I didn’t watch the SuperBowl. Sounds as if it was a whopper of a game. But Atlanta and the Patriots? Yawn. Did watch a few SB commerercials, though, and it looks like a rather dull year for that. Too much preaching. Too little humor. And lame humor at that. (The ghost of Spuds MacKenzie? Cute thought, but meh. Would have worked better as a Christmas commercial, and ya know, Budweiser, there’s really good technology available that makes it look as if animals are really talking.) Here’s the best I’ve seen (this is the long version; I gather a much shorter…
Category: Dogs and (grudgingly) cats
No description needed. Dogs are life. Cats are also necessary on the Internet.
Getting weirder all the time. Cops use data from a man’s pacemaker to charge him with a crime. (H/T M) And while of course it’s long been a crime to “drive while black” or even walk or bike while black in the wrong neighborhood, now apparently it calls for police action if you’re a prosperous brown woman walking in your own neighborhood. This woman really handled the abuse with grace, though. (Tip o’ hat to PT) Now we’ll see if it gets through the Senate. But the House has v*ted to repeal Obama’s Social Security-related gun ban. Judge halts Trump’s…
Seemed time for another “lite” links collection. I closed all my bad-news tabs. To hell with them. Today I bring you mostly good news and puppies. Oh, and a moose.
- California may be vying for the role of Worst Anti-Gun Suckery. But even there you’ll find some good news: more schools are allowing teachers and parents to carry firearms (Rural California isn’t that California.)
- Three stages of failure in life and work — and how to fix them. Offers a way of evaluating when you’ve had a “seriously, man, give it up” failure or a “re-trench, re-think, and try again” failure.
- Ooooh. There’ve been some savage tweet-offs over the years. But when zoos around the country get into a cute animal competition, things really get brutal.
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Today I have for you a collection of mostly useful or “lite” links. NO politics. Enjoy.
- Looking like spring here. But if you’re still in the merciless grip of winter, here’s an EZ windshield defroster. Just two ingredients. Whips up in seconds.*
- How to make sliding barn door for inside your house. I’ve been thinking of something like this, myself.
- How to use a large 3D printer to … print yourself a smaller 3D printer!
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The FBI. — yes, the freakin’ FBI. — has cameras on Seattle streets and a judge has just forbidden releasing information about them. Why should the FBI be doing street-level surveillance in U.S. cities (if they’re in Seattle, they’re everywhere else)? We can’t know and I haven’t found a single article that tells more than this one does. (H/T @EasyMac308 on Gab) Why aren’t Americans moving away from impoverished, jobless areas? Government, of course. Oh, there are SO many problems with technocracy — as the technocrats themselves are now learning the hard way (after they made millions of us learn…
Okay, okay. I know two blazing afternoons — afternoons soaring all the way to 45 degrees — do not a change of seasons make. I know we’re not yet a month into winter. I know — with many sighs — that in the part of the world we don’t expect consistently friendly weather until mid-July. But damn! This weekend’s been a blessed relief from what some wag called the Northwest’s Mini-Ice Age. Freezing at night, as per our usual lately, but with blessedly benign afternoons. Spring? Alas, no. But a fine substitute. Besides, a girl can dream, can’t she? And…
Images courtesy of @PeacockAngel on Gab. Origins otherwise unknown, though one is ’50s vintage and one clearly not.