In the Neighborhood:
3/4-A pleasant day, sunny in the mid-50's:
3/5-rain!
Buddy enjoys putting himself in a rather precarious position on Mum's quilt and legs when we are watching the tube-he seems to love the balancing act of staying on without sliding off-some sort of macho feline behavior.
Mr. Redbird waiting at the Diner:
3/7: a nice afternoon with temps pushing 60° with a bit of dampness in the air after all the rain. I spotted LG at the Diner so I thought I would go out on the deck, greet him and toss out some peanuts. He saw me and immediately hopped towards me. I congratulated him on surviving Winter and wished him a happy Spring as I tossed the nuts.
3/8-crocus in full bloom:
A distant colony that the squirrelies planted over by the shed:
3/10-overcast with storms coming in the evening and overnight. The Diner was busy as critters were fueling up. The nutkins were out and about and as usual, fighting with the big squirrels. Mom Nutkin with her russet back and tail:
Her children from last year, grown and independent but still visiting the Diner:
Big storms woke me around 1.30 am. I got up around 2 am to check on everything. Bud, who was in his basket when I went to bed wasn't there. Worried, I looked for him. He was lounging on the South facing front porch, which due to the rain coming in from the North and the great overhang, kept it dry. Securitycat was keeping an eye on things-good lad! I got up around 8.30 am and saw that we had a pond in the Back 40 which often happens this time of year:
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Radar showing a classic hook echo of the Three Rivers tornado on 3/6:
3/10-A burst of rainfall with a ton of hail hit Grand Rapids creating this surreal scene of icy flooding in the streets:
3/10- A EF-3 tornado hits Kankakee IL with gorilla hail:
It's odd to be seeing such intense storms this early and this far North. Look what happened in Three Rivers. Is this going to be the new normal?
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#cutebuddypics:
C had replenished Buddy's nip toy and gave it to him on the Caucasian rug. Now, he will go over to the rug and gets frisky whether more nip has been added or not. Contact buzz!
Sometimes, it's the real thing:
Another example of his politeness: we had been hanging out together on the couch when I got up to get some food. I nuked up something and fed him as well. I returned with a bowl and a plate and put them on the table. He followed but upon jumping on the couch, immediately hung a right and settled in, about arm's length away in front of the heater, giving me some space to eat.
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I was walking to the checkouts at Meijer when I spotted this in a display:
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Hodgepodge for $400:
Demon face on plant pareidolia:
Cave of Hands (Cueva de las Manos) Santa Cruz, Argentina:
In a series of caves, dwellers decorated the walls over many centuries. These hand paintings are associated with work from 5000 BC to 1300 BC.
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So many vids these days seem to use AI for narration. But, in many cases, how much language data given the system seems to be inadequate. For example, NATO was pronounced as "gnato" as in those tiresome tiny insects.
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I came across this nice metaphor for living with the existence of nuclear weapons: a loaded gun pressed to the temple of every human being on the planet.
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I am older than Google!
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With our health care leaders being complete quacks, it brings to mind an old Mark Twain quote (thanks C):
"Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."
Not to mention the plethora of quacky influencer ads on YT such as the olive oil swilling promoter (with his own product, of course).
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There was an article in The New Yorker concerning Shere Hite who caused a cultural explosion with her study of female sexuality during the Reagan years. The upshot of the story is a warning: those of you who took Ms. Hite's words to heart, learned from them and implemented them into your life-you are under threat from this current adminstration's uber trad macho manosphere complete with conservative, Christian religious zealotry: love, Honor and OBEY, BITCH!
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The first coast-to-coast automobile trip in the US was completed in 1903 by Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson, Sewall K Crocker and their dog, Bud. They drove a 2-cylinder, 20-hp Winton touring car from San Francisco to New York City in 63 days, navigating with few, if any, proper roads, maps, or gas stations.
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Fun vids:
Mad ads: this curious one from Amazon promoting the "all new Alexa+". Here, Alexa serves as an alarm clock in the persona of a female Don Rickles for a woman. Evidently, she is a serial slap the alarm, go back to sleep kinda gal. Alexa roasts her repetitively, covering a wide range of topics and won't shut the fuck up until sleeping beauty is outta bed.
What I found odd and perhaps documenting the issues of Gen Z these days, is that this is a grown woman. Perhaps as a teen or college kid she had major attendance problems. Great news for fellow travelers whose boss has given warnings- Alexa + to the rescue! Makes sense especially if they have major college debt to pay off.
1177 BCE marks the beginning of the collapse of civilizations across the Middle East. The standard story has been it was the mysterious Sea Peoples. But who were they?
FUBARland:
Donnie Demento, Whiskey Pete and Vlad Miller can't figure out why the Iranians won't do as they are told. Well, let's strip identities out of this and tell the tale in broad terms-from the standpoint of the new Iranian leader:
You and your family were attacked by foreigners. You're hurt and they killed your father. A school was bombed and many children were killed. You have fought back yet these foreigners are demanding that you surrender. They threaten to come and stomp around in your backyard. Hell no! you say and continue to fight back. This really has a biblical feel to it.
And as usual, folks from the West just don't understand the deep feelings of people in the Middle East-they have very long memories when they feel dissed. Hell, they are still pissed off about the Crusades! And having their ancient lands carved up by the oil hungry West after WW1. And being removed from your ancient homeland by the British to make make way for a Jewish nation. And being invaded because the Americans, in their post-9/11 fervor, were itching to do some nation building.
How did this all work out?
Meanwhile...
With all that is going on, what is the Roach prioritizing? Footwear for his male cabinet members. Yep, Dear Leader gifted them with crappy Florsheim $145 shoes, a style he adores. Of course did he have staff get their sizes? Naw, the stable genius guessed. Now, the poor bastards gotta wear them, being too afraid not to. For some like Marco Rubio, they're clown shoes:
You can't make this shit up!
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