Years ago on this YouTube channel: How to create a signal fire if you’re stranded in the wilderness with nothing but a plastic bag. Today on the same channel: How much silly putty does it take to stop a bullet?
Asides
9YO going over idioms in class. Asked about “Your guess is as good as mine….
9YO going over idioms in class. Asked about “Your guess is as good as mine.” Responds, “I have no idea.”
The problem with multiple video chat appointments in the same household at the same time.
The problem with multiple video chat appointments in the same household at the same time.
Kid recognized the text-to-speech in a scam phone message as the same one that Minecraft …
Kid recognized the text-to-speech in a scam phone message as the same one that Minecraft uses when you turn on narration. So now I’m picturing the scam pitch written out on a series of Minecraft signs.
Narrator: Narrates call.
@janellecshane In any case, he is really enjoying it, and he’s *learning about AI!*
@janellecshane In any case, he is really enjoying it, and he’s *learning about AI!*
@janellecshane My 9YO has informed me that “You Look Like a Thing and I Love …
@janellecshane My 9YO has informed me that “You Look Like a Thing and I Love You” is his “favorite book ever…Well, my favorite green book.”
Just realized it’s been exactly 6 months since I was last in the office.And …
Just realized it’s been exactly 6 months since I was last in the office.
And then realized it was actually 7.
healthcare
Gotta love how the ambulance bill got here while my arm’s still healing from the IV. 😬
It turns out migraines can temporarily scramble your ability to process language. I ended up getting an emergency CT scan and MRI last week because it looked like a stroke or something.
I get the visual distortions with migraine auras, but I’d never had anything like this.
Fortunately the aphasia cleared up sometime during the night, and the next morning I was able to actually form sentences again.
Overheard: “Alexa, tell ____ I’m not talking to her!”
Overheard: “Alexa, tell ____ I’m not talking to her!”
uspol
Saw a giant (6ft?) banner on someone’s corner yard this morning:
BIDEN
ACCEPTABLE UNDER
THE CIRCUMSTANCES
And I realized…I honestly couldn’t tell which direction they were approaching it from.
Why do I still have this?
Wow, I picked a weird couple of days to spend in the hospital without a …
Wow, I picked a weird couple of days to spend in the hospital without a phone charger.
health (-/+)
I don’t recommend finishing a dungeon crawler game while the beginnings of a migraine aura are hitting, though the random blind spots did make for an…interesting variation game play.
Kid’s been doing some clay sculpting.
Saw a pickup driving with the gas pump handle and hose still attached. They were …
Saw a pickup driving with the gas pump handle and hose still attached. They were in the left turn lane, I hope prepping a U-turn to head back to the station.
Nooooooooooooo!
Do not taunt the Electrode.
A Welsh village’s broadband service went down at 7am every morning for over a year. …
A Welsh village’s broadband service went down at 7am every morning for over a year. They finally tracked it down to electrical interference from a single old TV set whose owner switched it on every morning to watch the news. The “mortified” owner agreed to stop using it immediately, and the problem hasn’t happened again.
Youtuber: Do not stare into these lasers at close range. Me: Don’t stare into *any* lasers…
Youtuber: Do not stare into these lasers at close range.
Me: Don’t stare into *any* lasers at close range.
Or any range.
OK, unless you’re getting Lasik.
I was in the area because my dentist is there and I decided it was …
I was in the area because my dentist is there and I decided it was time to stop postponing the appointments. It was also my first drive on the freeway since March and my first time out of the county since March.