The cost of the cotton, never mind the plastic, must be enormous

I just opened a big bottle of asprin, the kind we used to call baby asprin but now call geezer pills, and inside I found a giant wad of cotton with a little puddle of pills beneath. We’re talking a year’s worth of tablets in a century-sized jug.

Hey, maybe it’s just me.

From our Seattle desk, a biblical note

Why not, it worked for David, Sam Guy says…

Pennsylvania school district arms teachers with rocks in case of shooter - Chicago Tribune

https://goo.gl/M5xVxZ

I know, I know, security and all that stuff…

…but this story is just hilarious. The thought of some Iranian hacker's getting his hands on Professor Dronemore's notes on 18th Century romantic poets is tooo delicious.

Iranians indicted for allegedly hacking hundreds of universities | New York Post

Nine Iranian nationals were indicted Friday for hacking into over 300 universities in the US and abroad to rip off academic data and intellectual property, according to a newly unsealed Manhattan federal indictment.

https://goo.gl/KMciQ9

Color me gobsmacked

Internet-connected wine bottle startup Kuvée is shutting down

The Verge

The system, which The Verge tested (and called gloriously dumb) in March 2016, is basically a sleeve with a touchscreen that fits over proprietary wine cartridges. Once a cartridge is put into the sleeve, the touchscreen displays information about the wine, like the grape it's made from and pairing notes.

Seriously, this John Bolton thing is pretty scary and we, as a civilization, are going to need as many internet-connected wine bottles as we can get just to survive, let alone to, you know, pair.

This is who we are

We are a city known as a town, apparently, presumably because being a city qualifies us for more state loot while being a town is just more, well, towny. Tell me if I'm wrong.

I learned this while filling out a lengthy form at the city known as a town's brand new Senior Center, thereby officially becoming an Old Guy allowed to wander around the place without a minder (you'd think it would be the other way around, but it's not).

On the form, I promised not to be a bully, promised not to wear perfume, promised not to take my shoes off, and promised not to do naughty things on the computers, of which there are three. Dells, running Widows 8.

I also got a pronoun. No kidding. It, the form, asked me what pronoun I wanted and I got kind of stumped there. Is "your Majesty" a pronoun? How about "your Honor"?

I used to know a guy whose first name was Judge. Granted, Judge is a name and not a pronoun, but it did get him a lot of free drinks. That was in Chicago—I don't know how well it would work in a city called a town.

On the ambiguity of the word,“mad“

Marvel is coming to 3 Disney parks and I'm not mad about it

https://goo.gl/g9bXs5

No mercy for clunkers in UK

Businessman Who Spent $350K Restoring Ferrari 458 Spider Is 'Physically Sick' After Police Seize, Destroy It

Unfortunately for Khan, his Ferrari was classified as a category B insurance write-off before he restored it. Any car that falls under category B is expected to be crushed and not appear on public roads again.

https://goo.gl/rv4R8g

"Mouse pointer” is not in the dictionary (not mine, anyway) but “mouse potato” is

Merriam-Webster's definition of "mouse potato":

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mouse%20potato

Why you need to be a little careful about flying in the Northeast this time of year

4,000 flights cancelled, massive power outages after snowstorm punches East Coast | New York Post

Spring kicked off with a wallop of wintry weather along the East Coast as the fourth nor'easter in three weeks dumped more than a foot of snow in some places Wednesday.

https://goo.gl/Kp5LYN

My weather app…

… forecasts "less than 1 inch of snow" for every day through next Sunday.

Welcome to spring in New England.

This is worse than worrying about the next iPhone

Curtain rises in New Hampshire with president's appearance - The Washington Post

And on Monday, President Trump — whose New Hampshire primary win two years ago set him on a course for the presidency — is slated to make an appearance in the state for the first time since 2016. 

https://goo.gl/zA3U7D

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