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OTA update to Android 5.1 failed & wouldn’t boot

OTA update to Android 5.1 failed & wouldn't boot. It stayed on the spinning circles for hours. I tried clearing the cache, pulling the battery, removing the SD card, even a factory reset. If it had been a carrier phone or an actual Nexus device, I could have flashed a new system, but it's a Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition, so nobody wants responsibility for it. I finally bit the bullet and installed CyanogenMod. The phone works fine again, but the UI feels like going back in time a couple of years.

Why would you need to add sugar to an orange/pineapple juice blend?

Why would you need to *add sugar* to an orange/pineapple juice blend?

I wasn’t expecting to see much, but then I did once see a meteor…

Don’t Miss the Perseid Meteor Shower Tonight!

I wasn't expecting to see much, but then I did once see a meteor walking out the door to do laundry, so I figured it was worth a look.

I *think* I saw one meteor out of the corner of my eye, but it was crossing a busy flight path, so I can't be sure.

On Facebook

“Shut your ego off and fall in line with MY worldview.” Um…yeah…

“Of course, EVERYONE KNOWS that [insert personal opinion as if it’s an objective truth]”

Sorry, using non-GMO organic natural ingredients does NOT make potato chips, popcorn & cookies “healthy.”

If lots of people post negative comments on a review but you’re the only one banned, consider: it’s not because your comments were negative.

This morning I went to wake up J and found him already awake, huddled under

This morning I went to wake up J and found him already awake, huddled under his sheet, reading picture books with a flashlight. I feel like we're doing something right.

I just saw someone link to a Snopes article in the comments on Snopes’ own

I just saw someone link to a Snopes article in the comments on Snopes' own post of the same article.

I like that “Inside Out” shows even negative emotions have value. For instance, disgust keeps…

I like that “Inside Out” shows even negative emotions have value. For instance, disgust keeps you from being poisoned. Of course, the first time you see Disgust in action, she’s reacting to *broccoli*. Just because you’re disgusted by something doesn’t mean it’s *actually* harmful.

Does Not Interfere

The fact that people you don’t approve of can get married now does not interfere with your religious freedom.

Getting annoyed at the hide-the-protocol trend in browsers. It’s just as important to show people when they’re NOT on a secure connection.

The annoying ice cream truck music from 7 years, 2 apartments, and about 40 miles…

The annoying ice cream truck music from 7 years, 2 apartments, and about 40 miles away has resurfaced in our neighborhood in the last few weeks. And J has learned it.

perfectly logical explanation

I have always been fascinated by the Winchester House — but never heard this perfectly logical explanation for it. https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/mystery-house/ — @johannadc

Historian Mary Jo Ignoffo…believes that what drove Sarah Winchester to build was her desire to be an architect.

Sarah Winchester lived at a time when it was highly unusual for women to be architects. She wasn’t licensed, so her own home was the perfect place—and the only place—where she could practice architecture.

Whatever her motivations were, Sarah Winchester built a house with more than 150 rooms, 2000 doors, 47 fireplaces, 40 bedrooms, 40 staircases, 17 chimneys, 13 bathrooms, six kitchens, three elevators, two basements, and one shower. She spent nearly all of her life being an architect.

@johannadc Interesting idea! I’ve toured it a few times – it IS fascinating – but of course they play up the sensational take on it.

Angsty Superheroes

Comments on Mary Sue: Daredevil v Batman v Superman: Getting Angst Right in the Superhero Genre

I’d like to think that the general popularity of Daredevil amongst comic book/superhero fans should make it clear that fans who aren’t thrilled about the dark tone of Man of Steel (and the implied dark tone of Batman v. Superman) aren’t all just afraid of having grown-up superhero stories, but that grimness and darkness fit some characters better than others. (YMMV as to which characters they fit.)

But then the complementary tones of Flash and Arrow don’t seem to get that across either, and they actually make meta-references about it in the shows.

I’m *hoping* that once DC’s cinematic universe branches out, they’ll break things up tonally as well (like they’re doing with the DC & Vertigo TV shows), but it’s hard to be confident when they’re presenting the launchpad movie as doubling down on the angst.

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