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The Trump Show 0
I don’t watch it because I have worthwhile things to do with my time (like crossword puzzles), but Field watched one.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Exercise politeness whilst traversing the nation’s highways and byways.
A Picture Is Worth 0
(Me, I’m working my way through a volume of 200 Washington Post Sunday crosswords.)
QOTD 0
David Dayan Fisher, in the voice of Trent Kort, regarding “smart” home devices:
Not much point for the CIA to bug people anymore if they are going to bug themselves.
G-Farce 0
El Reg is less than amused that a major British media personality was legitimizing the loony theory that 5G cell phone towers are somehow responsible for a respiratory virus. Here’s a snippet; follow the link for the rest.
A Hoard Day’s Fright 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, two interesting posts explore the hoarding of toilet paper, which has no respiratory application unless you happen to run out of Kleenex and don’t have a hanky handy, during a respiratory disease pandemic. I commend them both to your attention (warning: my summaries are gross over-simplifications; that’s the nature of summaries).
Judy Scheel suggests that it’s about trying to maintain an illusion of control in the face of something beyond individuals’ control.
Matt Johnson explores the relationship between personality types and hoarding behavior.
Also. the Inky interviewed two professors, one from Wharton and one from Temple, on the topic.
Curbing the Curve of Crazy 0
In related news, Fred Keith suggests that it’s time for us as a nation to grow the heck up.
Image via Job’s Anger.
So Much Winning . . . . 0
When I go to a store wearing a cloth mask where an employee wearing a medical mask and gloves opens the door for me and asks if she can spray my hands with sanitizer before I enter (as happened to me yesterday), for some fool reason, I don’t feel as if winning is taking place.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Guns and safety just go together.
She reported accidentally firing one shot that hit Diaz in the head. Kremsner said went downstairs to look for help and call 911.
Or not.
Geeking Out 0
The Fluxbox window manager on Mageia v. 7 with xclock and GKrellM. The background (that’s Linux for “wallpaper”) is from my collection and shows Red Square and the GUM department store.
Twits on Twitter 0
We have two pandemics. The other one is a pandemic of the venally stupid (or is it the stupidly venal?–but I quibble).
You Can’t Trust Dr. Google 0
Not that that should surprise anyone.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Afterthought:
I’m so old that I can remember when they actually raced in stock cars.
An Off the Rails Reality Check 0
I am not sanguine.