Why Are Pounds Abbreviated as lbs?

One of the GRANDS favorite parts of the Valentine's get-together is the scavenger hunt. In the past, the parents had to help them interpret the clues. Now, they are more capable of seeing through the sometimes tricky verbiage to determine where the next clue (or final goodies) can be found. You can see the first couple of clues here.

Here they are reading a clue they found in the kitchen. You can see SS capturing a video of the merriment.

Do you know why the abbreviation for pounds is lbs? It seems lb is actually an abbreviation of the Latin word libra, which could mean a pound, itself a shortened form of the full expression, libra pondo, “pound weight”. The second word of this phrase, by the way, is the origin of the English pound. What made me think of that? Well, a dude just set a record by eating 182 slices of bacon in 5 minutes. I thought of the word because I found that 182 slices equates to 11.3 pounds of bacon. I cannot imagine eating that much in one day, much less 5 minutes. The guy also has the record for eating the most gyros, birthday cake, frozen yogurt and pumpkin pie.

Yesterday, I shared some of an interview with Jeff Probst. Here is today's installment.
FAVORITE CHALLENGE
“From a show standpoint, the Ba Ba Booey [in Palau], because it lasted 13 hours. So many things happened that challenge. We had no idea it would go that long. When we tested it, I think it went 45 minutes. So the sun starts to set and we have no lights. We’re out in the middle of the ocean. We have guys scurrying back in a boat to base camp to get a generator and get some lights that we can throw up. So in the meantime, we light some fires. And Tom Westman says ‘Uh-unh. I don’t want fires. The smoke is blowing in my eyes.’ And our game is built on fairness so we said ‘Okay that’s not fair. Get rid of the fire.’

“Now we’re still waiting on lamps to come and now we’re in like, hour 5, then we go to 7. Now I got to pee. I’m starving and I’m thinking, Oh My God, this is hilarious. I’m complaining about having to go to the bathroom or want some food while watching people who at that point have been living for 37 days with nothing. The irony of all of that! And then it goes and goes and goes. And then finally Ian opens the door for a life lesson from an elder who schools him, and then we have an impromptu Tribal Council on the dock as they’re getting ready to get in a boat and head to camp. We’ve never had that many elements play out in a challenge. So for that reason, that’s my number one.

“But the challenge that I secretly like the best is the one where we put a railing in the water and we make them hold on to the railing and just sit there until the water. And the tide rises so high that it starts to drown them and they’re shoving their nose up through the railing, because it is such a fight or flight moment. You’re instincts are telling you, ‘Oh my God, I’m going to drown!’ But your brain is saying ‘I’m not going to drown. All I need to do is flip my head up around this iron gate and I’m fine.’ So it’s panic versus thought, and this idea that I want to win but how long can I hold my breath? Oh my God, here comes the water again! I love that torture!”

When I listen to music on my iPod or iPhone, I never put it in Shuffle mode. Do you? I prefer to pick a group or a specific album and listen to that in its entirety. What about you? Anyway, over in the UK, they did a study to see how random the search algorithm is. What do you think? In brief, it is truly random, but our brains find patterns and it seems less random. Spotify actually adjusted their randomizer to make it less random, but to seem more random to us. Go read about it. It is an interesting study.

Netflix releasing 13 episodes of Marvel's Daredevil on April 10? I do like me some Daredevil (or at least, I did years ago when I read the comic books with my brothers). I hope the series is good.

Have you seen the crazy furor online about whether a dress is white and gold, or blue and black? To me, it is white and gold. What about to you?

So, if new music is released on Fridays instead of Tuesdays, are you more likely to purchase it? That is apparently the hope of the global music industry. For me, there won't be much impact. I haven't purchased music in a loooong time.

Who was 'better', Elvis or The Beatles? While the author of this comparison leans towards Elvis, he shows that there are areas where either could make the claim. What do you think?

Have you been to IKEA lately? I confess it has been some months for me. So, of the five new products mentioned in this article, which (if any) appeal to you? for me, I think that only the Tornviken countertop sink would work in our house.

If you have followed this blog for any length of time, you know that I often use the quirks of our language in both my comics and my blog posts. So, coming across this article today totally tickles my funnybone. To tease you into maybe reading the story, I will share their first example. If it doesn't make sense at first, read what you read again. "Read rhymes with lead, and read rhymes with lead, but read and lead don’t rhyme, and neither do read and lead." And I decided to share a second one because it looks so wacky. "All the faith he had had had had no effect on the outcome of his life."

