We decided to not spend the money on flights and hotels and take the week of July 4th off, but travel around Colorado. Hit some stuff we wanted to do but that could get us back home each night. Good times were had, okay food was eaten, and I have some good pictures to share. Plus, you all get an article out of it.
Some music to read to. Not my favorite of his, but seemed appropriate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x4El47O8Zs
Also, bonus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XQdiKAybAs
Friday, June 30 – Colorado Rockies and Fireworks
Miggy at the bat
My wife’s company does an annual Rockies game for the Loveland and Littleton offices. There were fireworks after the game on Friday and Saturday. Rockies beat the Tigers. With the new pitch count rules, it took 2.5 innings to get my daughter a pizza. My daughter was happy, this was only her 2nd MLB game and she had yet to see the Rockies win. The fireworks after the game were a really good post game fireworks show.
Media Center in the Ballpark. Never seen it before, thought it was neat.
Left and Center had to come down on the field to avoid having fireworks fall on them.
Saturday, July 1 – Morning Fresh Dairy Farm Tour
Old one room schoolhouse on the property. The son of the founders went to school there.
We drove to Bellevue to visit the Morning Fresh Dairy. If you have ever had Noosa yogurt, it is made there. Noosa is a separate company, but they are partners. Noosa is now nation wide (and available at Costco), so have outgrown what Morning Fresh can produce. They still provide 30% of the milk for the yogurt, but the rest is shipped in from nearby dairies that meet Noosa’s standards. The tour guide said they may be the only dairy shipping milk to the dairy instead of just away.
We decided to start getting delivery from Morning Fresh. There slogan is “Moo to you in under 24 hours.” Typically, milk delivered is 8-12 hours from cow to door. Speaking of which, the first delivery is expected today … nope, not here yet.
My uncle owned a (much smaller) dairy farm, so I know how they work. The circular cow milking ride was new to me. Apparently sometime they have to force cows off at the end as they will “joy ride” and try to do more laps. I apparently didnt take a picture of it.
Random calf.
Sunday July 2 and 9 – Denver
My daughter is taking a kids cooking class in Denver on Sunday afternoons this month, so my wife and I have been enjoying dates on Sunday afternoon. We are hitting a variety of Denver restaurants. Nothing worth talking about.
Monday, July 3 – Horse Riding
My daughter takes equestrian lessons, so is an experienced rider. My wife used to ride, but it had been a long time. I had never been on a horse. Now I have. Check. We took a two-hour tour at National Park Gateway Stables in Estes Park. The stable is just outside Rocky Mountain National Park, the tour is inside the park. I was too busy staying on a horse to take pictures that day.
Wednesday, July 5 – Pike’s Peak
After taking a rest day on the 4th, we took our longest trip on the 5th. It is about 2 hours to Colorado Springs (technically Manitou Springs). We caught the cog railway to the top. The hiking trail to the top is 13 miles each way, so that was out. And riding the train was more interesting than driving to the top. There aren’t many 14,000 ft mountains you can get to the top this easily. It was overcast and rainy at the bottom of the mountain, but by the top it was sunny and clear. We couldn’t see much because of the clouds down below. Colorado Springs is somewhere under the clouds, but we couldn’t see it. Assorted unlabeled pictures from Pike’s Peak below.
July 8 – Old Falls River Road, Rocky Mountain National Park
After a couple more rest days, we headed back to Estes Park to drive the jeep around Rocky Mountain National Park. We have been plenty of times (we have an annual pass), but had never been up Old Falls River Road. It’s a dirt road that basically parallels Trail Ridge Road from Estes Park to the Alpine Visitors Center near the continental divide. It is a one-way road (up). It is only open July-September. It is the old road though the mountains, dating back to 1920. There are lots of pull offs along the way for photos and sight seeing and some trails to hike. The main feature is Chasm Falls, but there are lots of other neat things.
Chasm Falls
Ice Melt
Elk at 12000 ft
I am loving that new cog railroad. I only had about 30 minutes at the top though. I want to be up there for at least an hour.
