Probably another day that starts in the 70s and ends in the 80s. Like my daughter’s playlist. Might be clear this time. It was mostly overcast yesterday, but there were clear times and places. This close to the Gulf of America, sometimes it be that way.
Did auction stuff in the morning, then did my pickup. After that it was kid stuff until we were done with dinner. And dinner was indian food, late.
Delicious food. Tender goat for me. I don’t have the chance to eat goat very often, so I usually will order it if it’s on the menu.
Today should be more domestic bliss, some auction pickups, and then the T/Th kid shuffling…
There are a lot of things on the list, and I’m not moving things off it very quickly. I really need to work on that.
And stack. We’re down to one last juicebox for lunch…
nick
While in California, we stopped to eat at a diner in Carson late one afternoon as a low rider car show set up for the evening in the parking lot. That jacket probably would have got us hurt.
As it was, the women (!) organizing the show were not happy that our rental Camry was in the way of setup.
I’m still waiting for the knock on the door.
People will go along. The population wants an extension of the five year vacation and another round of free money to use on a Switch 2.
Everyone knew better last time around, but the message I got was, “Shhh. Dude. The kids have soccer at 3 PM and there’s day trading to do while we ‘work’ from home.”
Wireless service at work is awful since everyone was ordered to report to the office five days a week.
A lot of people in the building are hiding in back cubicles and streaming videos on their phones.
Slow coffee dripping,
Silent house lies waiting.
Soon the day begins.
n
I’m not “summerized” yet – it’s about 20C here (so, 70ish F), and I am hot. Wanted to go work in the garden this afternoon, but not sure I’m up for it. It takes me a few weeks to adapt to summer temps…
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/04/dept-of-ed-finds-u-penn-violated-title-ix-by-permitting-men-in-womens-sports-and-locker-rooms/
Way past time.
The resolution agreement is missing something: Every coach in the athletic depart ment*, ever administrator, and everyone up to and including the university president and board, should be required to spend a year cleaning men’s and women’s rest rooms with their tongues, at which point they will be tested to see if they can tell the difference in the dark.
*see Neimohler
73F overcast, with a hint of cool on the breeze. Knees ache, so I’m thinking storm coming.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14653321/report-mistake-black-hawk-collide-jet.html
– pilot error.
n
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14659339/Spain-admits-solar-power-blame-nationwide-blackouts.html
Yeah, not quite.
– they have recovered quickly, with most of the grid back up.
I wonder if anyone panic buying yesterday will be prepping today?
n
Followup
“a man” WTF? Another player, during a game, the only question being “was it an accident, or did he cut the guy’s throat on purpose?”
The .gov doesn’t say anything about it being an accident. They say they won’t prosecute because of the low chance of a conviction.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14659347/Man-arrested-death-ice-hockey-star-Adam-Johnson-wont-face-criminal-charges.html
n
The slant is pervasive.
– “removing” instead of “not adding”. Elsewhere there is “the naturally occurring mineral’s ”. Arsenic is “naturally occurring” as is uranium, but I wouldn’t want them in my water.
The bigger, and more subtle thing is that only poor people are drinking tap water, and darn few of them. My kids almost never drink tap water, either drinking bottled or filtered water. Do we see a “doubling” of tooth decay in rich kids, who are likely not drinking any fluoridated water? Even the illegals line up to fill water bottles from the filtered kiosks rather than drink the tap water…
I don’t drink our tap water because it tastes like chlorine and iron.
It’s been decades since I routinely drank tap water.
n
I think the question in people’s minds, in Spain, will be whether warnings by system engineers about grid instability were ignored or overridden by management and politicians.
In this country FOIA and ‘discovery’ in lawsuits would (eventually) make that sort of info public, but I can’t speak as to the EU and Spain policies.
Fixed it for you.
Speaking of the SPR:
Drained and Damaged by Biden: Repairing and Refilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Will Take Years
There is no end to the damage plugs/Dumbos did to the country. If tRump can’t groom a replacement in four years, we will be right back circling the drain.
