Now I remember why I deleted kindle off my phone that friggin - captcha that you can NEVER get right.

Anyway - I read the original draft and the published version will be with me soon - and I can even read the kindle version on my Mac - that doesn’t have the captcha - go figure.


Blog Search Engine History makes for a good read from today’s ‘Tedium’.

Kind of a ‘throwback thursday’ - depending where you are in the world.


Introducing one of my best friends in the world. Sorry the video is small post some cropping. Hope to fix that.

PS - Everything you hear is Randall, live at that moment. No backing dubs or overlays - other than his loop box.

Original video by David Wiltsie


Dear Farmers Insurance, I do truly appreciate a 25% refund on my Auto Insurance fees for April - BUT - why not March?

Oh - and why only 25%?

The car is in the garage - locked up and doing about 99% less miles than previously. Am I That high of a risk?


Recurring articles, analysis and opinion - country by country - are stating that deaths are likely higher than being reported.

Because.

Reported deaths are generally hospital only. Deaths elsewhere or without tests, not part of official count.

Who could have known that?


”Karma. It’s a bitch.”

Don’t know who said it, but I think finally people are getting it.


You know what I know. No added value can be provided at this time.


🔇 Having highlighted the issue about needing quiet when producing convo/micro/snickel/pod … casts, having got the convocast out, I decided to use the quiet to produce two others.

Hope you like. All feedback, comments & suggestions welcome.

Even if they say PLEASE SHUT UP !


🎙️ Travels Without Charlie - Episode 1 - Kevin

It’s a series of stories that are part of People First. The growing set is here, while the story about Kevin is here.

I hope you enjoy listening to them as much as I have enjoyed meeting the people that tell me their stories.


BUNKER-19 - An Experiment For Our Times

IF they continue … they will get better!

 


🔇 Convocast 4 is available, a little later than would be good manners - but FINALLY.

The Convocast is a conversation between myself and friend @AndySylvester

This episode answers Andy’s question about Cooperatives and finds me asking Andy about life in the Aerospace industry.


🎵 Why I was searching for this will become clearer in a future series I am thinking about - in the meantime …. seriously WTF !


1 Password Banner on their web site :

COVID-19 Response: Removing trial limits to help businesses work securely from home.


Revisiting subscriptions (closing some out - pulling in others) and I thought - let’s take a closer look at Grammarly - I did - for about 2 seconds … $30 … a MONTH!

It’s clear that I am not in their target market.


‘I know what’s at stake’: can Biden win over skeptical Sanders supporters

Here’s an improved headline:

‘I know what’s at stake’: If Biden wins the nomination and skeptical Sanders supporters don’t vote for him in Nov, they are voting for Trump.

Ok - needs a wordsmith.


Raab ‘confident’ prime minister will recover.

“he’ll pull through because if there’s one thing I know about this prime minister, he’s a fighter.”

Riffing on Dave Pell, something I’ve long thought …

The corollary : If you die - it’s your fault for not fighting hard enough.


I’m a black man in America. Entering a shop with a face mask might get me killed.

I’ve commented previously on how the new normal of ‘masks’ flies in the face of laws in some countries.

This is not law, just real observation.


I went for a job interview today.

The interviewer asked me, “What’s your biggest weakness?”

I said, “Answering the semantics of a question but ignoring the pragmatics.”

The interviewer asked, “Could you give me an example?”

I said, “Yes, I could.”

BOOM BOOM


PHEW - FINALLY

Every single entry that was in my ‘DRAFTS' app is now either

  • published somewhere

  • saved to my blot drafts folder

  • tagged in blot

MAMMOTH Task.

Note to self - don’t let it get this way again.