The Postal System either drinks heavily or needs to start drinking heavily

I would not trust the USPS to get a post card from my house to across the street in less than a week-if at all.

I have had two packages delivered by USPS in the last two months - both ridiculously late - both missing their estimates by days or weeks. At least one of the senders paid extra for second day delivery.

This is why people say mail delivery should go private; it's the perfect example. We've all heard the horror stories of UPS drivers peeing in bottles so they can make their deliveries. The USPS would never do something so draconian - they don't care when or IF your mail arrives.

Frank Zappa had an IQ of 174. That explains a lot.

Today is a quiet day. Or was a quiet day.

I had meetings. Naturally it got noisy. Very noisy. In fact the neighbors decided to have some trees cut down. Consequently the neighborhood is listening to Concerto for Chainsaw and Falling Tree Parts. I paid the men a visit and subtly encouraged them to go with something a bit more quiet - like explosives and large sheets of metal. I didn't speak Spanish so they just stood there and looked at me strangely. Oddly this is the same effect I have on English-speaking members of the public.

 Quantum computers only work if no one is observing them.

Wild beaver release approved for England

Eating wild beaver is good for your teeth ....

 

Failure, Rinse, Repeat: Why do Both History and Security Seem Doomed to Repeat Themselves?

I have been saying this for years. No matter what we learn we are doomed to re-learn it with each new technology.

 

Aunt Jemima - Jewish?

Due to Global Warming its been really cold for a really long time. Last week's snow is still all over the ground because it hasn't melted. There is a particularly interesting sheet of ice in the driveway by the car. Just under the driver's door. Prone to falls I told Wife to be careful. You know what's coming- right? She gets in and out of the car without incident. I just slipped and went immediately to ground. If I were a neighbor I'd be howling with laughter - it was that funny to watch. My eye wasn't quite as amused as I went down knee first -then eye. I knew I'd develop a shiner and figured I'd have to tell everybody that my wife punched me. Fortunately for her all I got was some scratches. Unfortunately for me I've been sore for two days. Wife informs me there is no such thing as Falling on Ice Sex.

RIP John Sykes (65, cancer).

John Played with Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, and Blue Murder.

He was known for his huge tone and virtuosic playing.

Last year we lost Ed Mann, Frank Zappa's long-term percussionist. He could pound the vibes like no one else.

I had my first breakfast burrito yesterday.

G-bus it was horrible.

Make no mistake - I like burritos... just not with real imitation egg product in them. And flat, tasteless bacon. How do you have tasteless bacon when it is ordered with double bacon? I think everything they order for breakfast comes in flat cubes in a box; this includes the eggs.  I make a pretty good egg. My dog makes a pretty good egg. The convenience store, known for their food too, does not make a good egg. Plus it's flat. If the food doesn't look good, it probably doesn't taste good, and this was no exception.

I tried to form polite words to the person who arrived with the burrito.... I can't name her, other than to say she's my Wife. She, too, makes a good egg.... she just doesn't buy a good egg.

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Mice With Two Dads Have Been Created Using CRISPR

Republicans are outraged calling it an abomination and demanding laws against it

Senator Ted Cruz is trying to block Wi-Fi hotspots for schoolchildren

 claiming it will lead to unsupervised Internet usage, endanger kids, and possibly restrict kids' exposure to conservative viewpoints. "The government shouldn't be complicit in harming students or impeding parents' ability to decide what their kids see by subsidizing unsupervised access to inappropriate content," Cruz said.

• You mean like restricting access to pr0n sites Ted? Hypocrite much?

Florida Deputy Watching Porn On His Phone Crashes Into Car Stopped For A School Bus

Perhaps Ted Cruz should restrict pr0n sites for law enforcement officers.....

 

Holy Bible, Batman

The Death Penalty 

I'm against it, as I don't believe the state has a right to kill anyone.

That aside, is the death penalty actually punishment? Since we don't know what comes after death, I would suggest that life in prison would be a more serious punishment.

• My wife is never so sure of herself or directions than when she is in the passenger seat.

 

Anthony Fauci granted preemptive pardon in the last hours of Biden’s term

No. Lengthy jail sentence. This is an admission that he screwed up the Flying AIDS response.

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A long time ago, I needed to find a plumber and electrician. What I mean by this is that I needed to make some calls and get completely ignored. It happened again the other day... I needed a handyman, made the call, and never heard anything back. It's wonder for the economy that business is so good, businesses have gone back to not answering their phones.

This is kinda important

Here's How Much You Should Save in Your 401(k) in 2025

He's not dead - He's respirationally challenged

Siri “unintentionally” recorded private convos; Apple agrees to pay $95M

Unintentionally. Just like Alexa. "Oh, we only record commands. Ok, we record everything."

Speaking of Evil Apple:  Apple auto-opts everyone into having their photos analyzed by AI for landmarks

For certain, no readers of this blog read Pornhub. If they did, this is how they'd get around the block, put there by legislators who fsck sheep in the bible belt.

Federal Court Blocks Louisiana Law Mandating Posting Of Ten Commandments In School Classrooms  [the next part of the republican agenda. Freedom of religion dictates that no religion should be pushed by the state. This law would also not do anything to help the children learn.]

Just in case you forgot what you read here, Elon Musk Uses Cybertruck Explosion to Show Tesla Can Remotely Unlock and Monitor Vehicles

Every now and then I look around and find myself back in the 1950s. The doctors tell me it's not anything they can treat. I was never in the 50s to begin with, so it's even more strange.

Why do I mention this?  A pharmacy that knows me by name. A vet where everybody comes out to say hi to the dog when we're there. A mailman who takes heavy packages inside (against regulations). A little coffee place that's pet-friendly. But mostly it's the neighbors. There's the one couple that's extremely nosy. Another family we exchange (legal) favors with. After Mrs. lefty lost her war with the railing, the neighbor snuck over and fixed it. I am assured this kind of thing went on all the time in decades past.

It's a shame that my temporal trips don't allow me to pick up a few guitars.... 50's guitars start in the 5 figure range now. Sometimes they get to the 6 figure range.

My neighbor is extremely handy - he does this for a living. I am extremely sleepy, but not for a living. I feel bad that I have little to trade...it's not like they need their guitars tuned or amps fixed. I know some stuff about being handy but it fails a bit in the execution. I know you need to drill holes in the ground and use a lot of super glue to put up a fence. I know to pick up the soldering iron by the cool side. I know not to solder in shorts, but none of this is too helpful to the neighbors. They should be happy, though - the neighbors stopped going missing last year or so....

Much like the government letting some UFP/UAP info slip through, cats are starting to show themselves. A guy's cat runs off. He chases and grabs. The cat claws his legs to shreds, after which the owner died from blood loss.  Just in case you had any doubts about cats.

My dog got out of the yard once. We found her, sitting by the front door, waiting to be let in. 

 Speaking of UFOs, 4 experts testified that the government is operating secret UFO/UAP programs.

Even a few moments' thought would make this obvious. They've been running secret UFO programs ever since there have been UFOs, maybe longer. Visits by men in suits or Men in Black have been documented. This didn't start last year.... and it's all documented somewhere....

We discovered a plumbing leak the other night. My dad used to rush over and fix plumbing issues, probably to get away from my mom. We miss them.

 Speaking of the dog, she dumped a lemon pastry on the floor the other day. She doesn't like lemon. We have no idea where she got it. I'd probably dump a lemon pastry too, but I know I don't like lemon either (and I'd just wind up having to clean it up. Again.).