The weekend is upon us, people. Don't waste it. Let's get started ASAP.

A Bridge Between Wednesday and Friday

Every year at Valentine's Day, SS and Daughter-in-love have a little family get-together that includes eats, seeks, and gimmes. I will share the food shots another day, as well as a couple of photos from the scavenger hunt. Today, we enjoy the kids enjoying the gifts. Here's the stack before we started.

And here we are in the frenzy of opening the presents.

I may not be sharing food photos, but I do have a recipe to share. MBH made this peach dump cake to take to a school function the other day, and it was apparently a big hit. So, if you are into cakes that are ridiculously easy to make, try this one from allrecipes.

Did you watch the kickoff episode of latest season of Survivor last night? It is starting off good. I found an article of an interview with Jeff Probst in which they asked him who his favorite winner was. He said:
BEST WINNER
“Man, that’s a tough one. If you look at our show, this is what’s fascinating: white, Asian, Hispanic, African-American, male, female, straight, gay, tall, short, fat, skinny, ugly, beautiful, smart, dumb, old, young. Everyone has won this game—from John Cochran, the least likely, to Boston Rob or Parvati, the archetypes for the manipulative types. It’s hard to pick one favorite winner but I’m going to pick Cochran, and the reason I’m picking Cochran is if I just look at the show from afar, Cochran fulfilled the poster, the premise, when we started—which was, on any given day anything can happen. You’re never out until you’re out. And Cochran is the guy who should have never been on the show. And he turned his liabilities, his social awkwardness—he turned that into asset and figured out how to win the game, and for that reason, he’s the guy you would put up there and say, ‘That should remind everybody that no matter whatever it is you do in life, it’s possible.’”

Next time you are in London, would you like it if there were a pedestrian bridge across the Thames? They are holding a contest for designs and some are kind of cool and others are just weird. Here are some of each. You can see the rest here.

Back in 2009, I found that I was flagged as 'Ms' instead of 'Mr' in the HR system. How, I couldn't say, and it did get fixed, but it drove me to capture the incident in a Clarity of Vision comic. As I mentioned in a blog post back then, I toyed with other ideas such as hitting a glass ceiling and getting hit on as I walked into the office, but landed on the pity raise as the most comic-worthy idea.

Do you remember that, the other day, I noted that Disney theme parks have crossed the $100 per day mark? Well, MarketWatch notes that is still a bargain. Don't believe. Check out their justification.

Do you remember that, yesterday, I posted some art from etsy? Well, one woman is shutting down her etsy store because the company is allowing wholesalers to offer goods and not just craft makers. Would you buy an imported, wholesale product from etsy, or should it stay focused on individual custom goods?

How about an edible coffee cup? KFC in the UK will offer one later this year. The Scoff-ee cup is a cookie-based product that you can eat after you finish your coffee. Want to try it? Maybe you can while you walk around on the pedestrian bridge pictured above.

I just saw an AMAZING iPad magician from the Ellen show on youtube. You have GOT to see it. He is amazing, and his final trick is really mind-blowing. I am smiling just remembering it.

Check out this next photo. That's a packet of taco Bell hot sauce, right? Right? Look in the upper left corner of the product. Does that say 'tortilla chips'? Yes, apparently TB is testing some chips flavored with their hot sauce. Would you try it? I know I would.

Yeah! Today I found a plethora of information that I enjoyed and thought that you might. Whether you did enjoy them or not, I hope you enjoyed that I enjoyed them. So, be on your way and check back in for Fabulous Friday fun.

Nothing Personal

As often happens, when I get home from Chorale practice, I don't sit down and work on my blog post for the next day. So, I don't have any personal photos to share. And this is mostly a clip show, so indeed, it contains 'nothing personal'. I decided to look at some shots being offered on Etsy and chose a few to share and comment on. We will start with the Chicago skyline. I like this because they have used a high-key format and it makes the buildings look like a faded pen-and-ink style. I think this is my favorite for today.

Next is a dilapidated barn, which I usually enjoy. However, I think it needs some additional details around it to make the aging more impactful. maybe some new growth of trees or crops around it to show that nature will soon reclaim this. What do you feel when you look at it?

Finally, a shot of a stand of trees that has been turned into a negative and had its colors adjusted. No, this is not my style at all. Maybe because it looks SO artificial?

