David Fry

We are working through a tub of their Lemon Bar ice cream right now. Good stuff!

How many non-physicists got convinced, with ChatGPT's help and encouragement, that they have a brilliant insight into the nature of the universe and are probably the next Einstein? I think we were better off when crackpots just scribbled their theories on Big Chief tablets without any outside help.

YouTube video by Angela Collier physics crackpots: a 'theory'

This is a fascinating look at human psychology, and one that AI makes much worse. "I did the physics but AI helped with the math." It's easy to see how that devolves into grandiosity and psychosis if you believe AI is a "PhD-level expert."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=11lP...

One of the top 10 reasons you should have a pond (or two!) in your backyard is that you'll see a lot more dragonfly friends doing their thing.

A small frog with dark bands by its eyes. The treefrog is sitting on a black plastic part connected to brass hose fittings.

I have a new friend! This little Pacific treefrog lives in the rollup storage reel for the garden hose attached to the front of the house.

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Yeah, those flower girls are college graduates now so it's been a minute.

A terrier mix dog with a lot of white around her nose that didn't used to be there.

And that also means our very good girl Petunia Underfoot is 18 years old today! 🎂

David and Sue stand on a grassy patch in wedding attire with the Koolau mountains in the background. Next to them is Bishop Dean Zenei Okimura in a purple robe. Behind them are bridesmaids, groomsmen and two flower girls.

It is our 19th anniversary today, which means we've been together for two full decades! 🥂

FBI agents were told to 'flag' any Epstein records that mentioned Trump, Sen. Durbin says President Donald Trump, bowing to days of pressure, asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to get grand jury testimony about Jeffrey Epstein unsealed.

'Durbin said his office had learned that after that, the “FBI was pressured to put approximately 1,000 personnel in its Information Management Division … on 24-hour shifts to review approximately 100,000 Epstein-related records'
www.cnbc.com/2025/07/18/t...

I'm gonna go ahead and guess that the FBI agents that are pulling patrol duties in DC neighborhoods, they might be some of the junior agents. It seems like 1,000 of them might be some of the same agents that got the fun task of working 24-hour shifts redacting Trump's name from the Epstein files.

OMG that's the guy who wrote Godbody, which I read when I was way too young for it, at age 30.

The Hawaiian shirt is most likely indicative of him being an accelerationist white supremacist, a clothing option I've worn for years, but these assholes have been co-opting for quite a while.

Do you have a particular variety you like? Mine seem to be growing incredibly slowly this year for some reason.

"If you're doing business with a religious son-of-a-bitch, get it in writing. His word isn't worth shit, not with the good lord telling him how to fuck you on the deal."
-- William S. Burroughs

Smoked Fatty A Smoked Fatty is delicious. Here are two examples of fatties I recently cooked, including the ingredients, and instructions

Best thing I ever smoked was a fatty.
www.smokedmeatsunday.com/smoked-fatty/

Need for Speed games may scratch that itch. It was fantastic on the Wii and various versions over the years are great on Windows. If you don't love cops and hate billboards...

That's weird because the Pacific Northwest is perfect with WASHINGTON, OREGON and neighboring 10AHO.

YouTube video by The Presidents of the United States of America The Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches (Official HD Music Video)

My neighbor gave us a bunch of fresh peaches and they are delicious -- so juicy you can only eat them over the sink.

SpyHunter

Palimpsest

We got a free subscription to Peacock TV from our ISP. What I really don't understand is, who would pay $11 per month for this? 7 of the top 10 movies today are more than 10 years old, and 2 of them are Kung Fu Panda. It's a really limited catalogue.

Some people* have such a strange fascination with finding Noah's Ark. You're supposed to have faith! If you need facts to prove the bible is true, you're doing it wrong.

* my high school English teacher and British tabloids

"I'm still punk," I tell myself as I add a legal disclaimer before the music video.

And we can't forget gerontocracy and kleptocracy.

Simon Says take 3 giant steps forward.

I haven't watched a full baseball game in years. Even if I tried I'd be asleep before the third inning. But the condensed games have been kind of fun to look forward to -- 15 minutes of Cubs baseball per day is about where I prioritize it.

LBJ only got 63% because he was from Texas and was credited with his work on rural electrification, and it was before he signed civil rights laws. Looking at this by party alone is fraught.