He also said he planned to halt concession sales during the anthem.
Everyone is all worked up and self righteous about standing for the flag, but it was still ok to sell beer and hot dogs.
… because nothing gets in the way of the real religion.
Just off the phone with Verizon. $10 a day OR $40 a month for using their service in the UK. The monthly fee has a 100 meg data cap. Yup - megabyte.
Vodafone: £20 for 6 gig plus the usual telephony stuff.
Time to kill the US carrier monopolies and lobbyists … what say you?
The new Micro Blog Wiki that @eli has put up is a phenomenal resource - check it out .. so good, I had to add it here … at the very top!
Addendum - links just updated to reflect the new permalink that @eli just posted.
Lots of new people (to me at least) in the Micro.Blog discover section this morning
Facebook’s policy chief for Ireland. Ms. Sweeney said that one way Facebook was trying to address the issue was by inviting individuals to preemptively submit naked or other embarrassing pictures of themselves …..
… after you Ms. Sweeney.
Kneeling Used To Be A Sign Of Respect
Next time I am in a Church and we are all asked to kneel, I will stand, since it is now obvious that kneeling is a sign of disrespect … I mean the NFL are an authority on this … right?
I would also suggest those players that do choose to stay in the locker room … do so for the entire game and see how long the ban lasts … but they won’t …. because money.
NFL Now Requires Players To Stand For National Anthem Or Stay In Locker Room
I wonder if that rule will apply to NFL games in the UK? Or is that a different authority that is attempting to establish American Football as something more than a National game?
I wrote this about Google’s AI demo 5 days ago.
Gruber yesterday … who seems to be on the same page … but writing far more eloquently … naturally.
If you want to be a good writer then you can’t worry about the numbers. The stats, the dashboards, the faves, likes, hearts and yes, even the claps, they all lead to madness and, worst of all in my opinion, bad writing.
Facebook’s Zuckerberg apologizes to EU lawmakers over data leak.
…. so that’s all right then.
In amongst all my “please stay with us GDPR clutter” I found;
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(which is Facebook) - Good Grief
GONE!
🎵 Steven Wilson and his band then went on to perform a stunning show for over three hours to an audience of 1,000 in a hall capable of holding 1,500.
In March he sold more than 15,000 tickets over three consecutive nights at the Royal Albert Hall.
🎵 Steven Wilson on stage at Portland …
How many people in the audience saw us play Seattle last night?
calls and noises and - maybe 30 people were counted ….
Because if you thought that show was compromised … welcome to Portland!
There are a series of posts that I am publishing at People First that are my simple, beginners attempt to capture stories about people I meet.
I announced them here.
They are catalogued under ‘Travels Without Charley’ here if you are interested.
People: Sarah
She was alone at the bar … a glass of water, a giant pile of French fries and a separate bowl of potato chips sat in front of her. The seats on either side of her were empty at an otherwise full bar.
“No” she said. “Nobody is sitting there”
I took a seat, introduced myself and she said her name was Sarah. I ordered a beverage.
People: John and Mary
They were from Massachusetts. This was the start of their fourth month on the road - thousands of miles away from their home.
Mary was stood watching John who was lying on his back under the car.
People: Gina
Gina told me that her husband was a magician. A very good magician.
Turns out that he is also a maths teacher. That’s how he makes is money. He really wants to make his living as a magician. Magic is is his passion.
People: Dan
Dan knew what he was doing. He offered me an Amber Ale from his selection. It was glorious. Arguably one of the best Amber’s I had ever tasted.
… need to read more about this … but what is a union if not a banding together of employees?
There are two sets of laws in America … Theranos, backed by the rich and powerful gets to play again.
There wasn’t even a threat of prison.