Markdown is in the house. Markdown and the slow fade of the formatting fetish
I knew it was popular with blogs, I didn’t know it was infiltrating word processor formats.
Today’s quote:
English is not a language. It is three languages in a trench coat that stalks other languages into back alleys knocks them unconscious and rifles through their pockets for loose grammar.
– Anon.
DOGE announces all US Gov’t websites will now show commercial advertising, to “make them pay for themselves.” Also, billboards in national parks and painted advertising on government buildings and national monuments will be available.
The former US Dept. of Education building in Muskington DC is going to be given to Russia to open the new Putin University.
Weird dream last night that I remember fragments of. I was a student at university living in a dorm but the dorm, uni and everything were sort of out of a French New Wave film. Unfortunately, no Anna Karina.
Today’s quote:
Never vacation in a place where you are in the middle of the food chain.
Anon.
Myanmar earthquake: China and India have sent aid. US has sent no aid because Trump destroyed USAid the agency that would normally respond.
Somehow you don’t see this in the news much.
I’m still of the opinion Trump gets his orders from Putin. So when Trump makes a big complaint about Russia, it’s all theater, that is staged.
Things were starting to look too comfy between Trump and Putin so some drama had to be spun.
Daily quote:
The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.
– Ambrose Bierce
Before Monday night, send:
A list of five things you love about Tesla cars to HR if you want to keep your job.
No Empathy,
Elon Mush Tippy Top Leader of DOGE unless there is blame.
Daily quote:
Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
– Ambrose Bierce
Tesla's are a Protected Class
Tesla cars are now a protected class. Or maybe it’s Tesla Corp? Maybe both. Anyway, Trump either has made or is th...No news on Luigi recently.
In nice friendly letters: Trump’s tariffs on Canadian lumber could result in toilet paper shortages in the U.S.
INCOMING TOILET PAPER SHORTAGES Klaxon sounds
If you think the egg supply problem is bad now, wait until Easter. Trump knows it and is sweating it out.
Headline: Musk threatens to sic the government on people ‘pushing’ Tesla ‘propaganda’ | The Verge
Elon Musk says he’s “going to go after” Tesla critics
Sounds like he’s starting to crack under the pressure. Keep going.
Daily quote:
The covers of this book are too far apart.
– Ambrose Bierce
My favorite monster movies are 1950’s B/W “B” movies. Monsters in rubber suits, real critters made giant size by radiation or stuff like model flying turtles with flames shooting out their ass. Cinematic greatness.
Today is Friday. Frozen Pizza Friday. It will be a sausage pizza. You don’t have to have frozen pizza, you can get a pizza from a local pizzeria and that is great. Avoid the national chains if you can. Yours in pizza.
If you are not a WASP male you need not apply in the Trump World Order.
Do you hear the jackboots now?
Today’s quote:
Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
– Ambrose Bierce
I think everyone is blogging on Substack now. All the new blogs crossing my laptop are Substack. Must be the newsletter option?
Good morning to everyone resisting the big orange a$$hole and President Musk.
I think Comcast works on the network and lines in the wee hours of the morning. This is the second day that my internet got flaky right around 3:00 AM and kept having intermittent outages.
Today’s quote:
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
– Ambrose Bierce