Our large, home improvement project has started this morning (Monday) – paint the house and remodel the deck. I will, as usual, do the two things I do best:
- Stay out of the way
- Write a check
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Baseball: We follow the Diamondbacks. As usual, their problem is pitching, to wit:
Arizona’s pitching is 29th in rotation ERA and 23rd in bullpen ERA so far this year. This is out of 30 teams.
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From MSNOW: Following shootings, Trump administration announces rollback of gun safeguards. One of the key differences between the president’s first term and his second is gun policy. For those concerned about gun violence, this isn’t good news.
And this: Trump wants Hakeem Jeffries to be impeached, which is foolish for all sorts of reasons. The president has no idea that members of Congress can’t be impeached. It’s emblematic of the profound ignorance that continues to undermine his presidency.
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When we moved permanently to California, we registered our cars here and got Cali licenses – for which we had to take a written test. In case that happens to you, I’ll list a couple of sample driving questions to prepare you for the 40-question exam:
- You approach an intersection, and the light changes to yellow; you should
- Slow down and stop
- Look both ways and proceed
- Call your Mom
- Gun it.
- You are doing 80 on the I-5 and realize you have to get over to the right quickly to make your exit. You should
- Check in the mirror, and change lanes if safe to do so.
- Wait until the next exit, and circle back
- Slow down and change lanes if safe to do so
- Stomp it up to 90 and cut people off to make your exit, but smile, signal and wave to them.
- You are waiting in a parking lot for a space; the car backs out, but a car from the other direction beats you to the spot. You should
- Bemoan your back luck, and drive around some more
- Wait for the person to get out of his car and flip him off
- Vow to yourself not to be so slow the next time
- Park somewhere else, then walk up to that car and let the air out of its tires.
Results: If you chose “5,10 and 15” for your answers, congratulations! You are on your way to becoming a true California driver!
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Sometimes we watch an older TV series at night, often a mystery. Often, we have seen them before, many years ago. One advantage of getting older – if you can’t remember who the killer was, you can watch the show again! Lately we have tuned into a show called Unforgettable. It is about a woman cop who has hyperthymesia, or, a real photographic memory. She not only remembers everything she comes across; she can’t forget it! This condition is real, and rare. My Googling indicates maybe 100 people in the world have it. Def I found: Hyperthymesia, or Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM), is an extremely rare condition (under 100 known cases) allowing individuals to vividly recall almost every day of their lives, including personal events, emotions, and daily details. Symptoms include automatic, uncontrollable, and date-driven memory recall starting in childhood or adolescence.
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Useless Trivia Dept.: Alaska is both the westernmost and easternmost state in the U. S. It’s about that east/west dateline thing.
One more: Although Egypt is closely associated with pyramids, Sudan has nearly twice the amount of these ancient structures. Sudan has between 200 and 255 known pyramids, which were built for the Kushite kingdoms of Nubia, which is significantly more than Egypt’s 138 pyramids.
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Cities such as Athens and Cairo may come to mind as the oldest cities in the world, but it’s actually Damascus, Syria. Since at least 11,000 years ago, it has been continuously inhabited and was eventually named the Arab Capital of Culture in 2008.
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I find it ironic that Trump’s folks keep talking about fraud in this or that program, when their boss is the biggest fraud in the country. Wait, is that projection?
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If you like political cartoons and satire, you might consider subscribing either to Humor Times or Funny Times. You can view both online for free. No benefit to me.
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Trump and golf? Trump isn’t exactly known for his forthrightness on the links. He was the subject of a book called “Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump.” The author, famed sportswriter Rick Reilly, said Trump cheats on the course “like a mafia accountant” and that club championships he claims are as “fake as Velveeta cheese.”
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So, the Trump ballroom, that he said was free to the public, now requires a billion dollars of public money. So far. Things like this remind me of when Trump first ran for office and said that he was rich, and he would pay for his own campaign.
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A view of the Supreme redistricting decision from The Atlantic:
The ruling will allow Republican state legislatures in the South to erase most if not all of the region’s few blue House districts without fear of being blocked in court. And so, the gerrymandering wars, already awful, are poised to get even worse. It’s still about the South.
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So, once again we have a Presidential Fitness Test – but not for the president.
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Sports fans know who Mark Cuban is. But didja know that he gave a huck of money to his alma mater, Indiana, to pay to get QB Mendoza? That’s right, pay, as in cash. No more amateur hour for some college sports. Why do they even bother going to class, if indeed, they do?
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The king and queen of England were here. Or, as I call them, Frumpy and Dumpy. That Charles, what a guy . . . dumps Princess Di for Camilla. Look at pictures of them side by side and tell me he is a genius, like Trump. But I reject royalty, as all true Americans do, and have, since 1776. State dinner, indeed!
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Ted Turner, aka, “The Mouth of the South,” has passed. I respect him as a tough sailboat sailor; he even won the America’s Cup. Turner said his secret to success was “early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise.”
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Trump uses the DOJ for personal reasons? Damn, you say! Wait – from CBS News:
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Useless but perhaps interesting trivia: The Titanic‘s chief baker nonchalantly stepped off the stern of the sinking liner and calmly paddled around until dawn. After he was rescued, he was back at work within days. Experts note that he survived history’s greatest maritime disaster by getting completely drunk. Provided by FactRetriever.com
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“I am an extraordinarily brilliant person,” Trump declared on Truth Social. Well, I thought he was a very stable genius, but. . .
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Just what we “need” – more guns in more places: “Handguns could be mailed through the United States Postal Service for the first time in nearly 100 years if a proposed rule under the Trump administration takes effect.” -abcnews What, so a criminal could just order guns though the mail? Isn’t that what Oswald did?
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If you have trouble coping with all the madness, remember that you can check in with the Big Bear Eagle Cam. Two eaglets busy around the nest now.
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All from me for now.
And if you have forgotten Mom today, make a call!! Now!! Hurry!
Take care,
Kevin
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