PhD*Son is running the Boston Marathon today! He doesn't expect to do as well as last time (4 years ago) when he finished at 2:26:28*, but is hoping for around 2:50:00. We'll see!
We are home from NH....VERY tired but had a great time.
Son runs the Marathon, then I immediately convene (on Zoom) a 2 hour peer meeting, then within a half hour have a guidance meeting. I should be done around 5:00pm and will try to update as I am able. =Whew!=
finally, the promised DVD of the 18th season of Grey's Anatomy arrived, two weeks late. So I sat and watched the whole thing. It's much better than the last few years have been. So good in fact, I'm watching it again, right now.
Just finished the last of the seven week eye-drop regimen. . . .Can read almost everything but pill bottles and instruction pamphlets. Still have an appointment with optometrist and one other, and done. I'm still astonished. Sorry for the twenty years I wasted.
From several sources: Dominion vs. Fox case continues at 9AM Tuesday with completion of jury selection and opening statements; no explanation of the delay. ----Alan
Love English, lol! Make a mistake long enough, and enough people to it, it changes. . . . . E.g., the original word was "napron" "a napron" > false division. To an apron. Working the other way, we have "An apkin, falsely divided "to " anapkin ">a napkin.
We don't know why the Dominion vs Fox case was delayed by a day, but evidently a settlement isn't in the cards. Here's hoping for a honking big punitive damages award. ---Alan
On Saturday I heard a lawyer on CNN who said, to my surprise, she's hoping for a settlement. If I recall aright, she opined that a judgement against Fox would set a bad precedent with regard to journalists and the standards they must meet. *shrug* Tomorrow I'll try to remember to dig up the video.
I was reading some positive opinions and quotations from Adam Schiff yesterday, and looked him up on Wikipedia. It seems he has taken several positions over the years that I consider disqualifying -- biggest one was voting for the invasion of Iraq. He takes cover behind the same excuse as Diane Feinstein --- that the intelligence was misleading. So he's not getting my vote, although he will probably win. Katie Porter seems to be pretty much a single-issue candidate, with no history on foreign policy, so she is out, although maybe she will get studied up in time. Her campaign web site is silent on a lot of subjects. That leaves Barbara Lee, who is the oldest of the three. So I will vote for Lee in the Democratic primary. Can't vote third party in the general election, and in California these days the Republican candidate is presumably doomed--if s/he even makes it into the runoff. It is quite possible there will be two Democrats running for Senator in the general. ---Alan
Bay Area city at risk of devastation when overdue earthquake hits, report finds [Click] When the Hayward Fault lets loose, there will be serious damage all down the east side of San Francisco Bay, but of course some places will be hit worse than others. And it will be small change compared to the next big one on the Cascadia Fault [northen California to British Columbia]. —Alan
I have no ability to live with such uncertainty of devastation. I can't live in earthquake fragile areas or where hurricanes are likely. But give me a good ol' snowstorm any day.
A new CBS News/You Gov poll found that 67% of Americans said that GOP lawmakers shouldn’t interfere with the investigations involving Donald Trump, while 33% said that GOP lawmakers should make an effort to stop law enforcement investigations into Trump. Via politicalwire.com ----Alan
PhD*Son is running the Boston Marathon today! He doesn't expect to do as well as last time (4 years ago) when he finished at 2:26:28*, but is hoping for around 2:50:00. We'll see!
ReplyDeleteHe ran the Boston Marathon in 2:49:21 (two hours, 49 minutes, 21 seconds!). That's his second best time!
DeleteGot to 5:30pm and had to have a NAP! Ha!
DeleteGood thing it wasn't me running the marathon, eh? 🤣
We are home from NH....VERY tired but had a great time.
ReplyDeleteSon runs the Marathon, then I immediately convene (on Zoom) a 2 hour peer meeting, then within a half hour have a guidance meeting. I should be done around 5:00pm and will try to update as I am able. =Whew!=
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ReplyDeletefinally, the promised DVD of the 18th season of Grey's Anatomy arrived, two weeks late. So I sat and watched the whole thing. It's much better than the last few years have been. So good in fact, I'm watching it again, right now.