Yeah, the train turnaround time was too short.
They should arrange it so you take the next train back instead of the same one. I realize that requires an empty round trip.
I heard the Boardmoor Hotel that sponsors that train paid something crazy like $100 million to get it running again. Can’t find an article on final price of the thing. That is why tickets are $55.
Broadmoor. Auto correct can suck it.
I’ve been to Colorado twice now, once for a wedding and once for hockey. There is a lot to see! The national park was perfect for me. It’s the highest point in the US where you can drive your car. We got out of the car a little bit, but you didn’t really have to. You could still see everything. So it’s perfect for people with disabilities.
“We are hitting a variety of Denver restaurants. Nothing worth talking about.”
Sad! There is a fancy breakfast place called Snooze that I went two both trips. Both meals were amazing. On the hockey trip we found a little BBQ place in a strip mall, and they had their smokers in the parking lot. We ordered a massive variety tray, and it was great. Wish I could remember the name of the place.
Only time I’ve really spent in Colorado was in Denver, for the GABF. The amount of homeless and campsites were a bit… shocking.
Colorado Springs and Estes Park are wonderful. Denver is not so great, like most big democrat run cities these days.
Everywhere I have been outside Denver has been great. Denver, not so much.
We were just there for an extended weekend, so not much in the way of traveling out of the city was on the schedule. I’m pretty sure the next big road trip with the girlfriend will be heading up into New England, as she’s never been past New York, and for some reason, wants to see Boston.
Well, slumbrew is there.
I’ve been here for two years and only been to Denver 3 or 4 times. It’s easy to pretend it doesn’t exist.
I went 4 sundays in a row last month. But other than that, yeah, other than the airport, don’t go very often.
I liked the area around Steamboat Junction when I passed through there. I’ve been to every National Park in Utah and Colorado. Dinosaur National Monument was fun too.
And the Great Sand Dunes reminded me of Egypt.
I enjoy old train rides.
The old train was replaced by a modern diesel! It hurts Mother Gaia just to think about it…
We’re doing the one out of Jim Thorpe this month.
https://www.lgsry.com/
Looks like they are diesel too.
I rode on a train pulled by a real steam engine in Dollywood, TN. That was fun. It was around xmas, so the smoke and steam stood out more.
Chugga-chugga, chugga-chugga, woo-woo!
Relevant.
That’s what she said!
If you ever make it to the Cleveland/Akron area, we’ve got a train (the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad) that runs along the old canal, through parks. They do events for adults (Ales on Rails, Dinner on the Train, Grape Escape) and kids (North Pole Adventure, costume theme rides). They also have the option to bring a bicycle along, and ride the trail and use the train to get to a different start point, or to take you back after riding. Looks like them putting the old steam engine on the track is on hold until next year though. The girlfriend is very interested in getting to ride the steam train one time.
Silverton-Durango narrow gauge (SW CO) – Spring for the enclosed car and for the round trip (not the bus ride back.) Highlight of our SW CO/NW NM trip a few years back.
Thanks, rob! A few things to add to the itinerary for next time!
I did a write up on the Silverton Durango. Had some hard times right about then and did not publish the article.
It’s not too late! 🚂🚃🚃🚃
I endorse this ride, and the Cumbres and Toltec narrow gauge ride. Unbelievable scenery!
Durango has a number of good restaurants. Hop over to Telluride, too, if you are visiting that part of Colorado.
Going OT, apologies to the author.
Chess World Cup Rnd 2 updates, same games as yesterday.
Carlsen, Caruana, Nepo, Dominguez Perez, and Robson win their matches and advance.
Sam Shankland drew today, meaning he lost his match after the big upset yesterday.
Nakamura, So, and Liang drew for the 2nd day in a row and their matches go to tiebreakers tomorrow.
Nakamura played safe with the black pieces today, like he was fine playing faster matches against his opponent. He is probably the best blitz player in the world, so this plays into his wheelhouse. Still, though, 2 draws against a lesser opponent hurts his rating. I havent checked, but Caruana may be world #2 now over him.
