April, 2019 archive
Geeking Out 0
Slackware 14.2 with the Fluxbox window manager. Xclock is in the upper right corner, GKrellM in the lower right, and Sylpheed and Firefox are shaded in a tabbed window (a tabbed window is one in which two or more applications share the same application window; you switch from one to the other by clicking on its “tab”).
One of my favorite features of Linux desktop environments/window managers is the ability to shade or “roll up” application windows.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family value.
Investigators say 23 year-old Ty Kirchner shot his father, 45-year-old Travis Kirchner. The third family member involved was not arrested as the sheriff says it was self-defense.
A Brotherhood in Booze 0
Mike Kelly reports on a slap on the bended wrist.
QOTD 0
Mary McDonnell, as Sharon Raydor:
Rusty: Don’t you know what they say?
Sharon: The permission forms . . . were written by lawyers, so nobody knows what they say.
The Wind in the Wallows 0
When I was growing up at Pine View Farm, we had a windmill (in the picture above, it would have been behind the right ell of the house). Granted, it was relic from before the electric water pump was installed, but there it was.
Insecurity Clearances 0
(Warning: Commercial at the end. This seems to be the hot new trend.)
Learn more at the Washington Post.
Jonesing for Jones 0
Dick Polman delights in the videoed deposition of hate-monger Alex Jones. A snippet:
Not surprisingly, Donald Trump loves the guy; during an appearance on Jones’ show in 2015, candidate Trump gushed: “Your reputation is amazing! I will not let you down…My audience, 90 percent of them, they support you.”
Do please read the rest.
Birther of the Nation 0
President Obama’s country of origin is not the only birthplace the Donald Trumples. Field reports (emphasis in the original):
“My father is German, right? Was German. And born in a very wonderful place in Germany, so I have a great feeling for Germany,” Trump said during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who is from Norway.
Ahhhm, no Donald, your father was born in New York. I mean seriously, who does this? Who lies with all the world watching about where his father was born? I am starting to think that the man just can’t help himself. Surely he must have known that this could be easily fact checked. I suppose that when you tell so many lies and you are used to getting away with them you become emboldened to just tell more.
Follow the link for the full Field report.
