Sparky is ready to join the KISS Army.
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Sparky is doing better today. When he chased a rabbit, he forgot to limp, so I think he will be fine.
Scavengers Reign coming to Netflix.
If you have Netflix and are open to something different, watch Scavengers Reign. Don’t bother reading up on it or watching a Youtube review. The music and animation are fantastic. The world is creative and surprising. There isn’t much dialogue and the characters aren’t memorable. It just a beautiful show to experience.
Sparky is on the injured reserve list.
Today seemed like a good day for a Moose Run. That’s where Mr. Moose is tethered to a Traxxas Maxx RC car. Sparky chases Mr. Moose as I relax on the deck. After a couple of laps, Sparky broke off pursuit and was limping.
There are no ticks, thorns, abrasions or other signs of injury on his front left leg or paw. He doesn’t wince if I move his leg. He mostly limps, but can put weight on it.
As expected, Sparky doesn’t seem to mind. He’d prefer to resume normal activities with limping left to his discretion. He will be on limited activity, and we’ll see how he is tomorrow. That’s what I’d do for myself, so that seems fair.
I figure that dogs are susceptible to most of the same injuries as people, with allowances for their different anatomy. A pulled muscle seems most likely.
“Forever renting is very much a movement. It’s a lifestyle.
The article emphasizes that renters should squirrel away as much as possible in an index fund or other investments. Millennials and Gen Z need an article like this to tell them that renting is a lifestyle choice, so it’s okay to do.
My sophisticated aunt and uncle never owned a home. I’d like to ask my uncle why. He had a steady job as a teacher and she was an office manager. My uncle liked building things and working on projects, but must have done that all at school. It wasn’t the money. They bought a vacation property in the Poconos and had plenty of investments. The apartment they’d rented for decades was in a good neighborhood, nicely furnished and rather mundane.
This article in the WSJ pisses me off because the only reason public schools function at all is the integrity of teachers. Normandy and North Royalton had a few teachers who were layabouts or reprobates, but the vast majority thought that their subject was important and intended to hold their students accountable.
Teachers’ grading practices have changed and students’ grades have drifted up in recent years, a pandemic-era legacy that is being met with mixed reaction from educators across the country.
Grade inflation has been an issue for decades. Parents, students and administrators are generally in favor of grade inflation, with teachers trying to hold the line on accountability. A few teachers fold under the pressure.
It isn’t hard to see how the stock market keeps climbing. The federal government borrows a trillion dollars for a stimulus package or a boondoggle, or it doesn’t matter what it’s for, but the money finds it’s way into the equity market, and it keeps going up.
I used to think that eventually, the shit’s going to hit the fan. In 1988, I bought 10 ounces of gold and stashed it in a safety deposit box. Gold kept dropping and languished below the $430 per ounce I had paid for it. Fourteen years later, I sold at $445 per ounce. I’d made $150.
Alum Creek State Park is 15 minutes away from IKEA in Columbus. My travel trailer is a toyhauler, so has a loading ramp. I took advantage of that happy coincidence to buy a new couch. I bought my last couch at the Pittsburgh IKEA when I moved into Dover Farms apartments. That was after my first year teaching at Normandy, so 27 years ago. Time flies.
When I sold my Cleveland Heights house, I sold all my furniture. That house was built in 1930, and had many vintage accoutrements. The modern oak furniture would have been too bulky and massive for a contemporary apartment. Dover Farms was a nice, modern apartment complex, so I wanted my furniture to be compatible. IKEA was a revelation.
I brought most of my furniture to this house, and supplemented with more from IKEA. Buying furniture is a tedious chore, but going to IKEA is fun. I know that no part of my house will ever look like those display rooms at IKEA, but I can’t help trying.
Because Sparky has a bohemian disregard for modesty, the image was censored for propriety. Sparky doesn’t agree. That’s just how he likes to watch TV, and people should accept him for who he is.
Somehow I missed Oblivion when it came out in 2013. This is the kind of science fiction I like. Nothing to do with time travel, not a futuristic soap opera, humans aren’t the bad guys and it’s not all CGI action scenes. Just a great story with cool technology and aliens.
It’s a very nice looking movie. Everything looks almost artistic. A couple of scenes look to have been designed to make Tom Cruise look cool. And he does.
WSJ: Campus Protestors Unmasked
WSJ: Campus Protestors Unmasked
In a letter to university presidents last week, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost reminded them that the state has a law against those who use masks to disguise their identity.