The comments on why are all over the place: DEI, Woke, not a professional pilot, stupid, suicide, etc.
We’ll probably never know why she didn’t turn. If the ADB-S was off and they were under NVG, I get it. You train for the mission. We don’t know if the mission required it, but I suspect yes since the unit’s mission is to evacuate Pols. We dirt people have to drive, while our rulers get choppers when the bombs start falling.
One guy said Black Hawk pilots have 1,000’s of hours. Uh, no. Does he think pilots are fling nonstop? She was right at the number of hours for her rank. Armchair chopper pilots.
I drink tap water often. Seldom drop botled water. The tap water at my last home in NC for 15 years or so was very good. Here it is not as good but still drinkable.
I RO and distill my water. No distiller here in Vegas until the move is complete, so it is RO only. Even the dogs only get RO’d water.
Heavy chlorine here in Vegas.
We use straight tap water for cooking and for coffee/tea. We either drink bottled water (too much Propel) or filtered water from the fridge. The spoiled dogs get tap water to drink. We are terrible dog parents!
I’ve considered putting in a filtration/RO system for the house, but plumbing it in would be challenging. House is on a slab and water line enters the house in front. I could redirect into the garage, but it would either be very expensive to hire out or a lot of work for me to do myself.
I’m also looking at a whole house RO system. They are powered and you need a storage tank to have enough for demand. They can be pricey if you go for a SS tank. But you have built in water storage if the water goes out.
The window for fluoride being useful in pediatric teeth development is only a few months. Take it out of the tap water and make fluoridated pediatric water available to parents during that window.
I have a RO filter at the kitchen sink with it‘s own spigot. That it what I use for all drinking, including the water for the dog. There are three filters, two carbon and a RO filter. It also supplies the water for the ice maker in the refrigerator.
The older I get, the more sense the John Birch Society makes.
William F. Buckley has a lot to answer for.
My brother sent me a link to a “wide angle” view of the Apollo 11 flag planting.
Basically someone used authentic stills and other video to create context for the old analog 480i feed. Very cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWnXovl_H5k
The commercial jet’s ADS-B “Out” would have been active, but the standard used to only require broadcast of altitude and tail number.
Did that change?
Girl power. That would be my guess about the cause.
”Doors”, MJ Hegar, Cornyn’s opponent in his last reelection campaign made the Pentagon skiddish about denying women the opportunity of attending flight school, even if there are qualification concerns.
We use flouride toothpaste, and get applied flouride at the dentist twice a year, so I have believed it to be useful, safe, and effective. I don’t think it needs to be in every drop you drink. The amount in city water must be massive at the treatment plant, or you’d end up with homeopathy levels at the tap…
n
Here in Far West San Antonio, my 1979-built house has a well, and we have an Aquasana water filter that we installed when we bought the house 5 years ago. Unfiltered, our water is orange, liquid rust; after filtration, our water is mostly clean and tastes fine.
Tx lotto doesn’t care who they payout. And why should they? As long as the tickets are all paid for, the lottery exists to pay a jackpot to someone.
n
I don’t think anyone else was precluded from winning by the strategy, you are never guaranteed to be the sole winner either. The consortium could have lost money if several other people had the winning number.
Apparently they sold the consortium a special ticket that covered all of the possible number combinations. A guaranteed winner.
I do not know if the consortium got a discount. This kind of ticket is expressly forbidden by the law. All buyers must go to a licensed outlet and buy individual tickets. Apparently the guaranteed ticket was sold at a special outlet owned by the lottery. Also forbidden by law.
Spending the day at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Katy. The wife is having a procedure.
Apparently they sold the consortium a special ticket that covered all of the possible number combinations. A guaranteed winner.
