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Finished college applications for Colorado State, Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill. Three down and at least three more to go.

Last night's dinner - all homemade - lobster pie, reverse seared filet mignon, seasoned potatoes.

No worries I am almost always packing at least one knife. If that doesn’t work I’ll just breathe on them as I have many more years building up my alcohol tolerance.

Jim, be careful with Fraternity choice. Not trying to be rude, but hazing on anyone over 50 can be rough.

DakhaBrakha again

Yes, I'm Thor all over! He says in his best gay lisp. I'm not a straight man, but I play one on TV.

Salma Hayek eating tacos in Coatzacoalcos Veracruz Mexico (1995)

Bliss RIOPY 2021 Example (play along):

No worries Brent and thanks to everyone that has supported this. The team is currently the fourth highest fundraisers having met our overall goal and the event itself is doing amazing. Training continues to go well although it was a light week this week with multiple work events and remnants of a hurricane pushing me indoors. Still, I'm feeling well prepared and will spend part of this weekend making sure the bike is good to go for next weekend.

I just started the demo a little early.

Plays a straight man very well.

Cyclone Al, cleaning up after a long day of wood shop demo.

A blinded (I think it has been attacked by something) 6 week or so old stray tuxedo kitten found itself on my patio. Currently at the SPCA getting medical treatment. I guess my good deed for the year. I have the cat’s number, so I can keep track of progress.

In today's episode of what a mask will do to your name ... (Truncated / Clipped / Charles?) At least they got something right

I told Karen that I watched Protégé the other night. When she asked what it was about, I told her a Single Black Man takes in an orphaned Asian Girl and teaches her his trade. She ends up in a love/hate relationship with potentially sad outcomes. She got upset at this, "Why didn't you wait for me so we could see it together?' "Well....the man was Samuel L Jackson, he is an assassin, and the woman becomes one too. They both kill a lot of people and she finds the toughest challenge of her life is another assassin/bad guy, who she has some feelings for. Y'know, I COULD watch it again if you'd REALLY like to see it...." [silence]

Crodough. https://www.johnnydoughnuts.com/menu

That's a great article, and great snippet, except one thing that I simply cannot abide: and the “Tesla in space” thing was cringey. Nope. Nuh-uh. Not even a little. The Tesla in space was the best thing I ever saw. The whole Falcon Heavy launch that day, with the synchronised side-booster touchdown, the red sports car floating above the earth...... easily the most giddy-excited I've ever been about anything STEM, ever.

This quote had me laughing this morning… Bezos is like your mum’s leathery third boyfriend after her divorce, while Musk is your maths tutor who won the Powerball lottery. Zero overlap. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/aug/29/the-smartest-person-in-any-room-anywhere-in-defence-of-elon-musk-by-douglas-coupland

Awesome.....

Nooooooo! Michael K. Williams, Omar from The Wire, gone to what looks like an overdose. https://nypost.com/2021/09/06/actor-michael-k-williams-found-dead-in-nyc-apartment/

The unthinkable has happened. Our Panasonic plasma is no more. ☹️ I could use suggestions on what to replace it with. Probably looking for 55", price range of $1500-1800 max, about where the panny was when we got it. Our setup is pretty minimal - no cable, no ht, etc. Just an antenna and a Roku. So sound quality is a consideration, as is the tuner. When we got the plasma we bought and returned about 6 TVs before settling on the plasma. I'd rather not go through that again.