
Sparky brought all of his charm, wit and vigor to our visit with my sister and niece.

Sparky brought all of his charm, wit and vigor to our visit with my sister and niece.

When I got up this morning, this was in the dining room. Nothing has been touched except the green ball at the bottom of the photo. I bumped it with my foot.

Rachel Maddow loses her composure when she sees that her parent company contributed to the White House ballroom project. There is no reason to get bent out of shape about this renovation.

Police intensify hunt for Louvre thieves as France reels from jewel heist
There aren’t many jewelry heists anymore, so this is exciting.
French authorities raced against the clock Tuesday, intensifying their hunt for the priceless royal jewels stolen from the Louvre, and the thieves whose brazen daylight robbery left the nation reeling.
Apparently the French government knew that Louvre security was insufficient, but they were dragging their feet about addressing the problem.
3 takeaways from Saturday’s No Kings nationwide protests
I am trying to understand the objective of the “No Kings” protests. It’s like Lisa Simpson’s anti-tiger rock. In a little over 3 years, when Trump’s term wraps up, the “No Kings” protestors will take credit for the peaceful transfer of power.

Sparky just returned from a three-day camping trip to Punderson State Park. Friends and I got to go with him. Sparky wanted me to ask him some questions to help him tell his story.
The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon is when you learn something new, then started noticing it everywhere.
I wasn’t aware that Science Fiction Erotica was a sub-genre of literature until I’d watched Shoe0nHead’s latest Youtube video. I started noticing the topic showing up on news and current event sites.

Nasa plans first crewed Moon mission in 50 years for February 2026
Maybe there is too much going on or it’s the fracturing of news media, but there are big things happening that people aren’t talking about.
In four months, humans are going back to the Moon. The Artemis 2 mission is to perform a lunar orbit, no landing, similar to Apollo 9 in 1968. Apollo 9 is the mission that yielded the moving “Earth Rise” photograph.

There is a lot going on in the world, but sometimes, you want to watch something good and dumb.
Mike Tyson’s Mysteries is easy to describe, but hard to explain why it’s so good.
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