“Error Creating a Database Connection” (Updated) 0
I got the dreaded above-named error tonight. Fortunately, a quick trip to phpMyAdmin at my hosting provider to do a check, repair, and optimize fixed it and all is back to what passes for normal.
Afterthought:
I use GoDaddy. Their tech support is superb, and I say that as someone who wore a headset for six years.
Addendum, the Next Morning:
This morning I got a MySQL socket error. I ended up rebooting the VPS and everything seems to be working again. If you notice any wackiness, please drop me a note via the email link over there on the sidebar. —————->
The Trumpled Agenda (Updated) 0
Addendum, Later That Same Day:
The Charlottesville Daily Progress has more on today in hate. An excerpt:
There’s nothing like imported hate.
Full Disclosure:
I spent a year at U.Va. a long time ago, during which I realized I was not cut out to be an academician. (Dammit, it’s “academician,” not “academic.” “Academic” is an adjective, for Pete’s sake; “academician” is a noun. It’s called “grammar.” Grumble grumble.)
“The Thrill of Victory, the Agony of Delete” 0
It would appear that the International Olympic Committee has given up all pretense of being about anything other than mammon. Bob Molinaro reports:
Teed Off 0
Will Bunch:
The good news is that the experts still believe, despite the insane rhetoric and threats from both sides, that a nuclear war involving the United States, North Korea, and assorted allies is highly unlikely. In that sense, it’s a little like comedian Steven Wright’s joke about his plan to live forever: so far, so good.
Follow the link.
Image via Job’s Anger.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to passers-by.
A 17-year-old male had stopped his vehicle on Highway 185 to check on a vehicle that had just been involved in an accident. Blair allegedly shouted at the motorist and asked him why he was stealing from his property, then fired a shot in his direction.
And, in international news of the polite . . . .
From Wimp to Warrior 0
Thom discusses “little wars” as a political tactic.
Copyright Infringement? 0
More stuff you can’t make up.
“Merchants of Death” 0
Little remembered now, in the 1920s and 1930s, the “merchants of death” theory was the notion that munitions manufacturers and banks had engineered World War I so as to sell arms. Indeed, the first couple of Leslie Charteris’s Saint novels used that theory as a background to their plots.
The origins of World War I were much more complex, far less coherent, and, frankly, much sillier than the reasons posited by the “merchants of death” theory. Nevertheless, as Solomon Jones points out as he recalls the death of Philandro Castile, the U. S. now has its own actual merchants of death.
A snippet:
Follow the link.
Twits on Twitter 0
Dick Polman investigates the Case of the Missing Twit.
State Fair 0
No, not the one with Pat Boone. The other one. (Link NSFW.)
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Damage Control 0
Farron describes how members of the Trump administration are trying to clean up the mess after the Trumpler-in-Chief’s warmongering rhetoric about North Korea.