WTF-Beta

He might be moving.

IYKYK.

Air in Iowa was pretty bad yesterday morning, but got better by the time we made it to Champaign. Not bad here around Cincinnati, but up from 60 the other day to 95.

But we did experience The World’s Largest Truck Stop! And it is enormous. Makes Buc-ees look tiny. It was the only Starbucks around. Also stopped in Champaign for Binny’s and a Portillo’s lunch.

Yeah, but the occasional debauch still has its charms.

That was one great thing about SoCal. It wasn’t going to rain from March to November or do. It just wasn’t.

That’s a very apt comparison, Ax.

Data centers are coming whether we like them or not. The trick is how we learn to manage their impact.

Ohio EPA is floating a rule that allows them to discharge the cooling water directly into waterways. This I think is a bad idea due to temperatures, salinity and mineral content.

In Iowa this weekend. 30 here, clear blue skies.

The state is surprisingly pretty, kind of like south central Wisconsin, gently rolling. I expected it to be more like central Illinois.

We had severe flash floods in Cincinnati yesterday! That has not happened in the 42 years I’ve lived there.

Is he supporting Fetterman? I would give Shapiro serious consideration.

Barely west of Ann Arbor. More like a suburb.

I like it! It's just a game. Pretty clever, actually.

I'd say so. Might try it.

Yes, but they've closed the drapes so you can't see the havoc they wrought while you were out.

I wonder if our cats would like it. Stella already likes to lick my leg where it gets lotioned.

Still losing around 8,000 lives a year in the US, even with the available treatments. Sad.

In The Hand of Dante. Dark, as so much is now, but great filmmaking. Good cast.

Glad he can get out and around more! Progress.

Not from the middle. If the GOP runs Vance or someone else I’m not wild about I’m up for grabs if it’s Shapiro or someone else sane. But anyone the progressives are going to like is a no go.

In any event they're most likely outgunned if push comes to shove.

Death to America, Democrat style.

@kluurs said:

I've been running for decades. It's a remarkable equalizer. In a running group you'll have all kinds of people - but we see each other as "runners". There are people from all backgrounds - CEOs, lawyers, physicians, UPS drivers, accountants, students, etc.

Into my 60s, I felt like everyone was a peer - partly because I could keep up with pretty much everyone when we did a long run pace. Now, I can't do the group pace for as long - just seemed to slip in the past 3 years - a big decline over a relatively short time. I hope to see a doc about it in the fall - just to make sure it's just normal wear and tear - and not symptomatic of something else

Still, I see a lot of the 30 somethings I run with as younger - and I'm feeling like they're seeing me as parent's age - which is a bit disqualifying for feeling like a peer. Still, I hope to fight - what I know is a struggle I won't win in the long run.

Yeah, but you can’t look at this comparatively. Think of all the pain of attaining wisdom they have yet to experience. To hell with those whippersnappers.