I do not know if the consortium got a discount. This kind of ticket is expressly forbidden by the law. All buyers must go to a licensed outlet and buy individual tickets. Apparently the guaranteed ticket was sold at a special outlet owned by the lottery. Also forbidden by law.
– ah, in that case, f’ them.
n
Spending the day at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Katy.
– I hope everything goes well.
n
Half of the people here are wearing face masks. Creepy.
Got a grande Starcrap black coffee. $4.01. Very dark and bitter.
Spending the day at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Katy.
– I hope everything goes well.
Me too. The last trip here three years ago was a disaster. 13 polyps and an iron ring expander in her large intestine. And a bad reaction to the anesthesia. This is number seven colonoscopy for her at age 67.
She had stage 2b breast cancer 20 years ago, stage 1 melanoma 18 years ago, and is fighting off colon cancer for 20 years. Nothing through the wall yet out of her 30+ polyps to date.
Lots of Good Germans.
MD Anderson is UT so they are going to adhere to agenda.
It is scary how close we came to hospitals denying care to anyone who remained part of the Control.
“In a Win for SpaceX, FCC May Loosen Power Limits for Starlink”
https://www.pcmag.com/news/in-a-win-for-spacex-fcc-may-loosen-power-limits-for-starlink
They are going to turn us all into crispy critters.
GOA is working to ensure the passage of both the SHORT Act and the HPA.
https://oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/messages/edit?promo_id=23722
Gun Owners of America is trying to get the Short Guns and Suppressors removed from the NFA. I hope that it happens as I want suppressors for my rifles. And I want a short barrel 5.56.
This time we really mean it. The Pizza Box will work, we promise.
They succeeded in killing several patients by denying them Ivermectin. Even with court orders.
Remdesivir and ventilators were deadly. And all of those deaths were marked as covid deaths.
There are doctors who should be hanged.
Out working on the pavers & pathway for the first time since last week’s back spasms.
Decided that putting the awnings up has precedence, after about an hour in the sun…
Boot high weeds of last week are now waist high.
Need to put up screens for the tomato beds.
Some days that 900SF senior’s apartment complex seems appealing.
The 2/2.5/6 barndominium on 1.5 acres is reduced to $500k today. I was thinking about buying this and putting a one story house in front of it.
https://www.har.com/homedetail/9702-surrey-ln-richmond-tx-77469/2527183
I was thinking about offering $400k but the wife vetoed that.
This time we really mean it. The Pizza Box will work, we promise.
Starlink works very well. They are trying to take it to the next level to compete with fiber.
The wife had five polyps this time. None looked to be precancerous like the seven 10 cm precancerous monsters from last time.
For iPad nerds:
I use my iPad as a monitor for travel with a Mac Mini. This is how I do it (tried some YT ways, but found my own way better):
Mac Mini→HDMI cable→HDMI Capture Card→USB C Port Splitter w/power→iPad→run Dongled app (free on App Store)
It works on my Pro and Mini iPads.
She is to be back in three years. Next time she has to do a 48 hour prep instead of the normal 24 hour prep since her cleaning was only adequate, not excellent like he likes.
She had the same surgeon this time as last time. He remembered my wife well from last time due to so many polyps.
BTW, my wifes grandfather passed away in Abilene in 1983 after his second large intestine resectioning. I was a grandson pall bearer.
BTW, if you want to lose 50 lbs in one month, try large intestine resectioning. Or 100 lbs for two sequential resectionings a month apart. For a guy weighing 180 lbs, that is fatal.
Your wife didn’t have any problems prior to the discovery of the seven 10 cm polyps?
I’m surprised that the doctors and insurance company didn’t suggest prophylactic removal of the colon.
They’ve hinted at that with me after one benign 42 mm polyp, but I won’t go for the genetic test.
Your wife didn’t have any problems prior to the discovery of the seven 10 cm polyps?
I’m surprised that the doctors and insurance company didn’t suggest prophylactic removal of the colon.
