Monday, August 28, 2023

A Futile Conversation with the Spare Tire

I started the Dementia page to document our struggles and my mom's struggles.
She passed yesterday.

There are no words.

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Your love is like  candied tarantula


Greetings to Singapore - happy to see you.
Do you guys have a national slur? Malaysia has none. We have one: "Americans".



Conversations with my dog 

Me: Good to see you out of bed.

Her: Of course I'm out of bed - Mommy's out of bed.

Me: What's this crap in your flaps and fur?

Her: spackle

Me: Why is there spackle on your flaps?

Her: Mommy was spackling.

Me: And you've taken up spackling?

Her: I was helping. I'm very helpful.

Me: Are you going to help get it off the sofa too?

Her: Mommy's job.

Me: But why did you get it all over you?

Her: Some swim the Channel. Some climb mountains. Because they're there.


  • We now have some sort of wooden stand with an appendage to hold bananas in the air. This is more care than I get.
  • That is all.


Ford’s recall of Mustang Mach-Es in 2022 is under investigation by feds

Bravo to Ford, for not going with the pack and breaking out on their own. Instead of recalling for battery explosions and fires, they went with high voltage connectors to the batteries. Who knows... maybe the batteries will be next. Considering the myriad of battery recalls from the myriad of EV manufacturers, it would seem the batteries may not be suitable for any car nor any passenger short of an adrenaline junkie, who got bored with leaping out of airplanes, with or without a chute. 

TIP: if you have an EV, purchase a very reliable normal car or two, to avoid spontaneous combustion or generic old fires. It's not polite to take Mom to the doctor for her nerves when the car sets itself on fire.


  • Storm Hilary battered parts of the US, bringing record-breaking rainfall and causing flash flooding. Death Valley National Park received a full year's worth of rain in one day, and remains indefinitely closed.
  • Like its namesake, the storm also ate babies.


Biden tours 'overwhelming' Hawaii wildfire damage

In tears that anybody 'could do this to Disneyland' 


  •  You just wait... as it gets closer to election time, the people screaming for Trump's head will shift to allege that Trump set up the arrest to help him in the election.


The Space Race (Had a Flat)


Russia’s Luna 25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon

The whole world knows. Except in Russia, where they think it landed safely and the US was never there.

After Russia’s failure, India is next in line to attempt a Moon landing

They want to open a .....    [sorry - can't do it] 

Hold the Moon – NASA's buildings are crumbling amid 200-year upgrade cycles

If you thought it was hard to find 50 year old Moon landing documents, try 200 year old buildings

Uncle Sam: Rest of the world would love to steal our space blueprints – don't let 'em

Well, it's obvious that Russia didn't steal them. Or did they?  



Pioneering wind-powered cargo ship sets sail

Ok, who's gonna be the one to tell them? 

You - Mayflower... you're volunteered! 


Scientists find evidence that Vlad the Impaler shed bloody tears

He died in battle in January 1477, having killed an estimated 80,000 people in his lifetime.
This is a man who lived his work. One has to respect that.


68 Years After His Death, James Dean Is Reportedly Starring in a New Movie - Thanks to AI

This is pretty slick. Or pretty sick, depending on your point of view. I wonder if anyone asked his estate.

The most important thing to know here is that this is not new technology, no matter what they say. AI has advanced past what you think to something damn near reality. Just the other day I was watching a Cops-type show, havin' a ball, when my world turned upside down. While the police were chasing a particularly peppy BMW, I saw the driver signal a left hand turn. Everybody with even a glancing knowledge of driving knows BMW drivers don't use turn signals. The new BMWs don't even come with turn signals. The entire show had to be generated by AI. Keep your eyes open, people.







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