I’m usually concerned about getting up and running the first Monday after the change to daylight saving time, that I’d be dragging or it takes a few days to get adjusted. But for some reason, I wake up more alert and refreshed. Maybe I’m getting too much sleep.
Do people use iPads anymore? In the future, I bet regular consumers won’t use or purchase them, but we’ll see them used in all sorts of ways in business. I don’t mind at all using them to fill out paperwork in the waiting room at a doctor’s office. I hear all the major airlines use them to replace physically bulky user manuals.
It seems like all the Brits are turning on Prince William. Sources to BagOfNothing tell us Kate and William haven’t lived together for a while. She lives in Windsor close to her parents. He lives in Kensington Palace and Amner Hall. That’s about a 40-minute drive in good traffic.
I had a dinner date last night with someone I’ve been texting with for a couple of weeks. She was one impressive woman, incredibly smart, compassionate, and resilient. Her profile pics looked great, but she was much prettier than I expected, definitely the prettiest woman in the room. I just wish the waiter would have gotten my order right and the atmosphere wasn’t so loud. I’m not good at this stuff, but I hope to get to know her better. But, I also know she’s pressed for time.
I’ve been on a bagel kick lately. I’ve played around with both whipped and non-whipped cream cheese that comes in a tub. The last time I was grocery shopping, I noticed that the cream cheese that comes in a block was only $0.99, so I bought a couple. I provide all that context just to let you know I learned that while both products are cream cheese, the block is much denser. I thought the non-whipped tub variety was exactly the same as the block but they came in two forms to access easier to spread or help with measuring when it serves as an ingredient. The tubbed variety has a slightly higher water content which makes it spread more easily.
I ran across the photo at the top of this post yesterday. It’s of Civil War veteran Jacob Miller. As you can probably guess, he was shot in between the eyes. You can read about him here and here, but here are some random details that caught my attention.
“At last, I became conscious and raised up in a sitting position. Then I began to feel my wound,” Miller recalled. “I found my left eye out of its place and tried to place it back, but I had to move the crushed bone back as together as near together as I could first. Then I got the eye in its proper place. I then bandaged the eye the best I could with my bandana.”
Fearful of being taken prisoner by the Confederates, he set out on a 15-mile journey to Chattanooga. Miller could only see a few feet ahead of him by holding open the lids of the swollen eye. Miller managed to stumble along, but on the way, he ran into a Confederate soldier who was out front scouting the lines and the rebel soldier took mercy on Miller’s plight. He gave Miller a drink of water from his canteen and pointed in the direction of the Union Line.
Miller passed out along the roadside and was picked up by a man on horseback
Surgeons were sure Miller would die if the bullet were removed, so they left it in until he reached home. Once in Logansport, doctors Graham Fitch and Henry Coleman successfully removed about one-third of the musket ball. “Seventeen years after I was wounded a buck shot dropped out of my wound and thirty-one years after two pieces of lead came out,” Miller said.
“Some ask how it is I can describe so minutely my getting wounded and getting off the battlefield after so many years My answer is I have an everyday reminder of it in my wound and constant pain in the head, never free of it while not asleep. The whole scene is imprinted on my brain as with a steel engraving. I haven’t written this to complain of anyone being at fault for my misfortune and suffering all these years, the government is good to me and gives me $40.00 per month pension.”
His fellow war veterans nicknamed him “Center Shot”
Jacob Miller died Jan. 13, 1917, at the age of 88.
Only in Texas will you see someone casually walking around with a rocket launcher pic.twitter.com/AGWTOUKxiG
I’ve been enjoying all the wild Kate Middleton conspiracy theories. I haven’t given any credence to any of them until yesterday. It’s hard to believe how embarrassingly bad their PR team has blown all of this and made things worse. Here are some of them in detail.
Even as a liberal and someone who respects and appreciates the current president, it was a white-knuckle ride for me. But then again, I tend to be overly critical of my party, and I guess that’s to prove I don’t walk around the world in rose-tinted glasses. He seemed to speak too quickly at times. He’s always had a stuttering problem, but it seemed a bit worse. I thought he showed energy and vigor and was mentally sharp and quick-witted, but there was a noticeable mumble and his enumeration wasn’t crisp. He spoke best when he wasn’t relying on reading from the text but from memory and improv. There appeared to be several planned attempts to try to shake him with the lack of decorum and heckling, but he wasn’t rattled as he and his team planned on it happening. It was easily predictable. Yes, he’s going to get my vote, I just wish he was ten years younger. And hey, I’m not comfortable with how old the other guy is as well.
