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Cake day: July 4th, 2023

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  • The judge was offering him an armed security escort. They were following him down the street hurling abuse and who knows what else had there not been cameras watching. There’s “not compassionate” and then there’s whatever this is.

    I can’t quite imagine being in his shoes, but I would not engage with these people. They are giving no indication that they’d accept an apology or anything less than this guy’s head on a platter. In fact, they’re behaving like an apology or any other interaction at all would lead to potential violence.

    I don’t know enough about the case to comment on the circumstances of the accident. But, it does appear to be an accident, if one that should never have happened. They’re behaving like he stalked her for weeks to murder her.

    There will come a day where he will be called up to explain himself. Let’s hear what he has to say, then. Today was not judgement day.











  • The whole start to Graceland by Paul Simon is pretty vivid:

    The Mississippi Delta Was shining like a national guitar.
    I am following the river down the highway through the cradle of the Civil War.
    I’m going to Graceland, Graceland - Memphis, Tennessee
    I’m going to Graceland

    Poor boys and pilgrims with families and we are going to Graceland
    My traveling companion is nine years old he is the child of my first marriage
    But I’ve reason to believe we both will be received in Graceland

    I have never been to Tennessee. But this intro really conjures up some vivid imagery of driving down a highway through some historic country, along a river in the company of a child - and being among many others going to the same place.

    It’s pure poetry.





  • I had a bunch of these from Ikea when the kids were little. Very useful when the kids awoke in the middle of the night. They were strategically placed around the house, I remember one being in the kitchen another in the bathroom. One in their room.

    They were <$5, used 3x AAA batteries that lasted ages and had great magnets. If you have a real use for them, I recommend the Ikea ones. Of course, the real challenge with Ikea is actually walking in and out and only buying the $5 you went in there for. I’ve never managed it.