So was in a tough position, he was in a draw or lose position mid game, where he had no real chance to win, so getting the draw and playing tomorrow was big for him.
And yes, Caruana is #2. He gained 4.4 pts with his 2 wins over lesser opponent. Hikaru lost 5.6 pts with his two draws. For the players at the very top, draws are brutal.
Also, with his 2 wins, Gukesh D is now the highest rated Indian player, surpassing former world champion Vishy Anand. I think Anand has been the highest rated player from India for all but 1 or 2 months of the last 30+ years.
Anand was born in 1969 and is still active. He is also the VP of FIDE and refuses to play in FIDE sponsored events, like the World Cup, because of his position. The President has actually encouraged him to play, stating it wouldn’t be a conflict of interest. Gukesh, meanwhile, is 17 years old.
I’ve been to Colorado once, I only noticed the thin air when I tried to walk a few blocks and when “Why am I out of breath?” I’m used to air at 53 feet above sea level wandering around at 9,600 feet.
14,000 feet at Pike’s Peak is a whole new ball game. I had to consciously slow the heck down. People were trying to rush off that train and then in one mass, they stopped and started breathing heavy. So easy to start panting. There were EM techs there on site. No doubt people pass out up there daily.
Slight nosebleed for me.
I notice it a little hiking at 9k and a bit more at 12k, but Pikes Peak was noticable just walking around.
Living at 5k has no noticable effect other than cooking adjustments.
I did SERE training at the AF Academy. The first day, they sent us out to run a half mile to start acclimating.
I took off at my normal pace and everything seemed fine until the sky turned purple and I almost lost consciousness at about a quarter mile.
After almost three weeks training at 9-11K, it was completely different. Back at sea-level, I ran a six minute mile up hill and was breathing like I was walking.
Then I threw up. Because I still couldn’t run six minute miles.
I spent a few days in Tibet near Lhasa (elevation 11,975 ft). The first day, the guide said just relax and drink beer. So I did.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_in_Tibet
I remember breathing heavily near the peak of Kilimanjaro (19,340 ft high) just from walking slowly.
Try hauling a dead elk out, on your back, up an increasingly steep incline (the last bit was nearly vertical), at 11,000 feet. I just had the head and horns; the guide made two round trips with the meat while I was plodding and gasping.
This is great.
Tundra on August 3, 2023 at 10:25 am
She freaked out on a plane and insisted that the guy next to here wasn’t real. Hence the characters in the painting.
I actually feel bad for her. She had a psychotic break that happened to be filmed and will now live in meme infamy forever.
I will take care of her.
Or buy the T-shirt:
https://viralstyle.com/c/EvnlZA
That’s great.
Nice.
I may just have to buy that. Would prefer a poster.
I will take care of her.
You’re a giver.
I will take care of you
Looks like the cabin the last time I flew from Cancun.
Nice, robc!
There aren’t many 14,000 ft mountains you can get to the top this easily.
Evans is pretty easy once the panic of the sketchy road subsides! We haven’t been to PP yet – gotta add that one to the list.
Old Falls River Road is fun, too. Except in the fog.
Have you done Lake Haiyaha at RMNP yet? Super cool hike.
No, we are going on Friday, not sure what hike we are going to do.
Also, going Saturday of Labor Day Weekend, we have bear lake pass for that day, and going to do the hike to dream lake and maybe beyond.
I will have to look up Haiyaha and see where it is.
It follows the path to Dream/Emerald for a bit before splitting off.
Here’s the link.
It’s tougher than the Emerald hike but not nearly as crowded. But if you haven’t done Emerald it’s a must.
Yeah, just looked up map before your response, we are planning to do Dream/Emerald, then back up the split to Haiyaha.
Deer Mountain is another favorite.
Unreal views.
66 degrees right now. I’d love to be in 66 degree weather.
