I was shocked to learn that our nation’s first Secretary of Defense, James Forrestal, died by suicide from fatal injuries sustained after falling out of a sixteenth-floor window at Bethesda Naval Hospital.
I never thought I’d be that person who found out he was subscribed to a service and did not know about it for months, maybe even years, and not notice it. But here I am eating some humble pie. One of the kids subscribed to Amazon Music, and I never looked at my account statements or history closely enough. Well, at least I caught it now and not later.
So, an iPhone user will be able to access ChatGPT right from Siri. I’m a big fan of ChatGPT and use it almost daily, and when I do, it’s usually for a good length of time. I wonder if this is the thing that finally converts me to owning an iPhone.
It’s funny. Throughout high school and most of college, I was a loyal Mac user, much to the chagrin of my computer expert and Windows-using brother. It was a real challenge owning one or the other back then. For one, it was a big cost decision, and I’d argue a decent computer at that time would have cost around $1400. However, the big obstacle, unlike today, was that commonly used files like Word or PowerPoint (PDFs weren’t even a thing) weren’t cross-platform. What I mean by that is that if you created a Word file on a Mac, you couldn’t open it on your PC, or vice-versa. There were some instances where special programs would do that, but it was in its early stages, and you were taking the risk of losing a lot of work or only a portion of your work correctly crossing over. Once the internet became popular and your most well-used software started to work on both Windows and Mac (iOS wasn’t even a thing), that’s when sales and the adoption of Apple computers really took off. All of this started when Steve Jobs took over the reins of Apple in 1997. All that to say, if I had stayed loyal for maybe three or four more years, I don’t think I would have ever dabbled into anything Windows or Android-related. As of now, I feel so set in my ways that I don’t think I’ll ever buy an iPhone or a Mac. However, this collaboration with ChatGPT could change that.
If the Mavs don’t win tonight, they are toast. I’m actually going to be watching the game with a lovely lady I’ve been chatting with. We’re making it our first date. It’s crazy the stuff we have in common. Even our unusual professional careers have taken the same path.
I’ve looked at many sources for this story. They all imply the dog did something specific to alert other humans. All the dog did was run back home, and people noticed he was injured. I wish there was more to it than that, but that’s basically it. This isn’t a Lassie movie. Speaking of Lassie, I was more of a Benji person.
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Who was the first (true or most recognized) King of England? I never considered this until I watched a random YouTube video yesterday. What I found most peculiar was that he never married and had no children. His half-brother succeeded him. Oh, the first King of England’s name was Æthelstan or Athelstan.
Whatever happened to Marissa Mayer? Remember her? She was the young woman man expected to turn Yahoo! around after having a great career at Google. She was Google’s first female engineer and 20th employee. Answer: She is now the co-founder and CEO of Sunshine, which uses AI to automate everyday tasks with a focus on photo and event sharing. Shine launched in March 2024.
Sometimes, I imagine what it would be like to throw a lavish dinner party with living people I’m highly interested in. These aren’t people I necessarily like or admire, but for some reason, I find them fascinating or think a conversation with them would be enlightening or highly entertaining. Your list, as it should, would be much different from mine. I added two more to my unofficial list yesterday: Bob Ballard and James Cameron. Other random people on my list are Bono, David Letterman, Jon Stewart, Scott Pelley, Neil deGrass Tyson, Bill Clinton, and Stephen Colbert. Tony Robbins and Rev. Adam Hamilton are a maybe. I’m a little disappointed I don’t have any women on the list. I also have a list of non-living people I’d like to have a separate lavish dinner with, as well as one with fictional characters.
It’s nice to read that he’s softened up over the years. Hopefully, the mother of his son will never do anything to keep a father and son apart. As Tony has told me, it hurts finding what you feel is your purpose in life only to have your most trusted ally keep you from fulfilling it all because of vindication.
In 1994, Nike started a string of commercials with Steve Martin about a player named Johnny Kilroy, who suspiciously played like Michael Jordan wearing a disguise. I really got a kick out of them, and I thought it was so cool that Michael Irvin even made an appearance. Does anyone remember the “popcorn tape” that was like the Zapruder film? I recently found all those commercials, and you can watch them here. I remember telling my dad I thought that was a cool name. He then informed me how it was a real popular thing in WWII. It was probably the most well-known meme of the war before there were even memes. Oh, Upper Deck even made a Kilroy basketball card.
Apparently, a certain group of protestors are projecting certain messages on churches. Bold move.
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The friend I mention every now and then who lost his mother has a brother who works for Apple. His job is to watch sporting events and verify that the scores and stats are updated correctly.
DaughterGeeding is going to a church camp in Colorado this week. I’ve been set foot in that state, but I bet what she’s about to witness is pure beauty.
My energy level has been off.
When I watched Batman: The Animated Series, I thought it took almost a season and a half to find it’s footing before it got really good. Now, I’m watching Superman: The Animated Series, and I think the same thing. I really wasn’t impressed and right when I was going to give up on it, one episode ends with someone in the gas chamber being put to death and only when he breaths in his first breaths of the deadly gas does he have the epiphony that Clark Kent is Superman. What I’ve really enjoyed are the crossever episode of Batman and Superman working together.
Enter the “hospital facility fee”: a charge hospitals can add to bills from doctors’ offices, outpatient surgical clinics and diagnostics centers that they own, rebranding them as “outpatient hospital departments”, even if the facility is miles from a hospital campus.
According to the victim’s mother, her daughter was told by several white students that she couldn’t play with them or enter an imaginary schoolhouse on the playground because she was Black. This was reportedly part of a segregation game they were playing.
