Will it work???

I have no idea, but reducing the dopamine addiction of young kids can’t be all bad… Australia’s landmark new social media age law is set to go into effect, barring anyone under 16 from holding an account as the government moves to … Continue reading

Made it…

Spending time with the kids, grands, and the dogs… Mostly the dogs… And another trip around the sun! Yea me!!! Off to see the grandaughter get student of the quarter for 2nd grade. And I’m trying to ‘learn’ the math … Continue reading

Conversations…

Drift…   We usually get a group together for Sunday breakfast and this last Sunday the conversation took a number of unusual turns, to put it mildly… It started with a discussion of the miracle on the Hudson (Sully Sullenberger) … Continue reading

Settled science…

Yeah, right. The more that is found, the less we actually know. A three thousand plus year old parking lot??? Wisconsin officials recently announced the discovery of a trove of ancient canoes in an underwater “parking lot” of sorts — including one … Continue reading

Rural issues…

It’s ‘that’ time of year. You have to be careful on the roads… Note- The camera made it MUCH brighter than it actually was… I was coming home Friday night right at sunset and the sun was definitely in my … Continue reading

Ummm…

This one is kinda under the radar, right now anyway… Crypto’s having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad month, and it could get worse before it gets better, experts said. Cryptocurrencies have cratered this month, losing more than $1 trillion … Continue reading

More quotes…

These make a lot of sense, even if some of them are ‘old’, to put it mildly… History never embraces more than a small part of reality. [French author La Rochefoucauld] Folks keep talking about another Civil War. One side … Continue reading

The untold cost…

Of a major city failing… An iconic mall foreclosed for a fraction of the billion-dollar valuation it once commanded as Covid shutdowns and out-of-control crime left the seven-story behemoth a shell of its former self.  Valued at $1.2 billion nearly a decade … Continue reading

Coming soon…

To a state near you??? Mismanagement, corruption, and just plain stupidity have brought the nation of Iran to the doorstep of utter catastrophe. This, according to an extensive report by the Middle East Forum on Iran’s “terminal” water crisis. “Thirst of a … Continue reading

I’m getting old…

Out too late with old friends from out of town. So no post for you. Go read the folks on the sidebar, I’ll be back to posting tomorrow.