moving it out of the way for the tree guy. Put away all the solar stuff I’d brought to Houston, and did some general cleaning up and putting away.
It was enough to fill the day.
Today I’m home in Houston and will be doing storm recovery stuff. I need to make repairs to our driveway gate, back fence, and some other things. I’ve got to get stuff back where it belongs, and sort some stuff out. I should do something about the rat situation, and my general pile of stuff that needs attention…
After resting and getting a slow start… if it’s hot.
Stacks. I got ’em. You should too.
n
79 F here with the same dew point and very overcast. Feels like liquid air. Everything outside is wet. Gonna get more rain I bet.
I got my lawn mower in on Saturday morning between rainfall. He did not do my neighbor as it started pouring down. He normally comes on Friday morning.
I wish that we could save some rain for August.
Headed to church in a few.
It is cherry season at HEB. Eat your cherries to prevent gout. I had tremendous pain in my big toes in my 50s. Been eating lots of cherries since then and no pain. Was it gout, who knows ? I just know I do not get the pain anymore by eating 10+ lbs of cherries each year.
The wife has been complaining of toe pain but refuses to eat cherries as she hates fresh fruit. Sigh.
Again?!?
Unlike SLS, the Starliner will fly again. The questions are when and how much it will cost.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boeing-starliner-launch-first-piloted-test-flight-halted-again-international-space-station/
How about a cherry pie?
I see that Anthocyanins are one of the relevant components in cherries – they are also in red and purple vegetables.
The abort this time wasn’t the fault of the Starliner. Instead, the ground systems of the Atlas V were acting up. Still, this whole boondoggle needs to end. For the same amount of money being thrown and ULA and Boeing, they could incentivize a whole raft of space startups. Some of which would advance technology as SpaceX has done. Done right, that would be a much, much better investment.
Of course, “done right” would require Congress to keep their sticky fingers out of the budget allocations. So I suppose it’s not likely…
Next Starship launch planned for Thursday.
Hates fresh fruit? Unbelievable. I live for the fresh fruit of Summer, even though most fruit is now available year ’round.
We just finished some tree-ripened apricots from friends. Peaches might be next. Wow.
Moderation in all things… including moderation!
The Atlas V is already slated for replacement, but that rocket, Vulcan, may not be rated for manned flight yet. Again, time and money are the questions because the US must have the backup flight capacity.
A number of space startups continue to advance quietly, and NASA has kept money flowing to Sierra Nevada to develop their vehicle for cargo with an option for manned flight.
Two weeks ago, the high school held graduation at the local hockey arena across from the new Firefly Aerospace HQ building in Cedar Park.
Toe pain? I’ve always used cranberry juice as the remedy for that; specifically, Ocean Spray cran-apple juice.
“Moderation in all things… including moderation!”
@Lynn
“It is cherry season at HEB. Eat your cherries to prevent gout. I had tremendous pain in my big toes in my 50s. Been eating lots of cherries since then and no pain. Was it gout, who knows ? I just know I do not get the pain anymore by eating 10+ lbs of cherries each year. ”
I looked at cherries at the grocery Friday, and they did not seem to be quite as ripe as I like. Sale price is already $4 a lb. We’ll see if that improves. Last year they were $3 a pound for most of the year, and one weekend they were $2. I buy 2 lbs, pit them, and eat most of them that way. I try to get 3-4 pound frozen early on–spread a pound at a time on a cookie sheet, freeze, then transfer to a ziploc.
Strawberries and cherries are both good on vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt. Almost as good as cookies, which get the edge because they pair so well with coffee.
“I have never seen a group of people so determined to give up chartered jets to fly Spirit Airlines again”
–Iowahawk
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/06/01/wnba-players-going-out-of-their-way-to-prove-charles-barkley-right-about-their-petty-bs-n3789475
tick, tick, tick, tick…
Rainier cherries are awesome. Smith’s in Vegas would have them. Haven’t seen them at HEB. We have some parents who went through our programs who live in WA. They will send us a crate right from the fields.