Sounds like you have a pretty serious case of Anatomy, puddle! And how are your eyes doing?
Delete---Alan
Hi, Puddle! *wave*
DeleteJust finished the last of the seven week eye-drop regimen. . . .Can read almost everything but pill bottles and instruction pamphlets. Still have an appointment with optometrist and one other, and done. I'm still astonished. Sorry for the twenty years I wasted.
ReplyDeleteExcellent! And we don't need no steenkin' instructions! [HA!]
Delete---Alan
Excellent news, puddle!!!
DeleteFrom several sources: Dominion vs. Fox case continues at 9AM Tuesday with completion of jury selection and opening statements; no explanation of the delay.
ReplyDelete----Alan
Video: Fox off to DEVASTATING start in trial, ALREADY hit with punishment [Click]
Delete—Alan
Awh. My heart bleeds. (NOT)
DeleteReaction to John Fetterman’s Illness [pleasantly] Surprised His Team [Click]
ReplyDelete----Alan
ReplyDeleteGOP Culture Warriors Lost Big in School Board Races [Click]
----Alan
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ReplyDeleteI wish that subtitles and closed captions had copy editors who understood the difference between "gantlet" and "gauntlet" . . . .
I just checked with grammarist.com and it says that "gauntlet" is the preferred spelling of that word. "Gauntlet" has other meanings, of course.
DeleteLove English, lol! Make a mistake long enough, and enough people to it, it changes. . . . . E.g., the original word was "napron" "a napron" > false division. To an apron. Working the other way, we have "An apkin, falsely divided "to " anapkin ">a napkin.
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Those are new ones to me; thanks, puddle.
Delete---Alan
https://digbysblog.net/2023/04/17/dont-settle/
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We don't know why the Dominion vs Fox case was delayed by a day, but evidently a settlement isn't in the cards. Here's hoping for a honking big punitive damages award.
Delete---Alan
On Saturday I heard a lawyer on CNN who said, to my surprise, she's hoping for a settlement. If I recall aright, she opined that a judgement against Fox would set a bad precedent with regard to journalists and the standards they must meet. *shrug* Tomorrow I'll try to remember to dig up the video.
DeleteI was reading some positive opinions and quotations from Adam Schiff yesterday, and looked him up on Wikipedia. It seems he has taken several positions over the years that I consider disqualifying -- biggest one was voting for the invasion of Iraq. He takes cover behind the same excuse as Diane Feinstein --- that the intelligence was misleading. So he's not getting my vote, although he will probably win. Katie Porter seems to be pretty much a single-issue candidate, with no history on foreign policy, so she is out, although maybe she will get studied up in time. Her campaign web site is silent on a lot of subjects. That leaves Barbara Lee, who is the oldest of the three. So I will vote for Lee in the Democratic primary. Can't vote third party in the general election, and in California these days the Republican candidate is presumably doomed--if s/he even makes it into the runoff. It is quite possible there will be two Democrats running for Senator in the general.
ReplyDelete---Alan
Barbara Lee has long been a favorite of mine, for what that may or may not be worth.
DeleteBay Area city at risk of devastation when overdue earthquake hits, report finds [Click] When the Hayward Fault lets loose, there will be serious damage all down the east side of San Francisco Bay, but of course some places will be hit worse than others. And it will be small change compared to the next big one on the Cascadia Fault [northen California to British Columbia].
ReplyDelete—Alan
I have no ability to live with such uncertainty of devastation. I can't live in earthquake fragile areas or where hurricanes are likely. But give me a good ol' snowstorm any day.
DeleteA new CBS News/You Gov poll found that 67% of Americans said that GOP lawmakers shouldn’t interfere with the investigations involving Donald Trump, while 33% said that GOP lawmakers should make an effort to stop law enforcement investigations into Trump.
ReplyDeleteVia politicalwire.com
----Alan
Is it just me, or is that 33% frighteningly high?
DeleteIt's higher than I'd like to see, but I'm not sure I'd call it scary. They're not advocating violence.
DeleteDiscovered in the deep: the squid that sees both ways at once [Click] Living in the twilight zone, cockeye squid float between two worlds and have evolved to keep an eye on both.
ReplyDelete—Alan