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  • Protesters Clarify They’re Only OK With Secret Police In Communist Countries - The Babylon Bee

    Several confused bystanders asked for clarification from the protesters sporting Marxist banners and defensive explosive devices when they began decrying the use of secret police against them.

    July 24, 2020
  • Riot Police Unsure If Their Tear Gas Worked Since Libs Were Already Crying - The Babylon Bee

    Riot police used tear gas on the Portland mayor and protesters last night, which is crazy because they were just trying to warm themselves by a harmless fire they started in a federal building.

    July 24, 2020
  • Religious Orders Call On MLB To Force San Diego Padres To Change Name - EOTT

    The letter obtained by EOTT demands the league to stop all use of “Catholic names and depictions,” and specifically asks the Padres in general to “cease all papist caricatures.”

    July 24, 2020
  • Haiku

    Girl Flies Plane

    Sits on Daddy’s lap,

    Touches every last button.

    She had a great time.

    July 23, 2020
  • Reading

    Finished reading: The Legacy Journey: A Radical View of Biblical Wealth and Generosity by Dave Ramsey 📚

    July 23, 2020
  • Amazon Met With Startups About Investing, Then Launched Competing Products - WSJ

    In 2017, Amazon was launching an update to its Echo speakers. It told Vivint that it would only allow the company to remain on the Echo if Vivint agreed to give it not only the data from its Vivint function on Echo, but from every Vivint device in those customers’ homes at all times, according to people familiar with the matter and emails reviewed by the Journal.

    Amazon is a wonderful company!

    July 23, 2020
  • Non-tracking

    It’s been more than a month since I stopped wearing my Apple Watch. The result? I’m not living a quantified life. I’m not tracking my steps, calories burned, hours stood, food intake, water intake, sleep, or even my weight. It’s a different mindset.

    The old Fitbit joke was if you go for a walk without your Fitbit, do the steps count? Of course, my body never knew it was being tracked. It knew that I was walking daily, eating delicious fats, and staying on my sleep schedule. Over the course of several months, the pounds fell away and my overall health improved.

    I weight in once a month now to keep an eye on things. After several false starts, I’m back on my diet. When I go for my walks, I’m not concerned about my pace, the duration, or how far I’ve gone. I’m only concerned with walking three laps around my neighborhood.

    Is this a lasting strategy? Hard to say. I’ll know in six months to a year, but the initial returns are overwhelmingly positive.

    July 23, 2020
  • Southwest and American Trim More Flying - WSJ

    Southwest and American also said late Wednesday that all passengers over 2 years must wear masks on board

    Good luck with that!

    July 23, 2020
  • Haiku

    New Design Levels

    Caught web design bug.

    Spent an hour going deep,

    Pleased with the progress.

    July 22, 2020
  • Desecration of Catholic Churches Across U.S. Leaves Congregations Shaken - WSJ

    Catholic institutions from Boston to Florida reported more than half a dozen attacks on church property, including statues of Jesus and the Virgin Mary, between July 10 and 16.

    A natural progression when law enforcement, police and prosecutors, abdicate their responsibility to maintain order.

    July 22, 2020
  • Chicago Mayor Hires Gangs To Spell Out ‘Trump Is Bad’ With Bullet Holes - The Babylon Bee

    All the gang members who shot the mural into existence are now dead from gang violence, but their message will live on as a powerful reminder that Chicago will not stoop to Trump’s rhetoric.

    July 22, 2020
  • Federal ‘Secret Police’ Disguise Selves As Rioters So Democrat Mayors Will Let Them Do Whatever They Want - The Babylon Bee

    Portlanders and other citizens of Democrat-controlled cities have been sounding the alarm on President Trump’s “secret police,” federal agents who are arresting citizens in broad daylight for peacefully protesting with bricks and hand grenades and stuff.

    July 22, 2020
  • Exclusive Interview: Trump Opens Up To The Babylon Bee On The Challenges Of Being The Smartest, Most Popular President Ever - The Babylon Bee

    “People just bring me all their problems, and I just solve them right away. Boom! Taken care of. Plenty of time left over to watch TV. Everyone loves me.”

    July 22, 2020
  • Just got the updated UI in the YNAB web app. Excellent upgrade.

    July 22, 2020
  • Haiku

    Dads Plan

    Fall is almost here,

    Time to plan activities.

    Good guys and good night.

    July 21, 2020
  • City took almost 3 hours to send out alert on the fraudulent emails.

    Not great.

    July 21, 2020
  • Got a phishing email claiming to be from the city water department. Called them up and gave them a heads up that they may be compromised.

    Let’s see how long until they send out an alert.

    July 21, 2020
  • My 4 year old daughter just saw the Windows logo on my computer. “Look Daddy, Windows!"

    Brilliant design.

    July 21, 2020
  • The main thing I miss about my Apple Watch is unlocking my computer.

    July 21, 2020
  • Mom Discussing Homeschooling Wondering How To Make It Clear She Homeschooled Before The Pandemic - The Babylon Bee

    “The important thing is that I need to make it clear to each person I talk to that I took the education of my children seriously before a global pandemic forced me to.”

    July 21, 2020
  • Not Satisfied With Just Having Summers Off, Teachers Push For Fall, Winter, Spring - The Babylon Bee

    Studies have shown teachers are the laziest people on the planet, only working nine months and doing absolutely nothing for three months of the year. What’s more, when they do work, teachers wander into school at 7 and go home at 2, having done nothing all day but press play on Bill Nye the Science Guy VHS tapes.

    July 21, 2020
  • Haiku

    Retail Investor

    Years on the sidelines,

    Fun to jump in with both feet.

    To a bright future!

    July 20, 2020
  • Perfection.

    Fresh stew.
    July 20, 2020
  • Apple gets an F for Parental Controls.

    July 20, 2020
  • ChetCast

    Episode 161: Preparations

    Veronica will be here before we know it! I catch up with the kids to see how they’re getting ready.

    July 20, 2020
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