I had an out-of-town wedding on Saturday, so Sparky spent the day with Aunt Joanne. She shows her hospitality with food. Joanne does that with everybody, but she actually likes Sparky. He had all manner of dog food and treats that were delicious and unfamiliar. Now Sparky knows that I can do better.
Sparky doesn’t appreciate the half of a hard-boiled egg he gets at each meal. It’s laying on the rug to Sparky’s right.
I’ve heard these incidents referred to as “chimp outs”. That term is disrespectful and may be hate speech. When a large mob behaves like a pack of aggressive animals, normal people hate the disruption and don’t respect the participants.
I’m finally finishing the grout and trim on the downstairs bathroom. It’s not a big job, but I’d rather screw around at home, then go to Home Depot to get what I need to finish the job. Sparky likes doing everything, but loves going for car rides.
He customarily gets a treat when the last errand is run, and we are ready to drive home. I don’t know why he gets a treat when he is already so happy about the car ride. I gave him a treat once, and now he turns his charisma up to 11. I am powerless to stop.
Sparky makes it fun to run errands.
Two years ago today, a George Washington-level miracle or good fortune saved presidential candidate Trump from being assassinated.
How did the Secret Service get so shitty? It must have taken decades to degrade so thoroughly. You’d think every president would make sure the Secret Service upheld the highest standards.
The final report of the incident by the Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Inspector General, explains what went wrong and how to fix it.
That afternoon, the assassin, Thomas Crooks, flew a drone over a crowded event to survey the area. The Secret Service had no idea. That’s nuts.
FCC Approves Reflect Orbital’s Space Mirror Satellite That Astronomers Hate
Despite a flood of objections, the FCC has approved a startup’s plan to launch a controversial satellite that’ll use a giant mirror to reflect sunlight to Earth after dark.
This technology is designed to heat up the planet by adding energy. If anyone ever cared about global warming, they should be talking about this.
I’m not very smart. I got a B- in Electrodynamics. There are people way smarter, but this should be obvious to anyone.
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The controversial movie, The Odyssey by Christopher Nolan opens in a little over a week. He made some casting decisions that are provocative, along with his choice to use the Emily Wilson translation.
It’s not obvious why the translation makes a difference.
This Reddit post provides an explanation for why the translation matters. A sample passage of The Odyssey is provided from several different translations.
Fitness influencer banned from flight for attempting to board ‘naked’ amid record-breaking heatwave
Edda Elisa, a fetching fitness influencer from Germany, was denied entry on a Lufthansa flight after a gate agent allegedly accused her of being “naked” as a “catastrophic” heatwave plagues Europe.
Elisa is fetching, but time and place do matter.
The gate agent is maintaining standards for public behavior, and Lufthansa should back her up.
Let’s be honest.
Be the person your dog thinks you are.
That’s my advice for people, and for countries. This is America’s 250th anniversary. Everybody else is saying something about it, so I thought I should. I’ve got nothing profound, just a bunch of little thoughts.
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