Military genius arrested in misunderstanding
https://redstate.com/jimthompson/2024/06/02/retired-4-star-admiral-arrested-in-multi-million-navy-contract-bribery-scheme-n2174957
Awards and Decorations (not yet awarded):
Leavenworth Metal with Bars
“I have never seen a group of people so determined to give up chartered jets to fly Spirit Airlines again”
WNBA Player Who Appeared to Call Caitlin Clark a “B*tch” and Delivered Cheap Shot Shows Zero Remorse — Now Liking and Reposting Tweets Justifying Attack
Charming.
Biden’s Delusions About Hamas Continue
https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2024/06/01/bidens-delusions-about-hamas-continue-n3789451
What a naive headline.
Biden is not capable of having a coherent delusion–his brain is oatmeal, he’s jacked on illegal drugs to get him through a 30-minute appearance, and even then can’t follow a teleprompter. Oatmeal is probably a level too high–try burnt toast, starting from moldy bread.
Biden is regurgitating–poorly and incoherently–what is fed to him by Jill the Genius and the rest of the puppetmasters. They have their own agenda, which is not in the interests of our country, but driven by PLT delusions and doubtless heavily influenced by foreign bribe money.
When FJB loses in November his life–already worthless through his own lying, stealing, perversion, and betrayals in the pursuit of power and wealth–will not be worth any less, for it could not be. What will change is the calculation of the people around him, as a live body becomes a liability compared to a dead president and the opportunity to destroy records and cover tracks that would ensue. Harris–she of little brain who believes in her non-existent cleverness–has doubtless already been brought on board with promises of future wealth and the Big Gold Ring she wants so desperately, the title of POTUS, if only for a few months.
@mediumwave
Caitlin Clark needs to put aside her delusions and maintain situational awareness at full red every second she is on the court. When I looked at the film it seemed that there was more than enough opportunity for a prepared defender to land a season-ending answer on the criminal who attacked her.
Uric acid – one word: allopurinol. I am not an MD, but it’s about more than just toe pain. There are some long-term heart risks with elevated uric acid levels.
The joys of a book reader… went to bed early, but stayed up reading. Knew I could sleep in.
Coffee will be ready shortly, and some bacon. Maybe a waffle. They’re corrugated specifically to hold butter and maple syrup, what could be more perfect?
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n
He just got caught, and the records weren’t sealed as is usually the case with guys like that.
@mediumwave
Caitlin Clark needs to put aside her delusions and maintain situational awareness at full red every second she is on the court. When I looked at the film it seemed that there was more than enough opportunity for a prepared defender to land a season-ending answer on the criminal who attacked her.
Stating the obvious:
Someone body checks CC: Just an accident, don’tcha know.
CC body checks someone: RACISM!!!
I actually picked up a couple pounds of cherries at WinCo this morning. Good programing finger food, as long as one isn’t picky about sticky keyboards, baby carrots are cleaner.
Winco has, not surprisingly, torn out their self check stations (you should sell your stock in those manufacturers, I hear that our local Walmarts closed theirs as well).
These were directly in front of the doors so now it’s easy to get in and out. Just Kidding. Actually they’ve put up a wall and torn out a couple of register stations 100′ away to meet safety codes.
Filthy floors, missing bag stations, a deli that leaves their lights off so as to appear closed and avoid dealing with those pesky customers…. Prices are good tho.
also admits the lab leak origin is possible.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13481839/dr-anthony-fauci-social-distancing-masks-prevent-covid.html
n
Trump, tho.
Ha ha.
A comedian, Carlin maybe? on relationships translates “ I don’t know why I can’t find love, I have so much love to give…” As “I AM A BLACK HOLE OF EMOTIONAL NEED.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13354923/woman-recounts-big-city-dating-reality-tiktok.html
– dating apps. Late night hookups. OF COURSE she’s not going to find a stable long term relationship.
I wonder how high her body count is…
n
A comedian, Carlin maybe? on relationships translates “ I don’t know why I can’t find love, I have so much love to give…” As “I AM A BLACK HOLE OF EMOTIONAL NEED.”
Also, maybe lay off the f-bombs? Some of us–granted, apparently a rapidly-diminishing few–find them, you should pardon the term, unladylike. Just sayin’.
