One year ago today: January 24, 2023, a low-energy day.
Five years ago today: January 24, 2019, the plea bargaining movie.
Nine years ago today: January 24, 2015, captured in Florida.
Random years ago today: January 24, 2007, another almost band.
What a laugh if you ask me, these ships that get taken by pirates. A 100,000 ton tanker is stopped by a zodiac full of nogs. It seems to me the steel structure of a ship with portholes makes an ideal pillbox. Next thing you know, Biden will tell the ships to stop fighting back, you see the pirates are refugees guilty only of seeking a better life. Delta officially announced 50% of its pilots will now be diversity hires, what could go wrong? Y’know, it could be they are just trying to balance the books. These hyper-competent old White men may know they can’t be replaced and are getting too expensive.
It’s dumbfounding how, when you point out this behavior to another Democrat, they will say things like “no evidence” or that it is a totally legitimate process. That it is technically not illegal and anyway, it isn’t a bad thing when they do it. But beware, it looks as if the Leftoids are behind her all the way, and she keeps saying things like, “Let’s see what happens.” When somebody is 50 points behind you in the polls, what does that mean?
A nosewheel just fell off a Delta Boeing 757. The sordid behavior of these companies is starting to catch up with them far sooner than they planned. It’s the same all over. People want the luxuries but don’t want to maintain the complex infrastructure that makes it possible. In the shed I concentrated on my new bass case, it will be heavier than planned, but it is also a transport case because I’m sunk if I ever lose that bass. Over the years I’ve tried dozens of others. It’s not the same as guitars, you can’t just pick up a bass and decide you like the “action” or the “intonation”, the bass sort of has to like you first.
I tidied up and decided the “repaired” box is only good for my monogram stamps. I’ve used the kit for lots of other stuff and the box turned out close enough to the correct size. One is to print titles that display one letter at a time. The repair was not exact, it was still a bit off square and the lid did not cut properly, a sticky problem I will have to address. In all, six hours as the weather steadily improved. JZ called for my schedule which is actually a good thing. He has learned the importance of a schedule more than anything else I’ve seen him get serious about in the last 25 years. I’d best not do any gloating since if I’m around another ten years, I will be the one unable to drive and that condition will be permanent.
Mulberry Grove Class of 2022.
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The last half of today was dominated by the jam session, a good thing. The place was mostly empty except for that lady who plays songs with one chord. A number of facets are changing, including some non-musical items that often get important because of music. The Sunday rehearsal did nobody any good—except the Prez & I. We are geared to learning and have emphasized steady timing from day one. Those are the factors that shone tonight. I should say it could have been better, but I found myself both weary and sleepy from the start. The room was also heated a bit much and I was exhausted after one set.
While we are still short material, I think we could do a live gig for money. It’s nice to have an extra guitarist around, but we don’t need them. We did a good job tonight but the place was mostly empty. We are ready for a VFW or legion now, and getting pretty close to the only steady pay in Polk, which is the bar circuit. The Prez has shown some loyalty to the jam. He knows how weak the others sound without us, but I say that is one of the realities of this business. As long as they are good enough to stumble along, I suppose we’ll continue—unless I find a gig. You see, after three hours tonight I was seriously exhausted and others were showing signs. The building was overheated to the point of mugginess. And once a week seems to be the right pace.
For the record, I point out the rest of the guys in this jam session are good old boys. I’m not. I simply cannot sit around or go on about basketball, car parts, or which is the best casino. The thing is, all of these guys have that to an extreme degree. And I cannot possibly ever learn 1% about such topics which to me represent a bored and wasted life. This evening found me way over in the corner working the crossword. One funny development is the one-chord lady is now paying attention to our duo presentation, very close attention. I would say her reaction is “wow, you can do that?” rather than anything more positive.
The best crossword answers this time were “silentt” (feature of Christmas) and doshots (toss at the bar). For unsual words, have you heard of brumation? It’s a form of hibernation by reptiles. According to a post from North Carolina, alligators are responding to cold weather by poking just their snouts above surface and letting the water freeze around them.
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Finally I got to reading about the Upano valley discoveries. Lidar, a device that can map through jungle foilage, shows building foundations all over the place. I’m not so sure about theories that link these all together as one big city, to me that is archeologist’s seeking attention. More like a series of small towns that disappeared fast because they were built of mud. There are long straight “roads” but no evidence of draught animals or even the wheel. I’ll wait for a far better explanation, as the roads are cut through solid rock to make them straight. Must be something religious if you ask me.
The Astobotics peole have finally admitted their Moon probe is a goner. Some politician in Arizona tried to bribe Kari Lake and he’s not resigned. The “mother of all breaches” has been announced, 26 billion personal files from LinkedIn, Twitter (X), and DropBox. Neat, all companies I specificlly warned against as long as twenty years ago. Most records contained PII, personally identifiable information. Sources say a lot of it has never appeared on-line before and often reaches into the distant past to accounts that were closed—but as techspot notes, many people continue to use the same e-mail and passwords. Got that, you morons who keep data in the cloud and use a password manager. You deserve what you get.
Just in, the people who hack and attack with this personal information are now called “threat actors”.The people running the Doomsday Clock since 1950 are now saying the biggest threat to humanity is A.I. It magnifies, they say, other dangers. In my short spell on this planet, I’ve heard that claim probably a thousand times. It’s use by the military is too far gone, they also say, for any meaningful regulations. The Ukraine reputed has one million drones capable of identifying human targets autonimously. The same source say the Clock has been moved closer to midnight 75 times, though for reasons unknow, it has not yet been tied in with climate change. One explanation for that might be that the custodians are real scientists.