Would you choose to eat at a restaurant just because it had a clever name. In this article, there ARE some clever names pictured, and yes, I might be swayed by a good name. Then again, if I read about it and it shows $$$ for average pricing, I could easily be un-swayed.

How many of you had a Slinky when you were growing up? After all, they've been around since the 1940s. How many of you feel a desire to go out and purchase one now? One woman still does, since she has set a Guinness record for the most Slinkys with over 1,000.

Can you say muffins from your Crockpot? Bread from your Crockpot? Caramel Sweet Rolls? That's the claim in this article from CheatStreet. Well, I have a Crockpot. What doth hinder me from making one of them? And there is another story talking about Hot Fudge Sundae Cake and Peanut Butter Cup Swirl Cake. And then Pillsbury touts Slow cooker Buffalo Chicken Meatballs and a 3-ingredient Bean Dip.

I did recently purchase some crescent roll dough and some BBQ chicken to make something like these crescent pockets. So, nothing doth hinder me from making them.

After our reorg at work, our new VP has some expectations that I need to get in place. So, I will end here and make sure that nothing doth hinder me from keeping my job. You know what today is, though, right? Wonderful Wednesday. And it is one more thing...Survivor night. So, off to the folks for pizza and wings. Come over and join us.

UPDATE: I forgot to include today's Clarity of Vision. Here it is.

Calendars and Clowns and Cartoon-inspired Donuts

Without further ado, and 'ado' not have any, here are the photos from my Ouray calendar for February. They include a view of Kendall Mountain above Silverton, CO.

And a cowboy and his horse getting ready for skijoring in Silverton.

On my commute this morning, I heard that there will be a job fair in the area today. That set my mind to spinning about what we see at a fair.

Did I mention that I did not watch the Oscars? Yes, I did. Now, it turns out that many of you did not watch, either. The ratings were at an eight-year low. Ouch.

A couple of weeks ago, we went to Chipotle for dinner and they had advertised a free Sofritas burrito. However, the location we frequent was out of them and so, we left in a huff (more like a minute and a huff). I wrote to the company and they sent coupons for two free burritos. Last night, we went to use them and our location was out of rice and carnitas. Hmm, time for a new location? We ended up going next door to Smashburger and it was pretty good. I got a black bean burger, TD got chicken, and MBH got a burger. We will go back there.

Not only do TV shows exhibit bad parenting examples, we often amrvel at how little interaction is provided to babies in programs. Those kids are rarely in scenes and are usually very quiet and docile when they are on screen. Where were those behaviors when my beloved kiddos were young?

Have you ever struggled to assemble IKEA furniture? Scientists have used water to put together a self-assembling chair. OK, fine, it took seven hours, but it made it, and you can watch it happen. Where will that lead? Who knows, but it is interesting.

Disney donuts, anyone? And they are NOT from Disney. A food blogger created them using tools everyone has (such as a sandwich bag to frost them). You can read about them and get the recipe here.

Have you visited every national park in the country? I certainly have not. I HAVE visited one of the five parks that this article claims are the worst. How many have YOU been to?

Are you hankering for a slice (or two) of Bacon Wrapped Crust Deep! Deep! Dish pizza from Little Caesars? Well, it's here, and it'll cost you 450 calories per slice. More details here.

We've had fun today, haven't we? You bet. All good things must come to an end, though, and that includes a blog post. So, go have a Tremendous Tuesday and check back soon.

Hi Ho, Hi Ho...You Know the Rest

Our grandson really loves Cars, the Disney movie. He knows all the characters and we have two books at the house that he likes for us to read to him ALL THE TIME. So, I tried to time a photo of the Racers ride at Disneyland so that it looks like a real character instead of a ride. Take a look. You can see a bit of the bridge back behind the car.

In one of the shops off of Main Street, we came across a Disney artist drawing scenes of various characters. Here, you can see Mickey and Minnie taking shape. I found it interesting that he twists the paper around to different angles to help him draw the lines at the angles we needs.

Between the two parks (Disneyland and California Adventure) is this compass rose of Mickey silhouettes laid in the bricks.

Are you a Simpsons watcher? After 22 years, I am sure that you have seen at least one episode. I have seen most of them, beginning back when it was a short cartoon on the Tracey Ullman show in 1987. Have you ever pondered where Springfield is? Somewhere in the Midwest? Well, what is we had proof that it is somewhere in the Southern Hemisphere? It's true, according to a view of the moon in a recent episode. Take a look at the evidence in this article on Slate.

