From the archive

(Way too cold to go out picture taking right now.)

Puzzle: When they talk about voting rights, why don't they ever talk about who decides what we get to vote for?

 

Billionaire [Illinois] Gov. Pritzker throws $90 million into his re-election bid 

Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin is expected to jump into the Republican primary contest on Monday, and may get the backing of billionaire Ken Griffin.

Why should the teachers and the politicians have all the fun? Now the kids are in the game.

Students don't want to learn in a 'COVID petri dish.' They're walking out to prove their point.

“We are the ones who have been in this environment every day. It's our bodies that we're putting at risk," said Kayla Quinlan, a 16-year-old student activist at Boston Day and Evening Academy.

Only the lessons have changed. 

Read on

Grind it up

 It's come to this.

(This is not an ad or an endorsement. I just saw a great big truck with the logo of this outfit on it and had to look it up.)

More fishy news

AP News | Goldfish Launches Mega Bites: a Bigger, Bolder, Cheesier Reboot of its Beloved Classic Cracker 

In recent years, Goldfish consumption has shifted, with adults consuming 40 percent of all Goldfish sold.

Pacific Rim Bureau Chief Lynn C Dot suggests "either fish could help solve the supply chain issues [see below] or they could become the supply." 

MEANWHILE

BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) — Officials in Minnesota said they’re finding more giant goldfish [as big as footballs?] in waterways, prompting a plea to citizens to stop illegally dumping their unwanted fish into ponds and lakes.

AND 

"Something did survive" California wildfires: Goldfish

And you thought it took an Elon Musk

Like a fish out of water? Israeli team trains goldfish to drive

"Surprisingly, it doesn't take the fish a long time to learn how to drive the vehicle. They're confused at first. They don't know what's going on but they're very quick to realise that there is a correlation between their movement and the movement of the machine that they're in," said researcher Shachar Givon.

And you could buy a whole matched set of goldfish for a whole lot less than a Tesla, would be my guess. 

Glory is where you find it

 I always feel a little sense of accomplishment on trekking my trash to the curb Wednesday mornings in January: It's a prime 7º out there right now. Trending toward brisk.

I am assured by the appropriate app, however, it'll be a balmy 15º before I set of on my errands mid-day. No sweat there. And not much perspiration.

Another day

Lots of ice this morning…

…makes for tricky walking everywhere.

Alas…

 …it has come to our attention that the website, CIA for Kids, no longer exists, and so it has been summarily removed from our Work Avoidance Hall of Fame. 

We have discovered no official reason for the site's disappearance; maybe the kiddies can't be trusted anymore, or maybe they were just getting too good.

In any event, the grown-ups' CIA website still exists, here. If you're a kid you can still go there, and we won't tell.