You cannot escape the witch’s kiss.

I didn’t. I’m still awkward. But that hasn’t stopped me from living my life.

Pretty busy in my area. I have two radios, one that stays home and one that I bring places. I find it cool that i can see messages from north LA county here in San Diego that are all routed thru a single node someone put out on the coast of Orange County.

Most of the time the chat is just “good morning” etc. During wildfires though I do see local “reporting” of fire progress and first responder presence.

Occasionally people report ICE presence which is kind of cool.

I’m writing a python script to marry up GPS data of m6 bike rides with air quality data from a small air data measurement device. Turns out doing stuff with datetime structures in python is a PITA.

Hey, US citizen here who just re-entered the USA thru LAX.

In short, I did nothing abnormal aside from use the CBP app to generate a QR code to speed up immigration. Turns out they weren’t doing QR codes or global entry or anything at LAX. So all US citizens were in a very long line with only 1 TSA agent processing people.

So I would prepare for a long queue. But Im a US citizen so that makes a big difference in your level of scrutiny.

Anything with Peter Sellers. Pink Panthers, the Party etc.

Both my kids are in public schools in an ok California school district. But by ok I mean underfunded but with an active PTA that successfully keeps a lot of the music and arts programs functional. The grade 1 to 8 curriculum here is good, and not filled with ‘wokeness’ like the MAGAs scream about. The high-school curriculum really lacked depth particularly in language arts. My son’s 9th grade english class literally read cliffs notes of books and summaries instead of reading the books themselves. It’s been hit and miss in high-school and really depended on the teacher. Both kids have done very well but I take some credit for that due to their parents consistent involvement and engagement throughout the years.

As for school shootings, at least here, I’m not too worried. Our schools are locked down like prisons during teaching hours. It does weigh on my kids minds though. They’ve talked about their feelings doing “active shooter” drills. It’s just a scary reality for them that I certainly never had to deal with.

Rest My Chemistry - Interpol

These threads are a gold mine for music discovery.

I’m like this too. I have to focus on the current song to get it to move on or just switch the song entirely.

Imported/smuggled and sold packs of Lucky Strike cigarettes at my US high school. I should have charged more, in hindsight.

Wait it’s not??!!

Amanda.

But I did have to think for a bit.

It hit a car in a parking lot I was standing in. Roughly 50-100ft away. Really really bright! Really really loud!

Just say “thank God it’s over. I dont have to do this anymore”

sigh Pussius

Borderlands 1. Fun, over the top, and great song to go with it.

Omg

Das Kapital

K380 all the way. Compact and pairs simultaneously with three devices