Did you watch any of the Oscars last night? We did not. First, by the time I got home after the Chorale concert last night, it was already half over. Then, we just did not watch to spend three hours watching 10 minutes worth of interesting content. However TD called us in to hear some of a Lady Gaga song. True, she is not a singer I follow closely, but it turns out...the lady can actually sing. She belted out a medley of The Sound of Music tunes and sounded fairly decent. If you didn't watch last night, you can always find it on Youtube. This was also the most Tweeted moment of the telecast.

I did not actually look up this article from Drudge Report, but I do know for a fact that this sculpture is a life-size model of Mick Jagger's head. That is his personal dental hygienist working on the teeth.

Not long ago, we looked at the Beehive picture hangers in Kickstarter. Today, I found another curious opportunity. The Yike Bike. A small, electric bicycle being made in New Zealand. Check it out and watch the video of the bike in use.

Clarity of Vision time.

Do you wish you could order breakfast at any time of the day when you go out to eat? Apparently, 70% of Americans do. So, why don't fast food places cater to what the public wants? This story lays out a couple of the reasons.

And speaking of things that you, the public, want...how about a wearable banana that acts as a GPS? Yes, Dole is preparing just such a thing.

I'm not seeing anything else right now, so let's not waste either of our times. Check back tomorrow when additional hilarity with surely ensue.

An Early Start to Friday

Let's get one thing straight right from the get-go. I did have an idea of which photos to share with you today, but I did not act on that idea. The GRANDS are staying at our house and I got distracted, so I did not begin the daily blog as per my normal pattern. So, you'll just have to wait until next week.

I do, however, have a comic inspired by the granddaughters having their brother say funny things.

Speaking of next week, can you believe we are already at the end of February? At this rate, we'll be at the end of March in only, like, five weeks.

Are you a Pinterester (is that what you call someone who looks through Pinterest a lot for ideas or inspiration)? I occasionally do so. I have more than one board of ideas I captured in case I get crafty. So, I read an article that asks when is it getting an idea for your own creativity and when is it stealing from another? I will admit that is a tough call. In the example photo below, the original is in the top left, and the others are the way the original designer found that others had copied (including Martha Stewart!).

Somehow, I came across a new product being promoted on Kickstarter. It is a new way of hanging art and it looks like it could be effective in making it easier to always hang things straight. I am posting it here, but that does not mean I am endorsing this product nor asking you to donate. Still, it IS intriguing.

Have you ever seen the Where's Waldo books? They are surprisingly difficult. A statistician has reviewed where he is in every picture and given us some clues as to how to best search for the little guy. Go look at his research.

Do you have a favorite restaurant? How many times would you say you ate there in the past year? Fifty? One hundred? Could you eat there everyday? There is a man in Utah that ate at Benihana 579 times last year. Yes, you read that correctly. Over 11 times each week. Now, he DID win a $1,000 gift card, but just think how much he spent to get it.

While the Benihana customer must really like the place, the same cannot be said for this Little Caesars customer.

OK, I need to get my workday on so I can head out and spend the day with the GRANDS. Have a great weekend.

Thursday, Schmursday

There was an IT-related layoff at work yesterday. This time, I was not caught up in it (PTL!). Some friends were, and I can truly empathize with their situations.

Let's talk about art. Who IS Art, you may ask? Art is not a who, it is a what. What is art to you? Right now, I am talking about the planning art drawn up by Disney Imagineers as they worked with Walt to plan Disneyland. We found a couple of them decorating the Carnation Cafe in Disneyland.

And there was some concept art on display at Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln. I liked this tree and its sparse design.

Have you been hankering for some concept art of new NFL helmet ideas? Well, hank no more. Below is one man's ideas and you can see them closeup here.

Could you solve this puzzle? The category is Event.

Well? How did you do? I didn't figure it out, and I KNOW I would not have in the short timeline they use on Wheel of Fortune. The guy on the show determined it was 'Championship match'.

Have you noticed that there seem to be more commercials nowadays? I have, although as often as I can, I skip them thanks to my DVR. Anyway, there is also a thing where they speed up the shows slightly to add even more time for ads. Check out this comparison of a Seinfeld episode against its sped-up version.