When I got to the end of Old Falls River Road at 12000 ft, it was sleeting.
That looks like a great trip.
I always wanted to go to Pike’s Peak.
XX#1’s (20) best friend is from Loveland. She goes out to visit with her and her family for a week or 2 every so often, and I’ve picked her up at the ATL airport coming back. To meet folks, you usually stand in a welcome area at the top of the main escalators. When it’s late enough at night, there are gaps in the people-flow, as people basically come up in batches, one flight at a time.
Standing there watching, it’s super-obvious when the Denver flight is coming up the escalators. A plane full of hipsters, and half of them are clearly still baked.
Pick her up at airport? Make her ride MARTA to the nearest station.
Fun fact: The Loveland post office will give you a special stamp on Valentine’s Day. You can send your card or etc to Loveland in advance to be postmarked with the V-Day stamp.
I guess, actually, it is done a few days before Valentine’s, so the card can arrive on time. But you get the idea.
Also fun fact, the recent redistricting put Loveland in the congressional district with Weld County and the eastern uninhabited lands so that the Loveland republicans wouldnt dilute the Ft Collins-Boulder D vote.
This young lady (who’s one of my favorite people in the world) and her folks are just about as non-wokester as can be. I didn’t know Loveland had that reputation. She’s lived there her whole life but the lefty Colorado-ites, and the whole culture, are clearly wrong/foreign to her. She’s here staying with us for a few weeks (small-town GA) and is continually remarking on how different it is.
Airport IS the nearest station. And that’s what my folks used to do to me. She’s pretty hard-core, but I’m not sure I’d make her do that. We didn’t do a lot of city stuff when she was growing up, but to brag, my favorite “XX#1 in ATL” anecdote is that her first time driving to or in ATL was as an 18yo EMT behind the wheel of an F350 duallie ambulance with lights and sirens going.
Noosa sounds like a problematic name.
How else are you going to tell Osa that they are not allowed?
The original Noosa: https://imgur.com/gallery/hQCshTR
Yummy yogurt.
Dangit – you beat me to the CO travelogue. Need to get off my butt and get my pics and vids together.
Do it! I barely covered anything. And my pics mostly suck.
Beat me too. I can still do Estes and the Silverton train.
Beautiful!
I’m 90% sure I’m-a spend next summer in Leadville
Meetings are finally over.
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Started watching Ted Lasso with my wife a little while ago. We’re 3/4 of the way through season 2, and I’m wondering, did they fire all the good writers from season 1 and replace them with hacks or something? The first season was original and funny, the second season, not so much.
Odd. I thought there was a smoke alarm on the wall above my stove.
Turns out the kitchen is the only room in my house without a smoke alarm.
Is that even code compliant?
Absolutely. Most places only require one on each level and in each BR. No way I would put one in the kitchen.
So why was I convinced there was one over the stove? There’s not even a paint scar where one used to be.
Whatever, at least my smoky chicken wing cookery won’t set off a nonexistant alarm.
Mandela effect.
You mean the Mingele effect?
No, I think he meant Mandala Effect.
Though not sure what pretty circles have to do with me not looking at the ceiling much.
I keep getting the INTERNAL SERVER ERROR.
Oh dear. All seems well here. Empty cookies and try again?
I hate the one in my kitchen.
It is usually a homeade pizza detector.
Last night it was a salmon detector.
Luckily, our dogs love to sing along with it, so it’s not that annoying.
Now what?
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1687153327782445064
putting a fence in front of a stone wall . . . crazy
Lamest saber rattling ever.
It’s not even a security fence.
It has to be line control for something. Got a lot of school buses coming with tours?
It couldn’t even stop a hyperactive Golden Retriever puppy.
It’s probably there so anybody who gets on the grass can be put in solitary for several years for trespassing.
It’s not crazy. It’s there, being deliberately stupid and offensive, to provoke a response. That way they get another reason to crack down.
Remember that they LIKE having Reichstag Fires.
It’s not Fedsurrection season yet.