Or mandatory jabs and boosters, illegal internal combustion engines, electric-assisted rickshaws, cold showers, unreliable electric service, generator confiscation, ceding your spare bedroom to house illegals, converting your home office to a spare bedroom at your expense–then housing illegals, illegals voting, veterans housing turned over to illegals, reparations to BIPOC’s including the bad girls of the WNBS (anyone else notice they are about 7/8 not-POC?), the UN running the gun confiscation program, and the most-important of all:
We know how much you made, ‘cuz we already have it.
(yeah, the “S” was a typo, but it’s more accurate)
An IRS Thief Stripped Privacy From “Tens of Thousands” of Americans. Here’s How the Government Responded
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jamie-parsons/2024/06/02/update-irs-thief-stole-files-from-tens-of-thousands-of-americans-n2639692
There is no limitation in the constitution or law that ‘makes it impracticable’.
And for a federal government that is bleeding red ink at the rate of $1 billion every 90 days, there should be no higher priority. They can bleeping well roll back the expenditures on illegal aliens, the unconstitutional “student loan vote bribery plans”, and all the rest. Those 80,000 IRS agents hired to harass taxpayers can be redirected to this case and provide one-on-one help.
Booz Allen should be dragged into court in the biggest class action suit ever seen. Each taxpayer whose confidentiality was breached should start by demanding $1 million per return stolen. And ProPublica, who is holding the stolen goods, should be co-defendent.
With regards to the latter, there needs to be a little jurisdiction shopping–not hard with 50k defendents–to find a judge that imposes a modest fine of $10 per day per return for every day that ProPublica continues to keep the stolen goods. How do we know that they don’t still have them? Don’t accept any b.s. claims, make them open their files and computers to forensic analysis.
Our elected representatives should bring pressure on the DOJ and IRS to further charge Charles Littlejohn. And every one of those victims should petition the court to make a victim statement–in a live reading to the court–during any sentencing for Charles Littlejohn.
Might try growing up. Then accept that your are maybe a five in the beauty department and your entitled attitude is a turn-off.
Thank you Gary Sinise and American Airlines
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2024/06/02/the-best-story-you-will-read-all-day-n3789487
Booz Allen Hamilton will skate. That’s a serious Deep State-connected company.
Good idea. The article didn’t list anyway to see WHOSE records were stolen; I think that would be important to know, since the IRS isn’t going to voluntarily disclose whose records were stolen.
My brother is going over for the anniversary. I wonder what is in for him as he does nothing that does not benefit him.
Companies are tequired by law to report data breaches. If those laws don’t already include government entities, maybe they should be amended.
They can report the breech without detailing what got revealed.
n
This Invention Made Disney MILLIONS, but Then They LOST It!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQuIVsNzqDk
Very interesting bit of movie history.
How about a cherry pie?
She has snuck bites of my cherry pies before but professes to dislike cherry pie.
Old news.
News release from DOJ on 29 Jan 2024, link here.
The “TownHall” site is apparently recycling old news for ‘click-bait’ purposes.
Yes, they do that.
Scott Adams says that Trump is now going to become a rapper named Felonious Trump.
@drwilliams:
I read a book 30 or more years ago, that had a different explanation of that.
According to the book, they did use sodium light, but Eastmancolor colour negative film has/had a peculiarity – it was insensitive to sodium yellow, so shooting normally lit subjects in front of the sodium yellow-lit screen caused the background to photograph as black (or clear in the negative image).
This makes the foreground “self-matting”, and you can create a matte, to “cut a hole” in the background, by simple copying onto high contrast B/W stock. Simple successive registered optical printing then produces the final composite image.
Don’t remember the book title, unfortunately, and I lost my physical library to poor storage in a damp environment. Or naybe it was a borrowed library book – at this late date, I’m not sure which.
Wouldn’t work in an electronic environment – electronic cameras are fully panchromatic, they do not have sensitivity nulls.
G.
The 2024 Honda Civic is 44″ longer than the 1973 original;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQuIVsNzqDk
The entire video is worth watching. I’d give it a solid 7.5/10. It would make a good start on a much longer video which could include more history and more “where are we going”.
The size changes in single-family detached housing over the last 50 years have occurred in the suburbs. Urban housing has not been transformed to make it bigger, which means that the people living in all of the blue cities are living in the same footprint of previous generations. It is not a coincidence that liberals concentrated in these areas are conducting a war on the suburbs, and trying to force zoning changes to impose multi-family housing, high rises, and higher density development. That agenda affects the blue cities not at all, so it is not an issue for the voters.
