November 25, 2025

Brilliant Minds - The Firefighter

I almost didn't recognize Eric Dane, and his voice has changed so much.

He portrayed a divorced, "crusty" firefighter who had been diagnosed with ALS. Maybe I missed the announcement of Dane's real life ALS diagnosis. It was a performance worthy of this tv drama.

November 25, 2025

Has anyone had any problems with $0 premium

Medicare Part D coverage? I won't meet my deductible (I take 4 prescription meds) on this or if I renewed my 2025 plan which is doubling in cost.

October 30, 2025

A headline I wanna see: (Borowitz)

Trump Orders ICE Agents to Pick Crops Unharvested by Deported Immigrants

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In a desperate attempt to appease furious red-state farmers, on Thursday Donald J. Trump ordered ICE agents to pick crops left unharvested by deported immigrants.

“I didn’t sign up for this,” complained an exhausted ICE officer, struggling to breathe through his mask as he picked tomatoes. “I should be kicking some minority’s ass at Home Depot.”

According to sources, tensions have reached a boiling point at the White House amid reports that disgruntled ICE agents were fleeing U.S. farms and seeking sanctuary in Mexico.

SNIP

October 24, 2025

So now a private donor is going to foot military salaries

for November?
And private donors are funding the wretched ballroom. And there are probably other projects that private volunteers are funding.

If we simply taxed the billionaires fairly, then Congress could decide which projects have priority (salaries, SNAP, Medicaid/Medicare, etc) and properly fund those programs. That's the way government is supposed to work.

October 22, 2025

ICE Stockpiling Warheads & Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike

ICE Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike
ByTom Latchem
Oct 22, 2025 1:45 pm EDT

The number of weapons bought by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has reportedly surged 700 percent under President Donald Trump—and even includes chemical agents and warheads.

Federal purchasing logs show ICE spent $71,515,762 on “small arms, ordnance, and ordnance accessories,” including military supplies, weapons, and ammunition, in the nine months between Jan. 20 and Oct. 18.

This is up from $9,715,843 over the same period in 2024, according to an analysis by Popular Information.This Sept. 29 alone, $9,098,590 was spent with rifle-maker Geissele Automatics.

Popular Information says most of the spending was on armor and guns, but there were also “significant purchases of chemical weapons and ‘guided missile warheads and explosive components.’” snip

This was an article from The Daily Beast that popped up in Samsung News.

October 20, 2025

Some old programming books, back to the 1970s.

They belonged to my spouse. Should I recycle them? Do any have value?

The Tao of Objects 2nd Edition, Entsminger

The UNIX Programming Environment Kernigan/ Pike. I think this is a Bell Labs project.

A SNOBOL4 Primer. Griswold & Griswold

Introduction to Programming Languages. W.W. Peterson

Swing. 2nd Edition. Robinson/ Vorobiev

Peter Norton's DOS 6 Guide.

Learning the vi Editor. Lamb.

Application Development and Programming. Wipfler

System 390 JCL. 4th Edition. Brown

Microsoft Windows 3.1. Gateway 2000 Edition

Is Assembly or Fortran used anywhere? Recycle?

October 18, 2025

No Kings in Dublin, Ireland:

https://substack.com/@colleentallen/note/c-167646540?r=cb5zc
Looks like maybe 100 or more people protesting in front of the US Embassy.

October 18, 2025

Hss anyone else watched this week's Slow Horses on AppleTv?

I almost peed my pants laughing at the end.

October 14, 2025

Vertical morality. Ordered Liberty. I guess

the catchy phrases from 1984 needed updating for the new authoritarianism.

"Alternative facts." What are some of the others?

Vertical morality: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220717859

Ordered liberty: The Weeknight on MSNBC, today Monday October 13 during first half of program.

October 8, 2025

Malcolm Jamal Warner made his final new TV appearance

tonight as a guest star on the tv drama Murder in a Small Town. He beautifully portrayed a dutiful father under suspicion of killing his ex-wife. I think the drama is on Fox.

I didn't know about it until later this evening when I watched the recorded show.

Rest in peace, Malcolm.