…about a big blizzard headed our way. The grocery store this morning was full of people stocking up on potato chips.
How can that not be a sign.
1.19.2019
1.18.2019
Just ducking around*
Museums Are Trying To One-Up Each Other With Pictures Of Ducks—And We're Quacking Up 🦆😂 - Comic Sands
*H/T Kellie, avoiding work.
The Super Bowl's superport
All bets are off for shutdown's impact on Super Bowl
The government shutdown has already resulted in canceled planning meetings for the Feb. 3 game in Atlanta, and if the federal budget impasse continues, airport screeners and flight controllers at the busiest airport in the world will be working on game day for no pay.
For just a moment I thought it said "Happy Lawyer" (whew)
1.17.2019
Some very cool pictures from Wikimedia
Lose yourself in our planet's beauty with the winners of Wiki Loves Earth – Wikimedia Foundation
I can't explain…
…why I find this hilarious and strangely disturbing, both.
Alexa can read news briefs in a 'newscaster' voice in the US
Engadget
"Alexa can now modulate its voice beyond whispering in hushed …
"Amazon described this as the "first step" in modifying Alexa's style to suit different requests…."
Shared from Apple News
That Wall Street we've heard so much about
It's Official: Wall Street Topped $100 Billion in Profit - Bloomberg
Within the banks, the benefits of the tax cuts are flowing more heavily to shareholders than their rank and file. Profit at the five firms jumped 28 percent from the previous high, while employee compensation expenses climbed just 1.8 percent from last year.
[CAUTION: Exactly what is meant by "employee compensation" is uncertain, as affairs on the Street do not much resemble the affairs of real life. Still….]
1.16.2019
I bet this will work out fine (not)
The IRS is recalling 46,000 workers to handle tax returns
The employees won't be paid during the shutdown.
Sweetening the deal
City marks site of molasses flood; plans $7M in renovations to surrounding parks – Boston Herald
"It is a big part of Boston's lore like baked beans."
1.15.2019
Is this why so many people want to live in Arizona?
They haul chocolate around in tanker trucks?
Truck spills 3,500 gallons of chocolate across highway
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