As you have seen (in my photos) and heard (in this blog), our family occasionally visits Disneyland. Some of us are even headed back over there for Spring Break. Anyway, one thing we have never done is hit multiple parks on the same day (Disneyland and California Adventure doesn't count). This couple did just that on Valentine's Day. Disneyland Tokyo, Disneyland Anaheim and Walt Disney World in 28 hours. Whew!

Today, I will share the coffee-related CoV that I started to use yesterday.

Well, the day is already ramping up after the little layoff we had yesterday. I need to jump into a meeting already underway at a cubicle near me. Have a good one.

Flowers, Ice, Coffee and...Opium?

Today, I will take you into my thought process as I decided on and then captured an image. I knew that I wanted to have a photo of the Walt&Mickey statue in front of the castle, both because of the missing castle, and the fresh flowers planted around the base of the statue. So, I first obscured the entire base with the tulips and focused on the statue above them. From this angle, you see the tulips flowers from below.

I liked it, but there are some words on the base that I decided I wanted to capture. It reads "Partners," "I think, most of all, what I want Disneyland to be is a happy place... where parents and children can have fun together." Walt Disney. Now, you see more of the flowers and less of the green stems.

Hmm, I did want to capture the castle, so I needed a different angle. So, I stood for this one, moved so the castle could be seen next to Walt, and kept the tulips in the shot.

So, if you had to choose one to share, which would it be and why? For me, I like the look of #2 except for the small piece of the castle in the lower right. So, now my choices are limited to #1 and #3. The castle is interesting, but I really like the feel of the flowers around the statue, so I would choose #1.

Well, it is not the same Frozen as the Disney movie, but a frozen Niagara Falls is certainly worth taking a look at. There are a couple of more photos and a video here.

If you are reading this in the UK, you almost had a chance to attend KKK Wednesday at Krispy Kreme. However, they have already decided that maybe Krispy Kreme Klub is not the optimal name for this activity. I think maybe they SHOULD rethink that.

If your local newscast is anything like ours, you have seen this video multiple times. An old man in Wisconsin went on a demolition derby trying to exit a parking lot at his Piggly Wiggly store. If you haven't seen it, you really should take 30 seconds and check it out.

I started out copying an old Clarity of Vision comic for today, but ended up writing a new one. Both certer around coffee, though. Maybe I will run the old one tomorrow?

How low are you willing to let the charge on your phone get? I just noticed that mine is at 21% and decided to plug it in. I am not great at checking it. Recently, SS chided me (good word, right?) for ignoring a text he had sent. Actually, I had not even seen it (for two days?!?). So, no, I am not that much of a texter yet.

Speaking of SS, he and I went on a search for a group he had heard back around 2001 that played a Nirvana song on the sitar. Does that sound familiar? I didn't to me, either. So, we both Googled for a while and found it was Opium Jukebox. So, if that sounds like something you might like, go check it out. It is on the Music To Download Pornography By CD.

I need to do a little work before today's 9am-4pm training class starts. I am not finding that many interesting links anyway. See you soon.

Post-President's Day Blues Mean It's Monday on a Tuesday

A scenic location near one of the eating places in California Adventure.

The other day, I shared a photo of the missing castle at night. Here is what you see in the morning light.

While a lot of rides are down for refurbishment, the morning wait times are not too long.

Want to do some wall art for maybe $10 or so? Check out these photos and accompanying text.

Would you buy an iCar from Apple? There are rumors that the iMac/iPhone company may be working on one RIGHT NOW! I don't know exactly what that entails (rumors include the fact that it will be electric and probably self-driving), but I can see from my iWatch that I have no more time to talk about it today. Now, back to writing today's blog on the iMac before MBH calls me on my iPhone to see why the blog isn't published yet,

Looking for some additional uses for common household products? (Well, yeah, who isn't?) How about hydrogen peroxide? And how can vinegar help nipples? Read about that, too. I even found a link for new uses for dozens of other products.

Did you have to work on President's Day? many did, and many did not. Can you guess which was true for me? Since there was no blog post yesterday, you should have guessed that I had the day off. I am back in the office today, though, so let's celebrate with a new Clarity of Vision comic.

It seems there are not a lot of fun stories to share today, so go ahead and start your workday. Thanks for using some of your valuable time to read today's ramblings.

