@ShiroKuro I definitely prefer in-person, but Zoom makes gigs possible that I wouldn’t otherwise be able to do. Mixed blessing. I’m glad you tested positive for Covid, if only so you can now hang out with Mr. SK! Do you have groceries delivered? Hunker down and get better soon.

Same experience with autobrakes as jon-nyc. I haven't found where to turn it off in my car yet. Related and very annoying is that if I'm backing out of a space on a busy street, my steering wheel vibrates, the dashboard lights flash and an alarm rings every damn time a car passes behind me. FFS, I know there's traffic there! As far as spying, of course today's cars spy. They send speed info the insurance companies. I am led to believe that my car does not do that though, I was adamant with the salesperson.

The cankles are a nice touch. [image: IMG_5211.jpeg]

@Axtremus said: (If you like what happened, you should pay me to travel again in 2028. ) Great photos! I won’t embarrass myself by trying to guess, although some of them I have an idea.

Alternative headline: not all heroes wear capes.

@jon-nyc said: I want to know how he crossed the Darien gap. Some info here on his website. Excerpts from his book, I think. https://karlbushby.world/story

Trump Coin

There’s one vote for impeachment right there.

Link to video Scott Ritter disagrees. I'll choose Scott Ritter's analysis of the this war or about any war over Tucker Carlson's analyses regarding the same.

Yes, I do disagree. The ad couldn't have been "too much" when his campaign had played basically the same ad throughout his campaign. That's a cover story. Again, this particular charge of "anti-Senitism"? She should get a life. You can't legitimately violate your "principles" when you have none.

Nothing's perfect.

Mrs. Miller will never allow a giblet in her kitchen. Ever.

I having a passing familiarity (but little) with Kant, Russell, and Wittgenstein. I've studied Wittgenstein. I remember nothing. While I'm on the subject, I'm into Foucault (and have read many of his works), but have no use for Derrida.

https://magic-8ball.com/ This might be useful tool. Or not.

I can't give away trade secrets. And yes, I was surprised to find that the forum has been sitting there since 2005. Someone is paying for that storage even though no one (well except me) can get to it!

Enforcing laws is not vengeance. People need to see some law enforcement from a society of laws for a change.

Technology has become much too complicated as well as intrusive. All of this is much more of an energy sink than a convience. It also (electronics in appliances and devices, and cars, unfortunately) has a clear (and severe) tie in with planned obsolescence. I started using Android for the simplicity of it, the easy to understand and use software interface. Motorola has added so much bloatware to my phone since I bought it that it's not the same phone now. It also changes the user interface in numerous and random ways every matter of days (not weeks). Its battery is starting to drain progressively faster for the maker's purpose that a phone with a sealed battery (or every phone) is on a downward glide path to becoming inoperable (when otherwise it would last for many years). This is one time I won't mind it. I hate this phone with a passion.

Bob Dylan meets with Pope Leo at the Vatican. [image: alt text] https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/04/bob-dylan-meets-pope-leo-xiv-in-the-vatican-with-music-faith-and-a-rosary-gift