This ‘Charlie-Foxtrot’ has been allowed to exist in Madison for a couple of weeks. Police aren’t allowed in and the fire department has to waste time going around it. This chaos is a pain in the ass for everyone who lives or works in the area.
The mayor has finally decided to tear it down.
A better response is to never let it get established, and to make it clear to the insurrectionists and garbage people that seizing territory is not a legitimate way to protest.
For light entertainment, I often watch movie reviewers like Critical Drinker or Disparu on Youtube. Everybody talked about The Odyssey for a month, now they all switched to Spiderman: Brand New Day. It’s getting old.
Since my brother and I have been working out, when we talk about movies, he strongly recommends The Greatest Showman. I never saw it, Hugh Jackman is always good, and I am not opposed to show tunes. It’s got nothing in common with The Odyssey or Spiderman, so that’s what I watched. I’m worried that I may have a problem.
Is it just me?
The Texas Board of Education has issued a required reading list for their public schools.
It seems pretty challenging, but good on them. I am not a Christian, but have no problem with the Bible being required reading as literature. Western civilization is Christendom, and is worth defending.
If you care looking for something to read or something to read to your kids, here’s the list.
This is a little complaint, but The Odyssey is creaking under the weight of so many little complaints, it’s hard to identify what Christopher Nolan was trying to get right.
I’ve hunted wild boar. I took it with a Mossberg 500 shooting a sabot slug at 120 yards. One shot, one kill.
The Rise and Fall of Anthony Fauci
I’m seeing many articles like this one talking about Dr. Fauci’s senate testimony. At the same time, many people weren’t even aware that it happened. That’s just as well because Fauci pleaded the 5th Amendment a hundred and eleven times.
None of the articles mention Dave Chappelle’s relevant contribution:
Sure, Sparky is probably being detected as a passenger, and the alarm is a ‘Fasten your seatbelt’ command.
My fancy digital instrument doesn’t tell me why the alarm is sounding or provide a way for me to clear it. That’s why I shot the video, to see if I was missing something.
Sparky has been on plenty of car rides in this truck, and we haven’t had this issue. It’s frustrating.
I built a platform bed because I don’t know where people by furniture.
IKEA is the only store with furniture that I don’t mind. Their furniture is functional and doesn’t try to make the homeowner look more interesting than they are. Bedroom furniture is the worst. Stores sell bedroom sets that look like they were build from wood salvaged from dilapidated Amish barns or rescued from Belgian whorehouses.
This is my friend Luiz at the Vetrotex plant in Alcala de Henares, Spain. He worked security. Luiz admired the cowboy version of America. He was proud of his rifle, and brought it to work to show me.
It’s a BB gun.
Spaniards were a naive, carefree people. “What could happen?” was the typical response when I asked about some common activity like running the bulls or letting a toddler try descending ceramic tile stairs.
They better dummy up in a hurry.
After hearing about it for weeks, I finally saw Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. A couple of weeks ago, I listened to the audiobook of Robert Fagles’ translation of Homer’s The Odyssey. It was narrated by Ian McKellen, and was an engaging 13 hours.
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
The feds conduct an annual survey to find out how many people use drugs and how many people are mentally disturbed. The link goes to the highlights of the survey. The results are interesting, but because it’s a survey, I wonder how accurate it is.
This data has been collected for almost 50 years, and we learn that this year, more people use marijuana, than use cigarettes or alcohol. From context, marijuana = THC marijuana and not CBD oil. Cigarettes = tobacco products, but not tobacco-free nicotine products.
l am no expert.
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