May, 2021 archive
Geeking Out 0
Updating a VirtualBox virtual machine of Fedora from v. 33 to v. 34 on Unbuntu MATE under the Fluxbox window manager.
Thoughts and Prayers 0
Too bad.
So sad.
More at the link (emphasis added in the quotation above).
Afterthought:
Many years ago, I worked with someone whose husband worked for the NRA. She was a capable and competent coworker, which is one reason why I remember her.
It was the early ’70s, right about the time the NRA morphed from being a hunting safety group (I actually had a gun safety class delivered by an NRA representative some years earlier during a high school PE class–I grew up in the country and hunting was a thing) to being a munitions marketer.
Sometimes I wonder how my old coworker is doing now after all these years . . . .
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Show politeness to your significant other:
The Plight of the Phoenix 0
Arizona plaintiffs petition the Arizona Supreme Court to authorize them to execute a coup d’etat.
We are a society of stupid.
All the News that Fits 0
Trudy Ruben is concerned about the bubbleliciousness. Here’s a bit of her article:
Follow the link for the rest.
Along the same lines, Tony Norman argues that truth has no place in today’s Republican Party. (Again, much more at the link.)
Immunization Records 0
Thom has a disturbing theory as to the source of many Americans’ “vaccine hesitation” is coming from. Once, I would have dismissed this out of hand, but, in the light of recent events, such as the Capitol insurrection, the noaccount recount currently taking place in Arizona, and many other things I could mention–well, just give it a listen.