*Cough* *Cough* No, Dear, the Disney Trip WAS Your Valentine's Gift

I finally loaded our Disneyland photos onto the computer. In my memory, it seems like there was a larger sign by the road pointing towards the entrance to the park. However, I guess this still gets the point across.

And the newest land in either park is Cars Land. The Racers ride is totally amazing.



And one of the rides in Cars Land is already closing (on 2/16/15). Luigi's Tire Ride is making way for a bumper cars-style ride (or so I have heard). So, we had to ride it while we could.

The tires float on air and you must steer them by leaning your bodies in the direction you want to move.

Any coughing stuff going on at your workplace? Hearing the dude in the next cubicle made me think he should go home, and that led me to wonder how to use a cough to go home early.

On my 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said calendar for today, it has a quote from the book Fifty Shades of Grey (whose movie opened yesterday. Will you go see it?). If this quote shows the types of similes and verbal banter that are in the movie, it could be very entertaining.
"'Are you ready?' He mewled, smirking at me like a mother hamster about to eat her three-legged young."

The song that was in my head when I awoke this morning included the lyrics "There shall be wars and rumors or wars. Nation will rise against nation." Does that sound familiar? I searched the interweb and did not find what church choir song that was. Let me know if you know.

This weekend is Valentine's Day. Do you have something for your better half (if you are in the northeast, that may be a challenge)? We took a trip to Disneyland earlier this week, so that is our gift to each other this year. An artist dude, though, took the Disney experience to the next level. He painted his girlfriend into a bunch of classic Disney movie scenes. Go look at the examples. I am not so talented.

Don't you wish that you had known years ago that smiling could cause wrinkles? Wouldn't you have stopped smiling at age 15 (when, of course, you stop smiling anyway) so you could look better at age 65? This Yahoo article notes that avoiding smiling will not totally do away with wrinkles, but it does mention a woman who has not smiled in 40 years. For me, I like smiling and will likely continue it.

Are you one of those people who still watch commercials? I admit I only suffer through them when I am watching something On Demand. That being said, I did know of all the people mentioned in this article talking about who actually plays some of the famous commercial characters such as Flo from Progressive and the Old Spice Guy.

As you may have noticed, there were some links I wanted to share today. Have a nice weekend, a good Valentine's Day, a worshipful Sunday, and a Relaxing President's Day. Next week will be here soon enough.

Slow Down! You Move Too Fast. You've Got to Make This Blog Post Last.

No, I did not load any photos last night, so all I have to share today is one from my smartphone. I shared all the others from the phone yesterday, so enjoy this view of the flowers planted in the entrance to Disneyland.

On the drive home on Tuesday, we listened to CSNY (you know, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young). One of the tunes was Teach Your Children. I remember that was one of the few songs that my mother used to like from my teenage years. I know she did not like groups such as Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, or Blind Faith. She tolerated some Chicago songs.

I did not win in yesterday's Powerball Lotto prize of $564 million. Did any of you, my favorite friends and family members? I probably would have had a much better chance had I purchased any tickets.

I turns out that I cannot use Turbo Tax on my computer as I am not on the current OS. So, I am toying with going to H&R Block's software or maybe just going to a tax person. I did read this article saying there has been some fraud found in people who used Turbo Tax, so maybe it is a good thing that I cannot use it this year.

Where is the closest star to the Earth? Of course, you already know it is our sun. Since mid-2010, what have you been doing? Well, a space-based sun observatory has been taking one photo every eight hours of our sun for the last five years and now, you can see them all in a video that takes a whole lot less time than that. It is kind of cool.

I am sure that you have at least one mall in your area that seems to be dying slowly (or not so slowly). Yeah, we do, too. MBH calls it our 'ghetto mall' now, although it used to be the place we went with the kids almost every weekend. I saw a story yesterday about a mall in OH whose skylights were broken, so recent snowstorms have filled the place with snow. See some of the cool photos here.

As we move between software solutions at work, sometimes things that used to work suddenly break. So, we occasionally revert to manual solutions for things. That happened around the time this CoV was first published.

As you noticed above, I did find a couple of links that I felt we worth sharing today. Some days, though, I have found so many that I can save a few for sharing on slow days like yesterday and today. Well, at least we had a few minutes to sit down, slow down, and enjoy life. What does Ferris Bueller say? "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't slow down and look around, you might miss it."

And with that, I will ask you to get up, get moving more quickly, and get out of here. I plan to be back in 22 hours or so, OK?