Go back to bed. Even the dogs are convinced that this morning’s frost is too harsh. They both came in from their morning duty and walked right past their full food bowls on their way to going back to bed. There’s nothing this early that needs your attention all that much unless you have preschoolers, which we don’t. This is going to be short and to the point. Neither of the twins is interested in helping, so it shouldn’t take long.
The big social news this morning is the death of One Direction’s Liam Payne yesterday. Allegedly, he was behaving ‘erratically’ in the hotel lobby before going up to his room and falling off the balcony. Of course, we’ve all watched too many movies, and immediately people started claiming that he was pushed. Maybe he was, maybe he wasn’t. The whole world is erratic at the moment so neither possibility is unreasonable. I never was a One Direction fan, though, so it’s difficult for me to give a shit.
This whole Internet thing is becoming a problem. Amazon and Google are using so much electricity at their data centers that both companies are investing in nuclear power to keep them running. Is this what the creators intended? If we were actually using the web to make ourselves smarter, then it would be worth the investment. We’re not doing that, though. We’re sharing cat pictures, spreading lies and conspiracy theories, and challenging established science with some of the most ridiculous ideas anyone’s ever heard. Using nuclear power for such useless activities is the equivalent of leaving the lights on after everyone’s left the room. There’s no sign of intelligent life, Captain.
You know the election has gone off the rails when even the polling companies are making excuses for getting everything wrong. We’re at that point in the cycle where it’s difficult to trust anything anyone says. Perhaps we need to stop supporting candidates that we know from the outset have no business running the country.
What’d I tell you? There’s nothing here worth getting out from under the covers. Stay in bed. Cuddle. Have sex, maybe.
Go back to bed. Even the dogs are convinced that this morning’s frost is too harsh. They both came in from their morning duty and walked right past their full food bowls on their way to going back to bed. There’s nothing this early that needs your attention all that much unless you have preschoolers, which we don’t. This is going to be short and to the point. Neither of the twins is interested in helping, so it shouldn’t take long.
The big social news this morning is the death of One Direction’s Liam Payne yesterday. Allegedly, he was behaving ‘erratically’ in the hotel lobby before going up to his room and falling off the balcony. Of course, we’ve all watched too many movies, and immediately people started claiming that he was pushed. Maybe he was, maybe he wasn’t. The whole world is erratic at the moment so neither possibility is unreasonable. I never was a One Direction fan, though, so it’s difficult for me to give a shit.
A new pair of giant pandas arrived at The National Zoo in Washington. They’re cute. They’ll draw a crowd. They’ll fall down and roll around as pandas do. At least they’re not killing anyone or running for office, though they’d probably win if they did.
This whole Internet thing is becoming a problem. Amazon and Google are using so much electricity at their data centers that both companies are investing in nuclear power to keep them running. Is this what the creators intended? If we were actually using the web to make ourselves smarter, then it would be worth the investment. We’re not doing that, though. We’re sharing cat pictures, spreading lies and conspiracy theories, and challenging established science with some of the most ridiculous ideas anyone’s ever heard. Using nuclear power for such useless activities is the equivalent of leaving the lights on after everyone’s left the room. There’s no sign of intelligent life, Captain.
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles agreed to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse. That’s not nearly enough for the long-term pain and suffering they’ve caused. No amount is sufficient. Best possible penalty: close the damn churches and put the offending priests in prison where they belong.
You know the election has gone off the rails when even the polling companies are making excuses for getting everything wrong. We’re at that point in the cycle where it’s difficult to trust anything anyone says. Perhaps we need to stop supporting candidates that we know from the outset have no business running the country.
What’d I tell you? There’s nothing here worth getting out from under the covers. Stay in bed. Cuddle. Have sex, maybe.
Or have another cup of coffee.
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