They’ve hinted at that with me after one benign 42 mm polyp, but I won’t go for the genetic test.
Woof ! Removal of the colon seems extreme. That means brown bag time connected through the stomach wall for life. Nasty, nasty, nasty.
And yes, this is my wifes seventh colonoscopy since she was 47. She has had polyps removed each time. Almost 40 polyps now. The previous time was the worst.
Inconsiderate jerks at the ballpark. I parked behind a vehicle. Then someone parked behind me effectively blocking me in. Do these people not think or is stupid just a genetic trait? It was some teenage high school girl that plays softball who is old enough to drive and should know better. Inconsiderate jerk.
@lynn:
Not necessarily. Depends on how much they remove. In my own case , in December 2018, I was booked in for a “Laparoscopic High Anterior Resection of the Sigmoid Colon”. That was the plan… what’s the saying about “Best laid plans…”? They tried, so I had the two small incisions for the laparoscopy (Keyhole). But when they got in, they discovered that my colon was adhering to the stomach wall, and they couldn’t do the job, so I ended up with the full monty 6 inch incision from just below my navel down to the pubic bone, as well.
All that is, of course, healed up, but the end result was the removal of about 6 or so inches of my colon, and 19 lymph nodes. No need for a colostomy bag, thank $DEITY, so barring the scars, there’s no external evidence. Pathology indicated the removed growth was “early Stage 3”, i.e. it had started to spread, but not far.
This led to a course of chemotherapy, not too aggressive (I didn’t lose any hair), but I’m still suffering loss of sensation in my fingertips to this day.
G.
The antibodies worked. I saw that firsthand at my house. The infusions were not easy to get, however, even here in Texas.
Only Florida made the antibodies widely available without hassle, including to non-residents. The Biden administration put a quick end to that in 2021, fearing DeSantis or Little Marco as potential challengers in 2024.
I do not regret that I have no colon story to share.
Not necessarily. Depends on how much they remove. In my own case , in December 2018, I was booked in for a “Laparoscopic High Anterior Resection of the Sigmoid Colon”. That was the plan… what’s the saying about “Best laid plans…”? They tried, so I had the two small incisions for the laparoscopy (Keyhole). But when they got in, they discovered that my colon was adhering to the stomach wall, and they couldn’t do the job, so I ended up with the full monty 6 inch incision from just below my navel down to the pubic bone, as well.
All that is, of course, healed up, but the end result was the removal of about 6 or so inches of my colon, and 19 lymph nodes. No need for a colostomy bag, thank $DEITY, so barring the scars, there’s no external evidence. Pathology indicated the removed growth was “early Stage 3”, i.e. it had started to spread, but not far.
This led to a course of chemotherapy, not too aggressive (I didn’t lose any hair), but I’m still suffering loss of sensation in my fingertips to this day.
The wife’s polyps are in the full length of her colon, from the small intestine to the exit. She would have to have the whole thing removed. That is brown bag time for life.
She will be having a colonoscopy every three years until she gets tired of the fun.
Her grandfather used to drink Milk of Magnesia like it was Coca-cola. Not a good sign.
BTW, she lost all of the hair on her body except for her eyelashes when she took chemo in 2005. Now she has neuropathy in her feet. She cannot wear shoes with closed toes so she wears flip flops everywhere, church included. Even when it is 20 F outside.
“NEW: China Caves On 125% Tariff For Major U.S. Export”
https://trendingpoliticsnews.com/new-china-caves-on-125-tariff-for-major-u-s-export-cmc/
“China on Tuesday waived a 125 percent tariff on ethane imports from the United States in a major trade war concession, according to a report from Reuters.”
Ten million people work in plastics plants in China apparently. They were all losing their jobs.
Hat tip to:
https://thelibertydaily.com/
I learned a new word today, Diverticulosis.
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24883-diverticulosis
“Diverticulosis is a common condition that can develop in your colon, especially as you get older. It means that little pouches form in the inside lining of your colon. They usually don’t cause any problems. But rarely, they may bleed or develop an infection (diverticulitis).”
