I ‘did not’ expect this… italics mine… A funny thing happened on the way to once-Great Britain’s transformation into George Orwell’s dystopian Airstrip One: The renegade users of the anonymous 4chan forum got themselves legal representation and told British busybodies … Continue reading
Category Archives: Random stuff
Not! The plant-based meat company has reported falling sales and dwindling cash. The end was always inevitable for Beyond Meat, because being an innovator does not mean having a moat to protect your business. The pioneering company arguably created the … Continue reading
Finnish authorities have brought charges against the captain and two senior officers of a Russia-linked ship accused of deliberately damaging critical subsea cables in the Baltic Sea. In a statement on Monday, Finland’s National Prosecution Authority said they had brought aggravated criminal … Continue reading
Whew… What a couple of weeks… I made a promise to myself that I would ‘give back’ to the writer’s community by reading folks novels/stories as an alpha or beta reader. And I do that… But, I didn’t expect to … Continue reading
Food for thought : We grew up in the 50s-60s. We studied and dated in the 60s-70s. We got married and discovered the world in the 70s-80s. We ventured into the 70s-80s. We stabilized in the 90s. We got wiser … Continue reading
THAT is not gonna buff out… Much of the world’s commerce at sea passes by the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. The reef is of strategic importance. In 2012, the Chinese captured it from the Philippines, creating an … Continue reading
The three toed fish were bad enough, but this??? Officials at a former nuclear bomb site in South Carolina have discovered a radioactive wasp nest. Workers were conducting a routine radiation level check at the Savannah River Site near Aiken when a nest … Continue reading
On where you are… Moscow Rules for intelligence operatives and others… Assume nothing. Never go against your gut. Everyone is potentially under opposition control. Do not look back; you are never completely alone. Go with the flow, blend in. Vary … Continue reading
Have WAY too much time on their hands… Seen locally… I’m guessing it was built out of ‘stuff’ that was just lying around… And that plow would stop it in a HURRY, but might not do the track any good… … Continue reading
FINALLY got here… Second day in a row over 100 degrees yesterday. Usually, we get that about mid-June, so I’m not complaining. At least the humidity has been fairly low, so the ‘feels like’ was only 105 and 103. Now … Continue reading