My Buddy Johnnie is a good drinkin' buddy. He can shoot the shit with just about anybody on almost any subject, drunk or sober. He's retired now, but had been a hard worker and a good provider his whole life, faithfull family man and good husband to his wife of 39 years, Karen. About six weeks ago, a car plowed through the front door of the Legion Hall where John had been selling raffle tickets for homeless veterans. He was right by the door when it happened, and the car drive him across the room where he landed on the juke box that had been playing the Bessie Smith version of 'God Bless America' at the time.
Well, ole' Johnnie boy ended up in the hospital with broken bones and concussions and all kindsa other shit, and had been in an induced coma for the past five weeks or there abouts. His dutiful wife Karen came to see him religiously every day, sitting by his bedside, holding his hand and reading him from the book of dirty old Irish limericks he liked so much, even though he couldn't hear.
Yesterday afternoon she was there and had the TV on - with the volume on a little higher than normal - in his room at 3:00pm. She left the room for a minute, and upon returning, nearly fainted when she came back and saw that John had come out of his coma and was over by the TV trying to change the channel.
She had left the room just as The View was coming on.
Miracles do happen. There's your proof.
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This is very subtle - actually took me a half a minute to get it, but it is quite poignant and prescient to what we talked about yesterday. Just who will be the watchers watching the watchers of AI? Surely you don't want the like of Adam Schiff, Marjorie Taylor Greene, AOC or Elizabeth Warren having a say about anything that involves intelligence. Ya follow? ...
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It looks like the Atlantic storm season may finally produce a hurricane. To date, this Atlantic tropics year has been exceptionally quiet.
A low-pressure system in the western Gulf of Mexico should soon become a tropical storm, and based on the latest forecast modeling, it has a decent chance of becoming a hurricane. Normally, a hurricane forming in early October would not be particularly noteworthy. However, this year the development of a hurricane would be a big deal - because it has not happened yet.
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If the Old Grey Lady had been around in Biblical times...
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I can't tell you the number of times I've thought this exact thing. Is the luggage thing about space and size or just the weight, 'cause if it's just about the weight then why the fuck aren't they charging those fat motherfuckers double or triple what I weigh? I board he plane at a mean and lean 175-ish. I've seen guys - and women - who'se fuckin' legs weigh more than me, taking up two seast with no problem. If it is only about the weight and it's effect on fuel efficiency or whatever the fuck - United, Delta, American and AerLingus owe me a fuckin' big time refund. Juss' sayin'... ...
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I always thought she is kinda good looking... ...
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This is a great Prime Days deal.
Grab a couple. I did.
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