Dreaming of quiet mornings at the Lake.

Pfizer Admits The True Vaccine Is The Friends We Made Along The Way - The Babylon Bee

The spokesman concluded the press conference by urging everyone to get a third Pfizer shot, preferably prior to the end of the company’s fiscal third quarter on September 30.

The U.S. Economy’s Prospects Looked Bright, Until the Delta Variant Surged - WSJ

Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of U.S. goods and services produced, grew at a 6.5% annual rate in the second quarter, up slightly from a 6.3% growth rate in the first three months of the year, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

An earlier version of the article listed the estimate: 8.5%.

Now this inconvenient fact is pushed down several paragraphs and mentioned only in passing.

Why the huge miss? Look at all of the ways the government has “helped.”

Finally found a duplicate finder for Photos.app that works.

Just a few minutes and I deleted 1,100 photos/videos and freed up 35gb.

Not bad for $10!

First blades of grass.

Who Wants to Mask Up for Delta? - WSJ Opinion

If you are a vaccinated person going about your business in most respects, it is not your job to compensate for others’ unwillingness to be vaccinated.

CDC to Urge Vaccinated People to Resume Masking Indoors in Some Areas - WSJ

Some in the administration and outside public health experts have said they were concerned that revising the masking guidelines could sow doubt among the vaccinated about the efficacy of the vaccines.

O, rly?

Getting ready to roll out website updates. Really glad to finally have consistent colors!

Trump Sneaks Back Into White House Hidden Within Trojan Ice Cream Cone - The Babylon Bee

With Biden distracted, Trump has taken up residence in the Oval Office and is now issuing executive orders.

A delightful read to start my weekend.

It took me 6 months, but I finally got my expansive Evernote library exported.

It was mostly PDFs and my personal writings. I moved the PDFs to iCloud Drive and the writing to Ulysses.

Mulch and soil delivered this afternoon.

Looks like a busy weekend.

3 people on how ending the COVID-19 student-loan forbearance will impact their lives and finances - Business Insider

For me, the forbearance period was a taste of what cancellation would feel like. The conversation around student loans, I think, focuses too much on the individual, and if that one person is going to be able to pay the debt they signed up for. But it’s an economic problem, not a personal one.

The perfect encapsulation of why people with student loans shouldn’t get any special treatment.

The forbearance should’ve given her a taste of what paying off her loans would feel like, not what forcing everyone else to pay for her decisions would feel like.

Nelnet Bank: Because we did such a great job managing your student loans!

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Three years ago, we took our first family vacation to Lake Michigan. It was the fateful trip that launched my 1,000 Days of Haiku project. We missed last year due to the arrival of Veronica. This year, though, we were all back together.

We shared the week in the same house as last time. There’s something special about returning to the same vacation spot. I knew going into the week the layout, features, and what I wanted to enjoy.

We slept with the windows open almost every night. I went to bed looking at Lake Michigan in the evening twilight. I usually woke up to the first light of the day and the sound of waves crashing on the shore.

The weather was excellent, cool, and breezy. We had some passing rain showers, but just enough to encourage us to enjoy some local indoor spots. I had breakfast with Benedict, coffee with Felicity at a bookshop, and took Lucy on a shopping run. The best destination of the week was a new bakery in town.

We started the week with just the grandparents, followed soon thereafter by the aunts and uncles. Everyone made it together, even if it was only for a day. The kids spent hours floating on the lake with Grandpa and uncles, riding along on the kayaks and paddle boards.

A new find this year was a small creek just a couple of hundred yards from our beachfront. Benedict really enjoyed molding the sand to redirect the water.

Time passed at just the right speed, a relaxing pace. I was able to work extensively on my latest project. I blogged and recorded the entire week on my website. It’ll be a wonderful, enduring memory for me to come back to again and again.

My big fun for the week came in the form of my Small Unmanned Aerial System. I captured incredible footage of rolling waves, kayaks moving, kids walking on the beach, and kites flying. My most daring flights took me just inches above the lake’s surface, but I managed to recover the drone after every flight. All of this fun made for some great home movies. I’m ready to upgrade my drone, and to tie in drone footage with the incredible video that my iPhone can capture.

Our end of week activity was a sunset fire on the beach with s’mores. I managed to get the fire going, my first in at least five years. Some skills just don’t fade. It was a great capstone for us.

The vacation is over, but like last time, we’re counting down the days until we do it again.

Wet welcome.

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Satan Confirms Hell Only Serves Pepsi Products - The Babylon Bee

As one new entrant to Hell arrived, he exclaimed in horror, “AGH, IT’S SO HOT AND MY TONGUE IS ON FIRE, COULD I PLEASE GET A COKE!?” “Sorry,” said a demon on the wait staff, “we only serve Pepsi.” The lost soul sighed and said, “Never mind, I’ll just burn.”

Ready to get home.

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Time to start the long journey home.

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Until next time.

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Winding down.

Saturday at the Lake.