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Sparky has to solve a puzzle.
February 6th, 2018, Elon Musk demonstrated that launching objects into orbit had become a mundane commercial activity. To make it interesting, the object he put in orbit was a Tesla Roadster that has since traveled over a million miles and made four laps around the sun. Where is the Roadster now?
Old dogs can learn new tricks, but are cunning enough to play dumb. Sometimes, they slip up.
At North Royalton, the Special Ed department would go around with some of their students to refill the pop machines. It gave the students a way to feel like they were contributing and helped them with practical skills.
With the Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes in theaters, it seemed like a good time to watch the series of movies in close succession.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes, showing on Hulu, is the first movie in this series and has a theme entirely different from the original Planet of the Apes. They aren’t comparable. Which is good, because it’s difficult to beat the gravitas of Charlton Heston. He had some great lines and really sells them. The 1968 series has a racial tension theme, and while the first movie is enjoyable, the rest of the movies in that series are a weak.
For once, Sparky listened to me when I told him that I see a rabbit. I let him off the leash to chase it. He ran into the woods, and barked occasionally to let me know it was going well. Sparky was never in any danger of catching it.
Every few years, I would get an exchange student. One year, it was a German girl. She was friendly, easy-going and got along well with everyone. It was the last day before Christmas Break, so just before the bell, I made my standard pre-break salutation.
Life after early retirement: the elephant in the room. What to do after the cruises, the skydiving, the teetering stack of books on the night stand? The main danger of FIRE is that you might be running hard away from something rather than toward it — that you’re propelled only by the too-nebulous idea of escape. And then, even for those who lay out a clear road map for decades of nirvana, the loneliness can eat at you.
FIRE means Financial Independence Retire Early.