Milestone birthday for Big Al today. He's probably out celebrating like mad!!

More Europeans die in heat waves than Americans die of gun violence. We need a new Marshall plan. This time armed with air conditioners instead of export credits.

Oh boy. That ice cream looks fabulous. Clotted Cream? Coffee Latte? Rum & Raisin? I had to stop; I was already at three scoops.....

@Bernard said: But won't this be better for Talarico? Yea, Dems were hoping for Paxton. https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/27/talarico-exclusive-interview-paxton-fundraising-texas-00937600

I haven't tried a motion activated sprinkler but it's another option. https://www.amazon.com/motion-activated-sprinkler/s?k=motion+activated+sprinkler

I noticed there is also a trend of renaming things after our current president. I think this now may become “in depends” day…

This story made me tear up when I read it yesterday. I don’t mind dogs shooting people, but I really miss the gas prices listed in that picture…

Just finished listening to this: [image: 1779881614216-img_2591.jpeg] I really enjoyed it. Hearing about how he grew up poor in the projects and made it to Harvard than HLS and then how he stumbled into Goldman through the back door was interesting. And his inside take on the great financial crisis was interesting and brought back a lot of my own memories.

This is another one that I saw a few days ago. https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/scammers-offering-help-with-pumping-gas-charge-victims-cards-after-theyre-gone/4372049/ Anyone walking over and offering to help me with pumping the gas would raise red flags for me immediately, so I don’t think I’d fall for it. But it amazes me that these crooks are so ingenious.

Happy Birthday!

I think you'll find that bias pretty common here.

@Mik said: This smacks of an architecture issue. Indeed it does.

We plant the Nonstop begonias in our deck corner planters every year. Bright color all summer long and no maintenance

@AndyD said: 22c in the sitting room where I am with piano on the NW corner. You’re going to have to sleep in the piano room…

Lol! Yeah, that is amazing. My other favorite Surrealist is Dalí. There's a world-class Dalí museum in St. Petersburg in my county of all places. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Persistence_of_Memory

@AndyD oooh I like the Hough version best. By far! Thanks for posting those, it’s fun to compare!