Today was one of those days where I did not have a lot to do but I ended up doing a lot.
That means no post today.
Friday, February 20, 2026
Thursday, February 19, 2026
There will be more curling!
The US mens team failed to qualify for the semi-finals:
The US womens team, however, qualified and they will take on Switzerland tomorrow:
That means more curling for me to watch!
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There may be some limited posting for me for the next few days because apparently my wireless router has decided to start having bad days. No good days, just bad days.
I noticed it a few weeks ago when out of the clear blue sky, my laptop said, "Do you want to connect to your hotspot?" which I thought was very weird since I was already connected to my home wifi.
Then, a week later, I went through a ton of problems trying to get a 2.4ghz device connected to my network which led me to believe the 2.4 radio was having issues.
Now I notice that where I used to have about 24 devices (smart plugs, TVs, phones, laptops, servers, etc...) connected to my router, I now only have 17 devices. And the devices that the router no longer sees as connected are getting through to the internet just fine. That means they are connected, the router just doesn't see them.
So I ordered a new network. It will be here on Monday. In the meantime, I expect we might periodically lose access to the internet or some such thing.
Such is my life. Everything decides to start failing at the same time...
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The Very Stable Genius used the first meeting of his shiny new "Board of Peace" to announce his new war.
I'm going to point out one thing:
Being an aviation buff, I use various websites to track flights. I like to look for interesting craft or see what is flying over my house.
One of the sites has the ability to filter aircraft and one of the filters is for military aircraft. I'll pop the filter on to see where the C-5M out of Westover that just rattled my windows is going.
When I did that, I discovered a large number of C-5Ms, C-17s, KC-135 and KC-46 aircraft moving from the US to Germany and then over to various locations in the middle-east. For those of you living under a rock, the middle east is a region that contains Iran.
We are stocking up to do something over there...
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Yes, I know this is wrong and I'll probably rot in hell for posting it but it made me laugh so you get to see it:
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Here are some links:
The US womens team, however, qualified and they will take on Switzerland tomorrow:
That means more curling for me to watch!
There may be some limited posting for me for the next few days because apparently my wireless router has decided to start having bad days. No good days, just bad days.
I noticed it a few weeks ago when out of the clear blue sky, my laptop said, "Do you want to connect to your hotspot?" which I thought was very weird since I was already connected to my home wifi.
Then, a week later, I went through a ton of problems trying to get a 2.4ghz device connected to my network which led me to believe the 2.4 radio was having issues.
Now I notice that where I used to have about 24 devices (smart plugs, TVs, phones, laptops, servers, etc...) connected to my router, I now only have 17 devices. And the devices that the router no longer sees as connected are getting through to the internet just fine. That means they are connected, the router just doesn't see them.
So I ordered a new network. It will be here on Monday. In the meantime, I expect we might periodically lose access to the internet or some such thing.
Such is my life. Everything decides to start failing at the same time...
The Very Stable Genius used the first meeting of his shiny new "Board of Peace" to announce his new war.
I'm going to point out one thing:
Being an aviation buff, I use various websites to track flights. I like to look for interesting craft or see what is flying over my house.
One of the sites has the ability to filter aircraft and one of the filters is for military aircraft. I'll pop the filter on to see where the C-5M out of Westover that just rattled my windows is going.
When I did that, I discovered a large number of C-5Ms, C-17s, KC-135 and KC-46 aircraft moving from the US to Germany and then over to various locations in the middle-east. For those of you living under a rock, the middle east is a region that contains Iran.
We are stocking up to do something over there...
Yes, I know this is wrong and I'll probably rot in hell for posting it but it made me laugh so you get to see it:
Here are some links:
- You want to know what I don't care about? I don't care about the uniforms the Red Sox wear. I only care about how they play.
- In England, they are locking up the Kings little brother, but here in the US, we are ignoring the whole thing.
- Remember when we were friends with Canada? Good times, good times...
- This ass-clown screwed over a lot of decent hard working troopers.
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Busy day
We spent the day out in Boston hanging out with our son, our daughter-in-law and our graddaughter.
Thet explains why there is no posting today.
There are, however, some links:
Thet explains why there is no posting today.
There are, however, some links:
- Key entry from yet another excellent police log: PETTY THEFT: 9:25 a.m. at Ivy Park at Los Gatos on Blossom Hill Road. A naked male was walking around an assisted living facility with a bag wrapped around him. He took an umbrella and threatened to hit a worker with it when confronted..
- Trump's Florida boondoggle was a pretty good score for Doodie Calls!
- Boy, there sure are a lot of rapist pastors.
- Wow. Seems to me that at the very least, 'Thomas P' is an asshole...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Just a quick question...
I have been following this guys story for several weeks now and I had a thought.
