It's the shoes. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-science-behind-the-adidas-shoes-that-helped-two-marathoners-break-the-two-hour-mark/

I think I am going to be sick.

I have often wished for the ability to record and playback smells, and many times felt grateful that we don't have that ability.

Belated happy birthday Jodi.

The dynasty of Cons

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Yes, much too large for us. And I'm thinking it would take several housekeepers and a bunch of gardeners to maintain to the high standard of the current owners. But fun to imagine living there!

Recordings inspire me to have a go at learning. I mean nothing (or very little) comes from nothing. And once partially learnt I'll find my favourite version for timing & musicality. I've done this for Tom Lehrer and Rachmaninoff and Art Tatum.

they say you can’t edit your photo , which is true, but you can edit the background of the photo. I found some online tool to edit the texture out of the wall behind me, but didn’t alter my face. Unfortunately.

Ax is right, there will be more of these. A lot of that will come from the fact that thorough testing has become rather a lost art. Things get tested, but in most cases not rigorously. Back when dinosaurs did the programming, we were dedicated to trying very hard to break whatever we coded. That doesn't happen very much anymore. You see a lot of this in online systems where if you color outside the lines at all you're screwed. It doesn't recover or catch it.

I suppose that makes it good for something