I've mentioned a few times about The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issuing Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR's) when there are Very Important Persons (VIP's) in a specific area. Without giving away what is actually happening, it's usually diplomat, presidential activity, but also includes space operations, security or movement of hazardous materials.
There was one issued this past Wednesday around the Palm Beach Airport and since there's been a change in administration, security in the area will in the coming weeks eventually be reduced as the security footprint grows smaller.
I'm sure the residents of the area will be pleased when life there returns to normal and that no longer have to tolerate road closings and security checks.
His name was Eugene and he took some vaccine...
Everything was keen until his skin turned green...
The doctors hadn't see anything like Eugene,
So they cut out his spleen and he began to to get mean.
(more later, I'm off to work)
I know it's been months but it's hard to break an addiction.
I had my back to the door when someone came in the showroom with orchids he's selling from his truck in the parking lot. I ignored him and my associate got into a conversation and went out to see what he had to offer. While she was checking all the goods in the truck, the woman from the neighboring business also went out to check the merchandise.
My associate made several trips back and forth as she purchased a few things. One of them was a Ponytail Palm.
I've seen large plants but the one she bought was small, less than a foot tall, it had a thickened trunk and (to me) appeared dwarfed almost bonsai.
Okay, I was curious and went to the truck to see what else he was selling. His truck had signage as a landscaping company who does plant maintenance and leasing for corporate environments. Mostly orchids... I declined having killed a few I received as gifts.
He said everything on the truck is $20 each so I looked around and steered to the Ponytail Palms.
Most were all green and 2 had some red coloration in the center. I chose one with a flared base similar to the photo below.
That brought smiles as I brought it home. I'm told it's good Feng Shui.
Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot is up to $850 million with the drawing Tuesday, January 19, 2021.
This is the third largest jackpot in lottery history.
I used to work at a place with about 50 employees and whenever the jackpot was high they would pool their monies and buy a stack of tickets. We used to talk about renting a tour bus to ride to the capitol to collect our winnings. That never happened.
5 bucks to get in on the lottery pool... It's nearly a year since I worked there and I suppose if I asked, they would let me get in on the action!
MegMegMega Millions... You can't win if you don't play!
Spot is a robotic dog by Boston Dynamics and via their choreographer software they can get spot to dance.
Born Harvey Phillip Spector on December 26, 1939 and died January 16, 2021 in California State Prison at the age of 81. It's reported his death was of natural causes.
Spector was an American record producer, musician and songwriter created what was called the Spector Sound or Wall of Sound where his productions incorporated a formula with recording and production techniques on his many recording for acts like the Ronettes, the Crystals, and Ike & Tina Turner.
His career lists productions included The Beatles, John Lennon, George Harrison, Leonard Cohen, the Ramones, the Righteous Brothers.
Phil was convicted of murder in 2009 for the killing of actress Lana Clarkson in 2003 and sentenced to 19 years in Prison.
Aside from all the trouble and drama in his life, pop music wouldn't be where it is today without the influence of Phil Spector.
The computer mouse is an important tool in my daily life.
I've tried lots of different brands of 'mouse-like' products including trackballs, joysticks, stylus pens and touch screens.
Depending on the setup there are 4 workstations in my condo plus a laptop and 3 workstations at my office. All of them were using the 'old standard' Microsoft wired mouse.
I like the shape, buttons and way it tracks. Wireless mouse? No thanks.
They are cheap... $10
Some products are in the $40 to $60 range so I'm getting a bargain at $10.
Actually, I prefer the accuracy of the old style mouse with a ball. Yeah, cleaning lint every other day didn't bother me. They are dinosaurs... no more are available on the planet.
The Microsoft mouse has a textured finish and after months of use I notice the left button would turn shiny. No problem, but I'm having to replace them when the wheel starts to skip.
Maybe there has been a change in manufacture as in 'they don't make them the same' and I'm replacing them in months and not years later.
Looking for a change, I've found a Logitech mouse for $10 that has a very similar shape and feel as the Microsoft mouse.
I bought 4 of them and put them into my main computers and will replace the others when the wheels begin to fail.
My parents were pretty forgiving to me and my brother. Sure, kids make mistakes, normal things like forgetfulness, procrastination, etc. We weren't liars and if we did something that required punishment, most of the time it wasn't severe.
Both my parents were literal... no hidden agendas. If we were asked (or told) to do something it was a good reason.
Some of my friends had parents who got angry at the slightest thing... probably because it was the only pleasure in their miserable lives. Arriving home 15 minutes after curfew would be no privileges for a month. Yeah... maybe that why so many turned to drugs... escape their parents for a while.
Anyway, I remember opening a soda bottle getting ready to pour a drink then my mother asked if I would pour some for her. "Sure mom, how much do you want?"
She asked for a mouthful.
Okay... the only way to properly gauge a mouthful was to...
It's been a week since the Moderator swept through and deleted a shitload bunch of political, virus, religious blogs in an attempt to steer blogs (and forums) back to their intended direction... dating.
I see a few disguised as something else have slipped through and that's to be expected. What I didn't expect was the original post by the Moderator having taken on a life of it's own with a high-level of bickering... it bears the very same tone of blogs that were deleted.
At some point I'd wager at least one of the following: The blog to be locked, some comments to be deleted, an additional revision or entry from the Moderator.
Years ago, Yahoo allowed for comments to their articles/stories and sometime last year, that was discontinued as opinions went beyond opinion with name calling and comment abuse taking the focus far away from what Yahoo intended.
I think this first round was a polite warning...
Answering a landline... the phone rings and you pick up the handset but the coiled cord is so wound up that bringing the handset to your ear pulls the base up from the desk!
It cannot be so hard that when you answer the phone you hang up by putting it back into the cradle the same way you picked it up.
Unless there are office gremlins going around in the middle of the night twisting cords, I have no explanation for this phenomena.
The desk I inherited was once used by many until I took control. Go somewhere else to answer a call. I wipe it with alcohol a few times a day. I usually get to the office by 10 and some are there by 8. It's not hard to see if the phone has been used. I have to detach the cord and hold it out to unravel the coiled cord so it stays flat.
This:
When it should be this:
Last night I saw a forum post (that has now been deleted by the moderator) where someone complained about websites actually following up on their rules/policies. Twitter was one example. They choose to place warnings when users post/tweet questionable information and in many cases, accounts have been closed. It's against their TOS, Terms Of Service that simply means it's their site and you have to abide by their rules.
Note: that's the box you clicked (and didn't read the TOS) just to get to use their site.
The member construed it was censorship and stated comparisons to socialism, communism, fascism.
Censorship is different. For example... if you were 10 years old and said "Shit" around your parents... expect to be punished. If you complained to your parents and called them communists, expect more severe punishment.
Sometimes I'm glad we live in a socialist society.
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