Yipee-ki-yay!

Texas law requiring age verification on porn sites ruled unconstitutional [Updated]

The Constitution is not a la carte, buckeroos. It's not one from Column A and two from Column B. You've got to buy the whole darn thing.

Or not.

And we can't really decide if we want it, can we?

[Well, strike that "we." I can. I'll take it all, including that part where it says we can change it any time we get enough people to agree. Seems fair.

[Too hard? Can't be done? It's been amended half a dozen times in my lifetime. So yes it can.

[It's either change it or live it, y'all.]

Wait. Somebody in New York City has a back yard?

NYPD using drones to check out noisy backyard parties over Labor Day weekend

Maybe out around the edges somewhere. Who knows?

The drone plan "drew immediate backlash from privacy and civil liberties advocates, raising questions about whether such drone use violated existing laws for police surveillance," an Associated Press report said.

Never mind party advocates. And good on them.

The 2nd Amendment does not apply

Sucker Busted for Lollipop Battery at Family Dollar Store

As the dispute escalated, Reed allegedly threw a lollipop at Johndrow, striking him the chest. Luckily, the lollipop lick “did not cause bodily harm,” according to an arrest affidavit.

 Lollipops don't lick people…

Nawww.

Fat chance

With September around the corner, it won’t be long until Daylight Saving Time ends.

Firstly, why are we talking about this? Daylight Saving Time ends in November, doesn't it?

“This ritual of changing time twice a year is stupid," Sen. Marco Rubio says.

 And that too. Marco should know.

Not only that…

On Nov. 5, clocks at 2 a.m. dial back an hour, giving people an extra hour of sleep.

…it never does. Not once, ever, have I ever got an extra hour of sleep from Daylight Saving Time. I stay up later the night before or I wake up earlier in the morning or something, I don't know, but it never works. I wish people would just stop saying that. 

Anyway, this.

More expensive on the other side of the fence

Norway is rebuilding a reindeer fence at the border to stop the animals’ costly strolls into Russia

The work is a challenge, however, as the workers have to stay on the Norwegian side of the border “at all times” during construction…If a worker crossed into Russian territory, without a Russian visa, that would amount to illegal entry.

 If the reindeer cross into Russian territory Russia sends a bill for the grass they eat. 

Also, yes, we have no bananas

I ask Google's chatbot, Bard, how many time zones there are.

Chatbot answers.

There are 24 time zones in the world, each one hour apart. However, there are actually more than 24 time zones because of the following:

• Some countries have half-hour time zones. For example, India has two half-hour time zones: India Standard Time (IST) and India Eastern Standard Time (IST†).
• The International Date Line (IDL) creates 3 more time zones. The IDL is an imaginary line that runs through the Pacific Ocean and marks the change from one day to the next.
• Some countries use daylight saving time (DST), which advances the clocks by one hour during the summer months. This creates an additional time zone during DST.

So, the actual number of time zones in the world can vary depending on how you count them. However, there are always 24 hours in a day, so there can never be more than 24 time zones.

So 24 or not. Got it.

Super Blue

 The moon.

August 31st (that would be Thursday) there'll be a Super Blue Moon — almost very nearly super, at least more super than it'll be the next day but not quite as super as it was the day before. But definitely blue. If you get my drift.

If you don't, you can figure it out for yourself right here.

(The last Super Blue Moon was in December 2009, and the next one will be in August 2032, they say.)