Monday

- Well, shoot.  The blog platform I use does not have any means of recovering entries that got accidentally deleted.  Im having to reconstruct today's page from scratch. That's what I get for trying to get some things done before my 4th cup of coffee.

- Facebook is absolutely out of control right now.  Saturday I spent way too much time deleting 'ads.'  No, people, I'm not interested in playing slot machine games, don't have any need for viagra like products, don't need a single thing that works on PC platforms only, don't need any brassieres for overweight women, don't need any beginner guitar lessons, no interest in over 65 dating sites, the list goes on and on.

In the meantime, legitimate business and community oriented sights like regional recording studios, volunteer fire departments, and the like are being permanently deleted by the Facebook overlords and their controlling algorithms.  At some point, more people like me and my peers will just tell the multibillion dollar platform to shove it.

- Also interesting to note is a couple of eBay employees were found guilty of harassing a Massachusetts couple by sending them dead fetal pigs, a pig’s head, planting GPS devices on their automobiles, fake posting on sexually explicit websites in their names, and several other crimes of corporate mentality turning into childish revenge. eBay was fined over $3 million, is under corporate oversight for three years, and so on. The victims involved reportedly did not receive any compensation, but we’re apologized to (???) for blogging how eBay was not treating their sellers fairly.  Wow.

- A friend is a veterinary surgeon known for his VERY fast surgical procedures. Just the other day he did one on the fly.

- It seems Friday the US Commander in Chief, guardian of the constitution, and basically the leader of the free world, was campaigning but forgot he is the president.  Jerk-wad introduced himself to a crowd saying he worked for the government as a senator.  This is so sad, to think THE face of the United States is so mentally incapacitated he doesn't know what he does.

- The union representing the US Border Patrol came out the other day fully supporting everything that Texas Governor Abbott is doing at the Texas-Mexico border. Everything.  

- I don't get many weekend nights off anymore, thank the Creator.  When I do, Deb and I try to make a point of going out to support local and regional musical acts.  We did so Friday, going to see Johnny Blaine and the Spur Band.  Great evening.  It was interesting to note that I had played with exactly everyone in the band at some point, some a few months ago, some a few years ago, some several decades ago. It was also interesting that at the venue, I knew as many people or more than not. Ive come to appreciate each and every one of them.

- $23 million of technology reported as lost or stolen from Chicago schools in SY 2021-2022.  It’s been reported exactly 100% of iPads, phones, chrome books, and the like are now gone, with many students ‘losing’ their school issued devices 4-5 times. Every-single-one? Looks like kids are being groomed for Chicago government or union jobs.

- Why yes…it’s cold. Sunday morning here was 11, with a windchill of below zero. Yeah yeah yeah, I know it’s a lot colder in places up north…but I’m not there, am I? I’m concerned about being cold here, where it gets to 115 in the summer. And, I’m old and cranky regardless of temps so let me fuss.

- Read an article how a man in Brazil was informed there was gold buried under his residence, a 12 story apartment complex. So the man started digging many years ago…the resulting hole measured 120 ft down.  Seriously, that’s what the article said! Making matters worse, he was looking down the hole, lost his balance, and fell to his death.  I can only hope this article was a spoof.

- I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: there are far too many drive through coffee shops. Y’all quit being so lazy and brew your own, and in the process reduce traffic jams from vehicles lined up in the street, Damn y’all.