A comedian, Carlin maybe? on relationships translates “ I don’t know why I can’t find love, I have so much love to give…” As “I AM A BLACK HOLE OF EMOTIONAL NEED.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13354923/woman-recounts-big-city-dating-reality-tiktok.html
Go to church. You get a way better chance of finding a good man or a good woman that way.
Tonight’s movie was Jumper. It ended in a jumble of loose ends. I’ll have to watch it again… the dogs got hungry. I do think it would be cool to teleport. Not for the go into bank vaults to swipe cash, but for the “from here to the grocery store” in an instant. Like, in Bewitched.
The weather says thunderstorms. All I see is super sticky humidity when I go outside.
thank you to whoever recommended the Mother of Learning books.
I just finished the 4th, and I’ll miss entering that world before bedtime.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09M2R6QLF?tag=ttgnet-20/
Interesting to read, real character development, and a satisfying ending.
Bit of a mishmash on the world building, and sometimes has a VERY strong video game story vib. It was clearly heavily inspired (magic and worldbuilding) by games.
Entertaining. Wife liked it too, although she got bogged down somewhere in the third book. Took me reading it to prod her into picking it back up, but she finished it before I did.
n
@paul, I liked Jumper but found it to fall short. Didn’t feel any desire to re-watch it or await a sequel.
n
I’m curious if you crafted this sentence carefully, or if it organically came out of your (metaphorical) mouth.
Found on HoSHQ
Heavy bookmark on his one*:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1SGvnvMYwM
*Language Warning Level 3
Another meme found on HoSHQ:
https://ace.mu.nu/archives/060224%20WTM%20ArsenalMeme%20scaled.jpg
Japanese products but an American chain emulating Daiso among others.
A lot of retail will have to be relearned.
As Retail Archeology points out, he usually documents deteriorating chains. I believe he was among the first to identify a problem at Fry’s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc73MMUJEik
We are in Carrollton in the near future so the store is on the list to visit, but Houston has a TESO Life as well.
Austin has a Daiso, but TESO looks to be a bit more upmarket.
@Nick
I read Jumper shortly after it first came out. Excellent book, even if Davy is a wimp.
When the sequel, Reflex, came out, I managed to get an proof copy ahead of the hype, and then put it up for auction on eBay. Someone paid $120 for the privilege of reading it a couple months before the publication date. I did not think it was as good a story as the first book, and I was skeptical that the interval before the third book would be much shorter than the twelve years between one and two. I had also, at that point, been underwhelmed by Gould’s other books.
I heard that the movie was not true to the book, introducing the Griffin character, whose backstory was written by Gould (my characters, my story, my money–I approve) and came out ahead of the movie just to confuse things more. I enjoyed the prequel, Jumper: Griffin’s Story, but did not hear enough positive about the movie to watch it. I have the dvd, so someday.
There are three other books that follow the original story, the last written in 2014. So we have the first book and three more-or-less true sequels, and the reality fork movie sequel to the first book with it’s own prequel. Yeah, no wonder it’s been ten years.
Gould reportedly was hired by James Cameron to develop books in the Avatar universe, but I don’t see any such credited to him. Since I disliked the movie, I don’t feel a need to dig.
@lpdbw , just came out that way. I almost added a word or to for clarity, as something about it caught my “eye”. Totally missed any double meaning or word play.
n
WATCH: Airport in Paris Gives US Vets a Tear-Jerking Hero’s Welcome Ahead of 80th Anniversary of D-Day
https://redstate.com/beccalower/2024/06/02/watch-paris-airport-honors-wwii-veterans-in-a-heros-welcome-ahead-of-80th-anniversary-of-d-day-n2174974
Touchdown of the American Airlines flight sponsored by Gary Sinise’s organization
The Venn Diagram of people who say that “Kyle Rittenhouse is still a murderer” and “The Manhatten jury’s decision is final and must be respected” are two perfect circles that overlap 100%.
https://accordingtohoyt.com/2024/06/01/the-memes-are-lit-and-dont-need-help/