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Bring Out Your Dead
Today, I was walking among the flags in Forest Park when a stranger approached me and said, “Sad.” I did not respond and he walked away. I did not know how to respond to him, and I certainly did not want to enter into a discussion with him. No thank you very much. I must say that I have been ambivalent about all of the hoopla surrounding this week’s 25th anniversary celebration of Nine-Eleven. In the 25 years since the events of that horrible day, we have changed as a country. After 25 years of constant war, we have mostly changed for the worse. Fear and paranoia continue to run rampant. There are now 7,500+ flags planted on Art Hill, covering it. Yet, there is still room for more. Trump’s new Iran war will likely fill the voids.
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Shut the Back Door
When life shuts a door…. open it again. It’s a door. That’s how they work.
Continuing this year’s home improvement spree, we are replacing our two back doors. We’ve lined up a contractor, who has already sent out their measurement team. Our next step will be to pick the new replacement doors, any options and then schedule the work. This should be accomplished early this week. It is such a joy dealing with contractors who are willing and able to do the work. It is a far cry from what we have had to do for the cabin, where we had to chase the contractors. No idea yet on how soon the new doors could be installed, but the process has been painless so far. These people did our windows so, I’m unconcerned with their quality.
When a door closes another door should open, but if it doesn’t then go in through the window.
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Attack of the Killer Robots
Today, on 9/11 the New York Times was harping on the imminent threat of the coming robot revolution. On this National Day of Mourning already devoted to paranoia why not add some fresh fears to the pile? Apparently, the threat is so near that we should all just stop whatever we are doing, run in circles and yell Panic, Panic! Or I could just sell all my tech stocks. Apparently, a bunch of AIs that belong to one company decided all on their own to attack an AI belonging to another company. In Silicon Valley, where could they have learned such behavior? Maybe from some disgruntle tech bro. Anyway, don’t mind me, if I elect to walk, not run to the nearest exit.
In contravention to all these dire warnings, I bought a new computer. Another one. This will be my third new computer this year. I bought a refurbished laptop earlier this year, but it died at the beginning of the summer. Just after its puny unenhanced warranty had expired. I then bought a second replacement refurbished laptop, but this time with an extended warranty. This week, I bought a new not refurbished desktop, with an extended warranty. The need for all of this technology investment was necessitated by a long lack of any technology investment. Starting last fall with a new iPhone, I have now renewed all of my computers. I am now up to date.