I see they haven’t put up the “Protestors use East Entrance” signs yet.
In general, I avoid a lot of news and social media but I see stuff every now and then. And, my wife still has discussions with some progressive friends. I continue to be surprised by the level of vitriol leveled at Trump and his supporters. Frequent posts referring to them as evil, stupid, wishing death on them. I’ve seen a couple of posts celebrating the fact that the judge in his trial is biased.
I didn’t know that they took the one erected in the aftermath of Jan. 6th down.
That’s quite the hot take.
Bill Barr: I think it’s a legitimate case. I think, unlike the document case, it’s going to have issues of proof. It’s a more complicated case. They’re not attacking his First Amendment right. He can say whatever he wants, but that does not protect you from entering into a conspiracy. All conspiracies involve speech, and all fraud involves speech.
The case against Trump as far as I can figure it:
1) It’s blatantly obvious to all people with a brain that the election was just fine
2) Therefore, Trump knows the election was fine
3) Therefore, Trump was lying about the election not being fine
4) Therefore, all actions taken by Trump and Trump allies to discredit the election are fraud
5) Therefore, Trump and Trump and Trump allies violated the voting rights of all Americans.
Open and shut case. Send the dude to prison. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.
Well, that case fails at item 1, regardless of the narrative.
Clearly you are a domestic terrorist. The feebs will be dropping by shortly to take you into custody.
Item 2 is, pure and simple, a case of mind reading. But don’t let that stop them.
And yes, I think you have this right. They’ve been working overtime on item 1 for years. The Jan. 6 arrests, online censorship, all of it are to convince people of that. If a reasonable person thinks the election looked shady, then Trump didn’t break the law, he was trying to uphold it.
Even if points 1 through 3 are true, it’s still not clear how this is a criminal offense.
I’d actually be fine with criminally charging every politician who lied or committed some kind of fraud. But there continues to be this subset of the population that sees Trump as uniquely bad. As far as I can see, it’s mainly because he said and did terrible things in a crass and/or public way. I guess if you do them in secret and with a thick veneer of educated language, it’s fine.
1) The process is the punishment
2) This is about the 2024 election, not about getting a conviction
3) This is a warning to everyone that isn’t a billionaire to shut the fuck up and do as they are told
Barr sure seems determined to let everyone know what he thinks lately.
Barr continues to win maroon of the decade. Apparently the indictment relies on a reading of Trump’s speech from that day. And the transcription of said speech, in the indictment, leaves out all the key words and phrases Trump said about protesting patriotically and safely. As such, the whole thing is another house of cards which is wasting taxpayers’ and Trumps money.
the indictment, leaves out all the key words and phrases Trump said
I haven’t seen the indictment. If this is true, the prosecutor needs to go to prison.
Listening to Dershowitz’ review on his podcast now. As usual, a great summary.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/textbased/news/text-12366013/ALAN-DERSHOWITZ-Trump-haters-popping-champagne-dubious-indictment-heres-EXACTLY-collapse.html
In order to establish the underlying charges, the government would have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump himself actually knew and believed that he had lost the election fair and square.
As I expected.
On a related note, I saw people out on the street in New York of all places with signs protesting the fact that there were more votes than voters in recent elections.
Don’t know if astroturf or grassroots, but not the place you expect to see them.
The primary issue being that the intelligence agencies are the ones who feel cornered right now, and as such, are exceedingly dangerous. Barr is one of their representatives.
If you assume that the COVID response was them, 1/6 was them, Russiagate was them, and god knows what else is them, then you have to assume that they are going to go to the wall to protect themselves.
We shouldn’t forget what happened the last time somebody threatened them. There’s nothing off the table for them in terms of a response. They would declare war on the American people to save themselves, I wouldn’t put it past them to physically attack Congress directly and kill a few congresscritters if they thought they could blame an outsider .
To the intelligence agencies, they are the country. They are what keeps us safe at night.
In their minds, their dissolution would be the end of the country.