I didn’t plan on watching the Republican response, but Sen. Britt spoke like she was about to tear up every fifth word. It was a bit surprising she didn’t mention her party’s leader, especially in an election year. I don’t think the opposing party’s response to either party after a SOTU has ever worked out well.
One of the best decisions I’ve made to simplify my life and lessen stress was to start paying for a secure password management app. The big dog in the industry is LastPass, and I subscribe to their premium plan. It’s the best $36 I spend every year. However, their app left me with a headscratcher yesterday. I log into the app and see a message that says, “Your premium plan expires tomorrow.” It provides me with two options, “Remind me later” and “Renew Now.” OK, I’ll renew now. When I select that option it tells me, “You’ll be able to renew after your expiration date.” Why provide me the option to renew early if it is not possible to renew early?
Today’s dog-related one-minute Rumble video: 10 Adorable Dog Quirks – I’ll tell you upfront what’s going on in the video doesn’t match what’s being described. Still, all of this is part of the experiment I’m conducting, so even if you don’t want to watch it I would appreciate you opening the page even if you are going to close it immediately.
I’ve been following this man’s tweets about the loss of his son and the donation of his organs all week. The loss of a child is the unimaginable.
“Rest of the Story” Just heard from the organ donation organization. My son’s gift saved four lives this week already. His lungs to a man in FL, one kidney to a man in AZ one to a 20yr old 9 yrs on dialysis, his heart to a father in TN, liver to research due to uniqueness of it. https://t.co/DEJbUmNSOV
“A superhero with a large cape, short brown beard, bald head, with a paper bag logo on his chest that says BagOfNothing with two small dogs singing on stage with U2 at the sphere”
I then followed it up with: A superhero with a large cape, trimmed short brown beard, bald head, with a paper bag logo on his chest that says BagOfNothing, walking two small dogs, singing on stage with all four members of “U2” during halftime at a dallas cowboys game at at&t stadium
TwitterX was so much better before its current ownership. I’ve noticed when looking at replies on popular video tweets, that written comments are sparse. When I look at the replies, it’s mainly posts of other videos that don’t relate to the original tweet. It didn’t always used to be this way, it’s annoying, and ruining TwitterX. Thanks to one of my followers, I now understand why. It’s because blue checkmarks now get paid for “content creation” which includes getting likes on posts. So they just glom onto popular posts and reply for the likes. Most are probably run by bots now. Super annoying.
Campaigns rack up a lot of debt. Per the Federal Elections Commission, a campaign isn’t completely over until its debts are paid off, loans are settled, and its cash has been transferred into other accounts. Suspending a campaign is a plea for donors to help the candidate to eliminate their debt. I couldn’t find any record of a political campaign coming out of suspension. The closest I could find was in 1992 when Ross Perot dropped out in July and reentered in October. Several sources cite he funded his entire campaign, which in retrospect is HIGHLY impressive, but it appears he never officially suspended his campaign. I was lucky enough to be invited to an engagement party at his daughter’s house, shook his hand, and had a short conversation with him as we were the only ones in the house’s library. Taking pictures with a camera phone wasn’t mainstream back then. I haven’t read that old post in a while, but couldn’t help but notice the date. Little would I know that my mother would unexpectedly pass less than two weeks later.
A correspondence published Monday in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases outlined his case and concluded that while his “hypervaccination” did not result in any adverse health effects, it also did not significantly improve or worsen his immune response.
Everyone has their values. It’s interesting what will sway a voter. I remember how after 9-11 some politicians didn’t feel a need to wear an American flag lapel pin. Those who didn’t suffer in the polls. Eventually, they all caved.
Trump supporter on why he supports Trump:
"How many presidents — how many politicians have come out on stage and hugged the American flag? That really means something to me." @Acynpic.twitter.com/qxVqs2voNM
— The Intellectualist (@highbrow_nobrow) March 6, 2024
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