In that story is the line,
The reason I ask is because there sure seems to be a lot of people who suddenly realized they were in the country illegally and if they apply for legal status, maybe they won't get grabbed by ICE. And if they do get snatched off the street, they can say, "Hey! I applied for legal status and they just grabbed me off the street for no reason!"
I don't agree with the mass deportations that are going on because not everyone that gets grabbed and bagged is a criminal. Some of them are perfectly good people who would make great citizens.
But dammit, there are a lot of people in this country who are here illegally and it ain't right. It makes those people that went through the process look like fools for working their ass off to become a citizen.
People like my good friend Shahnawaz (I used to call him "my little brown friend" but my boss told me to knock it off) who came to this country from Pakistan and immediately started the process to obtain his US citizenship. It took him about 6 years to do it but we had a big party with lots of American flags when he became a citizen.
Getting back to Mr Culleton, add in the fact that it looks like the only reason he came here in the first place was because he was a wanted criminal in Ireland. We have more than enough illegal alien drug dealers in this country already so he is not the kind of person we should welcome with open arms.
There, I said my peace. I'll go back to shutting up about the whole illegal aliens and ICE thing now.
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The US remains in third place in the medal standings
In curling, the US men have dropped to fifth place in the standings:
While the US women remain in second place:
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Here are some links:
In that story is the line,
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"Mr Culleton entered the US in March 2009 as a tourist..."
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"...he was in the final stage of the process of obtaining a green card when he was picked up by ICE agents."
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If he got here in 2009 with the intention of staying, why didn't he start the process of getting a green card back then?
The reason I ask is because there sure seems to be a lot of people who suddenly realized they were in the country illegally and if they apply for legal status, maybe they won't get grabbed by ICE. And if they do get snatched off the street, they can say, "Hey! I applied for legal status and they just grabbed me off the street for no reason!"
I don't agree with the mass deportations that are going on because not everyone that gets grabbed and bagged is a criminal. Some of them are perfectly good people who would make great citizens.
But dammit, there are a lot of people in this country who are here illegally and it ain't right. It makes those people that went through the process look like fools for working their ass off to become a citizen.
People like my good friend Shahnawaz (I used to call him "my little brown friend" but my boss told me to knock it off) who came to this country from Pakistan and immediately started the process to obtain his US citizenship. It took him about 6 years to do it but we had a big party with lots of American flags when he became a citizen.
Getting back to Mr Culleton, add in the fact that it looks like the only reason he came here in the first place was because he was a wanted criminal in Ireland. We have more than enough illegal alien drug dealers in this country already so he is not the kind of person we should welcome with open arms.
There, I said my peace. I'll go back to shutting up about the whole illegal aliens and ICE thing now.
The US remains in third place in the medal standings
In curling, the US men have dropped to fifth place in the standings:
While the US women remain in second place:
Here are some links:
- He was not someone I thought much about but I'll give him credit for always showing up to help others.
- Isn't this the second time in less than a month that some guy with a woman's name has gone on a shooting spree?
- Just another case of crossbow violence.
- How the hell is this guy still alive?
- I'm beginning to think that Devers might be the adult in this whole thing.
Monday, February 16, 2026
Well, I bought a snowblower.
It will be delivered sometime in late February so expect sunny days and no snow at all during March and April.
In the meantime, with my luck being the way it is, I expect it will snow before the new one arrives.
I guess I'll just keep praying to the snowblower gods that The Beast keeps on rolling along.
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I checked the Olympic medal count but I'm not entirely sure it's accurate. According to the talking heads on NBC, the US is in fourth place in the medal standings but the website says otherwise:
Maybe they only update the website at the end of the day.
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I watched a little of the NESN "Spring Training" show today and captured this scene:
It's gonna be a great baseball season.
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Time for an update on the latest addition to our family
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Here are some links:
In the meantime, with my luck being the way it is, I expect it will snow before the new one arrives.
I guess I'll just keep praying to the snowblower gods that The Beast keeps on rolling along.
I checked the Olympic medal count but I'm not entirely sure it's accurate. According to the talking heads on NBC, the US is in fourth place in the medal standings but the website says otherwise:
Maybe they only update the website at the end of the day.
I watched a little of the NESN "Spring Training" show today and captured this scene:
It's gonna be a great baseball season.
Time for an update on the latest addition to our family
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She has started rolling over. My son says it was probably just an accident but once that starts, they usually quickly figure out how to do it. And that means she is close to becoming mobile.
That is when the fun will begin for her parents.
Here are some links:
- Damn. He was the perfect "consigliere" to Brando's Godfather but I loved him in Second Hand Lions and as far as I'm concerned, his reply to John Wayne in True Grit was one of the great line deliveries in movie history.
- Only in Florida.
- I realize that this might be considered "unAmerican" but I feel bad for the people of Cuba.
- That's a lot of crabs.
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