Eh, I see it more like this:
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Pournelle’s Iron Law of Bureaucracy states that in any bureaucratic organization there will be two kinds of people:
First, there will be those who are devoted to the goals of the organization. Examples are dedicated classroom teachers in an educational bureaucracy, many of the engineers and launch technicians and scientists at NASA, even some agricultural scientists and advisors in the former Soviet Union collective farming administration.
Secondly, there will be those dedicated to the organization itself. Examples are many of the administrators in the education system, many professors of education, many teachers union officials, much of the NASA headquarters staff, etc.
The Iron Law states that in every case the second group will gain and keep control of the organization. It will write the rules, and control promotions within the organization.
***
Their opposition to Trump was a result of a perceived threat to their power and prestige. Trump not wanting to get involved in foreign conflicts means less work and thus smaller budgets for them.
I don’t disagree, but I add to that an overwhelming arrogance that we need them. Much like the way an aristocrat regards the serfs, they regard us with little more than contempt because of our naivete. We don’t appreciate them enough
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER77vxxGVAY
Good grief. I had to tap out when the spook said “overthrowing whatshisname”.
You can’t even remember the name of the guy you overthrew? And to think this dolt was the head of CIA in Latin America and wrote a book bragging about his career.
Good job, numb nuts. You got an entire continent to distrust us.
I won’t right off the CIA completely, but there’s been a hell of a lot of mission creep.
write off, that is
Shouldn’t AOC, Pelosi, Waters, and all the others that encouraged the “Fiery But Mostly Peaceful” summer be getting prosecuted, if this is actually the standard?
Those people actually committed incitement
And they bailed people out. From a legal standpoint that probably wouldn’t count as material support, but it sounds like the law doesn’t matter anymore.
That’s quite the spin.
Morning Joe defends Biden & Hunter’s working relationship:
@Lemire
: “We should put this in context; this is the time when Beau Biden, the president’s other son, was ill & dying & then passed away. So perhaps he wasn’t as attentive to what he should have been”
@Eugene_Robinson
: “We know how important family is to the president. So, do you hang up on your son?”
Fake scandal. All smoke, no fire. Time to move on. You could drag a dollar through a trailer park. Etc. ///ScandalFree2.0
“You could drag a dollar through a trailer park.”
I actually prefer the (Bill) Clinton team’s approach: “look our guy is a horn dog and will screw anything in sight. But, hey, the economy’s doing good and we’re not fighting major wars, so vote for him.”
I really despise this need to canonize “my” team. Biden is not corrupt; Trump is a family values guy.
Ukraine fucked up – they trusted NATO.
Poland will close the border to Ukrainian agricultural exports on the 15th of September “We want to help Ukraine, but the well-being of our farmers is our priority” said the Polish Agriculture Minister
Interesting. I don’t know that Ukraine had much of a choice. My take is that the politicians in Kiev are 100% under the control of the US State Dept and just do whatever they are told.
Hence their recent hiring of a transgender American as a spokesperson. They know what DC elites like.
We (Biden Admin through Boris Johnson) convinced them to break off negotiations with Russians in return for all the western weapons and cash they would need to hold off the Russian army. Now, according to Macgregor, there are over 300,000 dead Ukrainians and their army is starting to collapse. And no more cash and weapons are coming in.
So yeah – they fucked up trusting us. It won’t be lost on the Africans and Asians where we are playing the same games.
Wagner group is in Niger, apparently. French are getting ready to invade. US says that Wagner=Russia.
Things are definitely getting spicy.
A good old-fashion colonial war over who gets to exploit the natives. As long as it doesn’t escalate.
Given the number of videos I’ve seen of middle-aged Ukrainians on the frontline, I figured they don’t have much of a chance of winning a war of attrition against a country with more bodies and bullets.
“there are over 300,000 dead Ukrainians”
I seriously doubt that number, if it’s intended to be military fatalities. It seems utterly unsustainable for, what 18 months of fighting?
