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  • Just upgraded to Adaptive Lighting in iOS14. Okay, this is cool!

    šŸ’”

    November 28, 2020
  • Haiku

    Lame Black Friday

    Few deals to be had,

    Not many things to pick up.

    So twenty-twenty.

    November 27, 2020
  • CDC Shuts Down Thanksgiving Travel By Carrying Out Simultaneous Attacks On All Of Nation’s Airports, Train Stations

    ā€œWe understand the temptation to travel to see loved ones this holiday season, but it’s important to understand that the dirty bombs and chemical weapons detonated at every major airport from LAX to JFK make travel inadvisable for the foreseeable future,ā€ said Director Robert R. Redfield

    November 27, 2020
  • Pro Tip: Skip Out On Black Friday Deals And Just Hold Out For The Next Peaceful Protest - The Babylon Bee

    One is bound to pop up before Christmas. You’ll really be kicking yourself if you spend $300 on a TV today, only for it to be 100% off the next time there is something to protest in the name of social justice or whatever.

    November 27, 2020
  • I have never seen this on the web.

    So unbelievably lucky that I see tremendous value in this brand.

    In the queue on LEGO.com
    November 27, 2020
  • 21 Things We At The Babylon Bee Are Thankful For This Year - The Babylon Bee

    9. Eight months of two weeks to flatten the curve. We are all safe now.

    I feel very safe.

    14. Viewers like you. And the letter B.

    November 27, 2020
  • Pretty lame sales today.

    November 27, 2020
  • Haiku

    On the Move

    A weird Thanksgiving,

    Just family, prepping move.

    Still, a nice small break!

    November 26, 2020
  • Thanksgiving table.

    Thanksgiving table
    November 26, 2020
  • ChetCast

    Episode 177: Thankful for You

    The big kids are in the front yard playing with me, so we took a quick break to chat.

    November 26, 2020
  • Supreme Court Blocks Covid-19 Restrictions on Religious Services in New York - WSJ

    Chief Justice Roberts, in dissent, said there was no need to act now because, since the suit was filed, the areas involved had been reclassified as yellow zones, which were subject to a 50% occupancy limit without a numerical limit.

    This is the biggest threat to our Constitutional order. We need clarity from the Court, even if the conditions have temporality changed at the time of ruling. That way we can have clarity for next time, whether that be next week, next month, or in 50 years.

    ā€œIt is time—past time—to make plain that, while the pandemic poses many grave challenges, there is no world in which the Constitution tolerates color-coded executive edicts that reopen liquor stores and bike shops but shutter churches, synagogues, and mosques,ā€ he wrote.

    Part of the opinion by Justice Gorsuch. He’s exactly right. This isn’t April. States have had months to come up with a workable plan for Winter, but instead are just running off of the old playbook. The ā€œemergencyā€ is over. More than enough time has passed for Governors and State Legislatures to work together on appropriate applications of separated powers in the current situation.

    November 26, 2020
  • Haiku

    School Power Day

    No work this week, yet.

    Yikes, let’s get focused! He did.

    Blasted through it all.

    November 25, 2020
  • Picture by my son.

    Child's drawing
    November 25, 2020
  • Went to the dump today. Very difficult experience.

    November 25, 2020
  • Haiku

    Under the Wire

    It was a close call,

    Looks like everything is done.

    Closing on time, yes!

    November 24, 2020
  • Just Hours After Being Placed In Cuomo’s Possession, Emmy Statue Dies Of COVID - The Babylon Bee

    “The Emmy was placed in a nursing home for safekeeping and almost immediately contracted the virus, passing away just hours later,” said one medical professional. “Cuomo was also seen encouraging the statue to attend a Biden rally and a BLM protest, though he was emphatic that the statue not go to synagogue or church.”

    November 24, 2020
  • Pope Decries Plight of Chinese Uighurs as New Catholic Bishop Is Ordained in China - WSJ

    But the Chinese government voiced annoyance on Tuesday, after Pope Francis broke his silence over China’s treatment of its Uighur Muslim population, which the pope included in a list of ā€œpersecuted peoples.ā€

    Talk about late to the party. At least he finally showed up.

    November 24, 2020
  • Bank Applications Get a Coronavirus Boost - WSJ

    Oportun’s loans, which are designed as alternatives to payday and auto-title loans, have an average term of just under three years, and the weighted-average annual percent rate of 33.3%.

    Wow, what a terrific service!!!

    ā€œThere’s still a lot of the country where we weren’t making our inclusive, affordable products available,ā€ Mr. Vazquez said.

    He’s right, we need to get more people in these 33% APR products!

    November 24, 2020
  • Haiku

    Changing Utilities

    A troublesome task.

    Turning some off, others on.

    I made it through, tho.

    November 23, 2020
  • Hunter Biden Arrives At White House Dressed As Turkey In Hopes Of Being Pardoned By Trump - The Babylon Bee

    President Trump agreed to pardon the unusually large and vocal turkey.

    Not the worst plan.

    November 23, 2020
  • Walmart Thanks Government For Completely Obliterating Their Small Business Competition - The Babylon Bee

    it’s been super great for us!Ā No longer do we have to worry about the baker down the streetĀ or the family-owned hardware store next door taking away some of our business. The government just blew them up! We didn’t even ask them to! Can you believe it? What luck!

    November 23, 2020
  • Cable companies are gross from top to bottom. They’re slimy when you sign up, horrible when you’re with them, and difficult to deal with when you leave.

    November 23, 2020
  • Catholic Husband

    Praying As A Parent - Catholic Husband

    Parenting, like gardening, isn’t about efficiency. It’s about patience. The daily work of pruning ensures that my little saplings have all the nurturing and attention that they need. Nothing nurtures a child’s heart like being taught how to pray.

    āž•

    November 23, 2020
  • Haiku

    Almost Ready

    A week til movers,

    Lots taken care of today.

    The end is quite near.

    November 22, 2020
  • Pink sunrise on an early Sunday morning donut run.

    Sunrise out a car window
    November 22, 2020
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