Sporadic Bloggery (Updated) 0
Our ISP is dealing with some connectivity issues in the neighborhood of PVF HQ.
I happened to run into one of ISP’s techs, and he told me some of the issues they encountered over the last few weeks have been related to Dorian, which sideswiped our area–the strong winds blew moisture into some of their equipment, but it’s taken time for the moisture to seep into the equipment deeply enough to do any damage.
Addendum, the Next Day:
The hardware issues got fixed last night. They were more serious than I realized; when we turned on the television yesterday evening, the cable, not just the internet, was out. The cable came back on about 6:30 p., but my cable modem (supplied by my ISP) will not connect, so a tech is scheduled to be here tomorrow. In the meantime, I’m checking in with by cell phone hot spot from time to time.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family value.
Infiltrated 0
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“A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away . . . .” 0
Will Bunch conjures an alternative universe.
“Me Me Me Me Me Me” 0
Writing at the Las Vegas Sun, Volker Franke marvels at our loss of compassion. A snippet:
Aside:
A quibble.
In the last half-century, “Compassionate conservatism” has been nothing but a slogan. There is no there there.
It’s Early Days Yet 0
Gordon Weil reminds us to consider campaign promises in the light of political reality and not to take too seriously the “who’s ahead this week” horse race coverage of politics encouraged by polls, pundits, and speculators, especially this far out.
Descent 0
Jim Wright is less than optimistic.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to your neighbors.
A piece of the tile struck the victim, who witnesses identified as a young boy. He was hospitalized but has since been released.