“their army is starting to collapse”
I’ve been hearing that for months and months. Maybe it is, now, but the boy done cried wolf too many times to have much credibility.
Now, I think the Ukes are idiots for attacking directly into prepared defenses they way they seem to be. And, absent something happening in Russia, they aren’t getting Crimea back, or even much of the Donbas. The Russians aren’t exactly having a cakewalk either – Wagner is off the table now, undertrained and undersupplied conscripts are in the mix, they’ve lost a crapload of vehicles and equipment, and they just barely managed to take a strategically unimportant town during their last big offensive.
It’s a shitshow for everybody. And everybody is lying about it.
Seems an appropriate song for this situation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNeVjVu9O6w
^^ This. You can’t take anything reported on this by anyone at face value. Everyone is screwed, except maybe the US MIC.
Woo hoo!
My best friend and former stripper roommate is sending me some ciders:
https://www.greenpointcidery.com/my-ciders
I’m particularly interested in the “First Edition” because I absolutely love Gold Rush apples. Pity it’s only 500mL.
Are those descriptors the same person, or two separate people?
Same person. Plus she has a degree in math that she uses to create novel insurance products. She was the wife of the drummer of the band I managed in Ausitn.
I have been blessed to find so many interesting humans, even before this place was founded.
1) It’s blatantly obvious to all people with a brain that the election was just fine
Exactly. The necessary bedrock premise is that the election was on the up and up, and Biden won fair and square. This absolutely cannot be subject to dispute. Consequently, any question, any call for an audit or recount is nothing less than an attempt to overturn a free and fair election. QED.
Nice pictures!
Sensei, if you’re out there, I finally watched that Mustang review you linked the other day. I chuckled when one of the designers said they were taking a fresh approach to the interior. This video has more views of the interior. The interior combines some stuff from the Gen6 (the center console is identical to the one in my Mustang), clunky 80s garbage, with an iPad strapped to the dash. I’m wondering how easy it will be to read that screen when the Sun is on it. There’s no hood shading the instrument panel like on a normal dash. I stand by what I said: The interior is ugly and garbage. Otherwise I like the car, but Ford really fucked up that interior.
Imagine having a convertible version. The Slingshot by Polaris at least has special e-ink style displays that show up in sun.
Cloud inversions are cool. Never been to Pike’s Peak on our trips out there but made the Garden of the Gods a couple of years ago, it’s worth a drive/walk through. Also ate at a great middle eastern place near there, but can’t for the life of me remember the name.
OT (Overwhelming Terror): Left my office early and encountered an entire flock of hatebirds camped out under the trees on either side of the path to my car. 😳 Went back into the building, came out from the other side of the building and took the long way around to my escape vehicle.
Are you safely away from the 🦢🤬 (No goose icons?)
Yes – safely in my hair stylist’s chair.
I may have to ask for a small glass of wine. 🍷
Red wine?
Would prefer white or a blush, but after that nerve-shattering experience, I won’t be too picky.
And, the return to office email just came out.
Fuck
Sorry Kinnath. Keep in mind, skilled office employees are rare these days, so you could go find something else. I do understand the aversion to change though.
The issue will be how much leeway the boss and boss’s boss think they have in implementing the call back.
I’ve made it clear, repeatedly, that I have no interest in going back to an office. And, I’ve mentioned a coupled times that I could retire at the drop of a hat.
But, I expect I will be pushed to go back to my desk at least three to four days a week.
If I have the discretion to work from home anytime in winter that I don’t like the forecast, it will probably be acceptable.
Sorry.
This was a guilty smirk on my part.
https://twitter.com/cctvidiots/status/1687156360058982400
Saving money on a divorce lawyer? Priceless!
Hahahahaa!
Heh.
Gotta give the husband credit – he barely hesitated before going after her. I thought bringing the kids along for a fistfight with a tiger was a nice touch, too.
Forward thinking, imo. “I’d fight a tiger for you, baby. Let me show you the video.” is a hell of a pick up line at the bar.
Never out of the
boatcar, man!