- Guitar Players: great news! The Martin D-28 Authentic 1941 DTS has been discontinued. The guitar, which sold for $6,899, is being blown out at $5,500 (a bargain at half the price). So get out your pennies and head over to the guitar store! This is called very. Dry. Satire.
Our car went away for repairs a while back. Ever since, the cd changer has been uncooperative. Since certain things seem like rocket science to other members of the household, I decided it was time to take a look. Like most other things in life, it was recalcitrant. It refused to load a disc. It refused to spit out a disc. It refused to go to the next disc. It did play the radio, without fail and immediately, so there's that.
Sigh.
Because I work my ass off and all of the money goes to the vet or people healthcare, we don't have a new, nice car or set of them. The 'new' car is quite a few years old (running perfectly), but was the year before AUX inputs came out, so I can't plug my phone into the stereo and make music appear. I purchased quite a number of those cigarette lighter adapters that transmitted sound to the radio. Every one of them was either bad out of the package or a piece of garbage. Finally I found a highly recommended unit, which mostly worked but flopped around a bit and randomly connected and disconnected. Car rides with me were not particularly pleasant when this adapter decided to malfunction. Not that they're pleasant when nothing malfunctions....
Eventually, as all things go, someone dropped a safe on the adapter and it went to Adapter Heaven, leaving us with only broadcast radio. Do you remember the horror of broadcast radio? One really horrid classic rock station, one oldies station (that's starting to play music you grew up with!), one current-ish rock station, seventeen sports stations, Jesus Radio, and two talk stations. You'd think there would be at least one or two decent choices there, but you'd be horribly wrong.
Since I don't have a bomb-proof suit or one of those under water bell diver getups, I can't get behind the dashboard to release the stereo from its bonds and work on it indoors. I still have nightmares from doing this in the eighties, when you could reach back and play with wires. Cars were so big, you could hide yourself behind the dash. So it's either Live With It, or pay hundreds of dollars for a replacement that will look like Frankenstein's Monster when installed.
At least it will have an AUX input.
- Everybody's favorite manufacturer (Microsoft) of everybody's favorite operating system (Windows) was hacked (in 2013) and apparently 'forgot to mention it' til today. No matter.. it was only their bug database. Yes, some of the information was used in subsequent attacks, but that information could have come from other sources. For more bullshit, denials, and misdirections, you can read this article. Or do like me and skip to the next paragraph.
Philadelphia is starting to realize taxing sugary beverages might not have been the best idea. In an informal study, the majority of merchants are claiming revenue drops due to the tax. Some claim people are going to the suburbs for soda, then realizing they might as well just do all their shopping there. The mayor, in typical deflecting fashion, said the study didn't mention the positive effects of the tax. People voted for this buffoon.
- It's not that public figures have no privacy, but the Duchess of Cambridge's (Kate) due date has just been announced. It's a good thing the queen nixed the publication of her menstrual cycle and when Prince William was scheduled to get randy.
If you have Gmail and are very serious about security, enable their new "Advanced Protection".
- the Bias Response Team at Evergreen State College banned criticism of Black Lives Matter.
- Hang on - there is a Bias Response Team?
- Hang on - speech can be censored at a state college?
- Hang on - I am not a lawyer but a state college is a state institution and cannot censor speech per the First Amendment. Your tax dollars are supporting this.
- Hang on - you are not allowed to criticize an organization that has been described as a terrorist organization, that assaults people, calls for the death of police, and riots?
- This is a sad example of the state of the country at this moment. We will look back and shake our heads with embarrassment.
Finally some great news: the FBI announced that 84 children were recovered in a sex trafficking crackdown across the US. No mention of elected officials, so we still have to wait for that to hit.
- This week's best headline winner: Morgue Worker Arrested After Giving Birth to A Dead Man's Baby. A little research turned up that this was copied from a spoof article on a humor website. I was wondering about the physics of this act, like you, only you don't want to admit it. It's ok, it'll be our little secret. Would it be rigor mortis? Somehow I doubt it.
Know what I love about my dog? His new habit of demanding things when I sit down to eat. It starts with heavy panting. Then half a whine while panting. Then full out whining. If that doesn't do it, he will sit by what he wants and bark once. I blame his mother for this behavior.
- Hyatt Hotels have been hit by another credit card breach. When you check in, they now ask if you'd like a WiFi Hacked room or a Complimentary Credit Card Breach.
Just when you finished typing the week's best headline, another pops up: College removes weight scale from gym after students call it 'triggering'.
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| Yay! pictures again. Marshall the cocker and Marshall the amplifier |
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