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Thanks for the birthday wishes (and I love the pic, Al)! I'm spending the day grading finals but tonight, I am having dinner new restaurant, Camaraderie, with a couple of friends tonight. Then doing bowling dressed as The Big Lebowski characters tomorrow night with my lezzie crew!

Who was responsible for the partitioning of India into India and Pakistan? Mountbatten, last British Viceroy of India (the same guy blown up by the IRA in 1979). The British Government in 1947 decided to partition India into a predominantly Hindu India and a Muslim Pakistan. Mountbatten rushed it through, announcing the partition in June '47 and the partition border put in place and the new states established on 15th August '47. With as usual little thought for the consequences. That rush to partition by Mountbatten caused mass migrations and hardship, with roads packed with people heading in both directions. And like all partitioning exercises - Gaza and Israel is another example - they inevitably end in tears.

Hope you have a great day even though you celebrated early! Cheers!

Older (and Wiser) by Lizzy McAlpine (2024) https://album.link/wgwhc8wnv2w2n Example: I really appreciate this release. At Just over an hour and 19 total tracks this explores a lot of things that she wants to say. I appreciate the production, close mic work like normal, but I was surprised at least 3 times by the choices made, and I am not surprised easily by music.

I’ll just buy at Best Buy and return the loser 🤷‍♂️

Back when Kenny was cool. Can anyone point out another famous band member? He was in many well known movies including Slingblade. Also made multiple appearances on Home Improvement.

Happy (VE / World Donkey / Birth)day Shelly! Are you up to speed on ball polishing?

Happy Birthday Shelly! may your happiness increase exponentially: I could not figure out the source code to make the formula work in the forum, so sorry about the screencap. :} Cheers -

What, no "bucha" bar? That is way gnarly dude. So Arkansas 1992 dude.

I think I want a super automatic for the store. Thinking a Jura J8. What say y'all?

Re-reading a chunk of Isaac Asimov's stuff - Foundation series, Robot yarns etc. The Foundation trilogy was published in 1951-3 and have really stood the test of time. I became curious how Asimov died. Turned out a too early 72. But in his early 60's he had a triple heart bypass (in 1983), and was given a blood transfusion tainted with AIDS - and that was what killed him in due course. Same thing happed to the tennis player Arthur Ashe aged 49 - again following heart bypass surgery in 1983.

hehe - that is why it was funny... :} I'm a funny guy - just ask me... To which my normal reply is - "I'm funny Damn It!"

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Wool - Hugh Howey. Fun book. They adapted the first half of this one in to the TV show "Silo". I do enjoy the story archetypes where they drop you in a world with lots of strange stuff where things start happening and you have to keep reading to figure out what the heck is going on.

Looks like ground zero for nuclear war is now India and Pakistan. This has been brewing for a long time, and Pakistan is pretty much full of crazy people. The government is unstable. The chance of Them firing off the big one looks more likely every day. Let's hope cooler heads prevail.