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Today is 123123.

Happy New Year!

I was at a Catholic singles social tonight (GS-24 group from the NCSC). They had a Thanksgiving trivia challenge.

I won.

Trivia games are like life; you have multiple choices. I didn't win because I knew all the answers; I even missed a few. I won because I knew enough of the wrong answers. That's the trick in life: don't choose what's clearly

I have a new car and wanted to make a vinyl window sticker.

https://www.deviantart.com/robomarkov/art/IISS-Logo-White-Background-928317387

Today is the twenty-second day of the second month of the year 2022. That is, it is 22022022.

It is TUESday.

Rinkins' maddening smile stayed. "Fair is what you say when you want something you ain't got. Ain't no such thing as fair, your ladyship."
~From A Broken Land, by William R. Herr

Yes. You should pay your "fair share" of taxes. You should vote for certain people or hire them over others that may be better qualified, because it's "fair".

I escaped work early, today. I still had an hour to go and decided to finish it up at home, remotely. As I was finishing up my day reading endless emails I decided to play some music from a talented artist I met at the 2021 NCSC conference, Zuriel Merek. At some point I gave him and a few others a ride from a pre-conference event back to our hotel ( Read more... )

A very fascinating article, "The Bomb Didn't Beat Japan, Stalin did", paints a compelling view of the irrelevance of the use of the atomic bomb in Japan's surrender ( Read more... )

Happy and Glorious Ascension Thursday ( Read more... )

Way back in October 19, 2017, an object from far beyond our solar system that was just passing through. It was designated as 1I/2017 U1 by the International Astronomical Union. Colloquially, it became known as ‘Oumuamua (pronounced “oh-mooah-mooah”) after the Hawaiian meaning, which roughly translates to “scout.” Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb and ( Read more... )