The surgeon even had color pictures for us. She has Diverticulosis on one side of her colon, a new condition.
Isn’t that special. Another sign of aging.
“Microsoft CEO says up to 30% of the company’s code was written by AI”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-ceo-says-30-companys-002116317.html
“Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that 20%-30% of code inside the company’s repositories was “written by software” — meaning AI — during a fireside chat with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Meta’s LlamaCon conference on Tuesday.”
“Nadella gave the figure after Zuckerberg asked roughly how much of Microsoft’s code is AI-generated today. The Microsoft CEO said the company was seeing mixed results in AI-generated code across different languages, with more progress in Python and less in C++.”
I call bull hockey pucks.
Pearls Before Swine: Loaned Books
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2025/04/29
And now we know why I do not loan books out, I give them away and buy a new copy.
Peanuts: Poor Snoopy !
https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2025/04/29
Snoopy is not a moose ! The body mass is the first tell.
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2025/04/29/trump-comes-up-with-ingenius-way-to-charge-illegal-aliens-for-crossing-the-border-n2188483
99.99% reduction, now going for another 9.
Someone needs to do the mashup of all the dim Dems claiming it was impossible to close the border and we need to settle for a “realistic” 5,000 per day.
Put a heavy tax on remittances, cut off all benefits, cut off medical care at the ER except for true emergencies and we’ll have 5,000 per day self-deporting by the end of the second hundred days.
>>All that is, of course, healed up, but the end result was the removal of about 6 or so inches of my colon
Is that what they call a semi-colon?
@Nick. You’ve commented here that you drink vinegar to alleviate leg cramps. Any specific variety, and how much? And how long before it takes effect?
I’ve been having a problem with foot cramps at night.
Thanks.
“UPS to cut 20k jobs, close 70 facilities as it reduces Amazon shipping volume”
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/ups-to-cut-20k-jobs-close-70-facilities-as-it-reduces-amount-of-amazon-shipments-it-handles/3827700/
“The package delivery giant plans to significantly reduce the amount of Amazon shipments it handles.”
Bold.
@ken, I drink what’s in the cabinet, namely japanese rice vinegar, because it’s a little bit sweeter. There is one with a green cap and one with an orange cap, and one is more “premium” and tastes a little less vinegary. It’s Kikkoman I think… but really it’s because I heard pickle juice would help, and I don’t have any pickle juice… and pickle juice is mostly vinegar. I’ve tried apple cider vinegar, balsamic vinegar, and plain white vinegar. The rice vinegar is the easiest to swallow for me, tongue against the roof of my mouth, followed by water or some ginger ale.
Turns out that for me, no matter what the mechanism may be, about half an ounce to an ounce makes the cramping stop in seconds. Less than half a minute. I usually wait until the cramping starts, then if it’s so bad I can’t see or move, my wife will get me a shot. Otherwise I’m stumbling in pain to the kitchen. I’m getting smarter and trying a shot glass before bed when I know I’ve been walking up and down the hill all day and not drinking enough water. I haven’t had cramps on nights I do the pre-emptive shot before bed, but that isn’t definitive. Sometimes I put a shot glass on the night stand in easy reach, but that stinks up the whole room like old socks.
I am not a doctor, but it’s worth a try, and there isn’t really a down side that I can think of, other than the taste.
Let us know if it helps.
n
Not quite true. In the early stages of cavity formation, the acids from bacteria start to de-calcify tooth enamel. The flouride creates a replacement chemical in the tooth enamel that is no longer easily dissolved by the acids. In that sense, flouride is continually patching weak spots in your teeth. Of course, if people brush their teeth regularly, using toothpaste that contains flouride, that is sufficient.
I suspect that flouride in drinking water is mainly a help for the disadvantaged. Poorer parents are less likely to ensure that their kids brush their teeth.