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20 Years since Princess Di's Death

Twenty years ago today, on our TV in a beautiful flat on the not-so-beautiful 26th and Orchard, Lisa and I learned of the death of Princess Diana.

That was a nice flat, I liked the built ins and the layout.. too bad the neighborhood was sketchy  - Lisa

The Lasting Legacy of MJ

Listening to my playlist this afternoon and "heal the world" comes on and three words into it my littlest girl Junie said "is that Michael Jackson?" "yes it is baby, good job!". It warms my heart he will live forever in his music. #teachthemyoung  - Lisa

Junie at the Chudnow

Took LK and her friend Tia to Marquette and then to Chudnow's Museum of Yesteryear.

 

I love the Bay View area of Milwaukee but there are obnoxious, hypocritical SJW ninnies around every corner

Mayweather-McGregor: My Thoughts

40 years old. Coming off two years of retirement. Weighed less. Shorter reach . Naturally smaller man. Abandoned the technique that earned him 49 wins (shoulder roll, fighting off the back foot, being a defensive counter puncher)

Floyd was walking McGregor down for half of the fight. He took power punches to the head and face and barely blinked. Finished the fight with no visible damage. 

But people still post "but good job McGregor made it 9 rounds" 🙄

Before the fight, "lolz Mayweather hasn't had a legit knockout in 10 years" 🙄

So basically one of the best guys in the MMA...in his prime..with all the natural advantages possible...got stopped by a slower, smaller 40 year old with brittle hands, no real ko power, and "a little head". 🙄

Yeah. Be proud

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A Convo

Junie: You posted an ugly picture of me Dad.

Me: Ugh. That's what all you people say when I post a pic.  Maybe y'all just need better faces.

Priorities

North Korea fires a missile into Japanese airspace. The media: The first lady wore stilettos to Texas! How awful! #MSMpriorities

#Proud

Agreed. The media will only push division, but when hell is unleashed, Americans band together. You won't see that in the media.

I would pardon a hundred Arpaio's before a traitor like Manning.

The Waterpark

The waterpark was fun today. The two oldest didn't want to go, so we took along Junie's friend Alyssa, and our niece Caitlin.  Slides, a lazy river, and a whirlpool that did my hip a world of good.

Mr. Mercedes

A good story but inexpertly told. I would rank the writing as one of King's less successful efforts. And yes,  I know it won an Edgar.  I'm still right.

i Still Got It!

Last night, inside a gas station on 13th St, a guy walked up to me, showed me a bag of weed, and offered to sell it to me for $10. A good deal, judging by the bag and color, but I said no. The state Bar would probably frown on it if I'd agreed. Still, I remain very proud that I retain enough hood to be approached so easily.

Boycott

In the wake of ESPN and the NFL turning into Anti-American propaganda sources,  I've dropped ESPN from my cable package and I'll not be renewing NFL Sunday Ticket. I'd boycott the b@stards completely but Socialist is so enamored with his fantasy football league that I'm obliged to participate (I did try and find a substitute but no luck). Between you and me,  if both entities went belly up my only sympathy would be for the people of Green Bay.

Unacceptable!

NOOOO!!!

The First Day of Classes

The first day of classes is done.  One of my classes is internet law,  where I spent 75 minutes listening to twenty-somethings bemoan the pre-internet age, as if civilization and relationships began with the web.  My ears nearly bled.

LOL

Alien Covenant

I thought it was an excellent film,  if you stop it midway through.  The last half was OK,  but the final act was a pastiche of the franchise,  and the twist at the end as obvious as a toddler's lie.

As It Should Be

I can't think of a single celebrity,  Right or Left,  whose political opinion matters to me.  Not a one.

The Solar Eclipse of 2017

I never bought into the hype surrounding the eclipse. I love astronomy, and give me a new picture of Saturn any old day, but an eclipse? The moon passing in front of our view of the sun might be great if you're starring in A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court, but here in 2017? Eh.

Still, in the end it was a hoot to see.

The day before I'd taken Smiley and Ginger to a science and surplus store where they made free eclipse viewers.

When it came time for the eclipse, we headed back to the store, which was holding a get together in the parking lot to celebrate the event. My friend Tre and my Godson met us there.

There was heavy cloud cover, and save for a few minutes the homemade kits didn't work.

Thankfully, one of the store clerks slipped me a pair of (sold out) eclipse glasses during a handshake, and so we got to see some of the show.

We didn't get any good pics of the eclipse, as you'd expect. But in person, it was genuinely kind of neat; certainly more impactful than seeing it on TV or in a book.

It was  a good memory to make with the kids, and I'm glad I experienced it with them.

Good News

Good news.We got the test results back from Junie's EEG - no evidence of epilepsy. Bad news: unless this is some weird habit (and I doubt it) we have to eliminate the other possibilities the doctor brought up.

Sigh

Tomorrow my classes resume.  As was the case in grade school,  high school,  college,  and now law school,  I detest being in a classroom.  But I go, and I'm reasonably good at it.  So,  this evening,  dinner on my deck,  and a final farewell to summer.

Bear Head

Just because I try on a bear head doesn't mean LuLu and Smiley  have the right to don one and engage in a wrasslin' match.

I Do Stupid Things

Here's a tip: if you try and burn off a gray chest hair the flame will quickly spread and light your whole chest on fire. 

Lulu : You do stupid things.

The Eclipse

I swear, this eclipse is the biggest bunch of overdone hoopla since Y2K. If it isn't endless prattle about the glasses, it's dire warnings to "save your eyes!," or worse yet don't let your dog stare at it. Newsflash: your dog doesn't care about the eclipse, and neither do I. I'll participate with the kids if they are interested, but otherwise, yawn.

Anyway. 

Continuing the eclipse phenomenon, I took the youngest two to make eclipse viewers and watch the event at American Science and Surplus. Ty to Tracy for the tip.

Welp.  Saturday was a day to forget.  Better tomorrows.

My Thoughts

I realize that I sound like a conspiracy nut when I rant about the media being "the enemy." It isn't that I think there's a monolithic entity guiding the media along a master plan to do X or promote Y. I think this Facebook comment I wrote does a good job of explaining the seed of my doubt

I came close to minoring in journalism, and spent three semesters in the program.  All the professors were very liberal,  but with the exception of one they were very honest and fair.  They took great care,  way back in '92, to point out what they saw as a decline in journalism standards and a slant to the left. 

In one exercise,  a comparison of news broadcasts from the same day,  that of a big event.  Each ran with different stories about the same event,  each obviously based on what exclusives they could muster.  One even ignored the event,  burying it in the broadcast, despite its importance to the community. 

Another exercise had us watch TV detective shows. Time and again, the bad guy was a businessman.  (this is the era before Law and Order made "ordinary" crime entertainment). The prof called on a producer/writer to explain why. The answer?  There wasn't enough conflict if the villain was a common thug,  and isn't corporate America evil anyway? Why not show that? 

Almost all in profs blamed  Watergate. They said it lead to an influx of liberals into the profession,  based on the glory of Woodward and Bernstein,  and that as a whole they were more agenda driven and far more liberal than what they'd seen before. 

Liberal as they were,  the professors warned that this lead to a decline in objectivity and an isolation of opposing pov's. 

The Chudnow Museum

My boy and I visited this neat little museum in downtown Milwaukee. Very neat, and worth a trip.

Went to a museum with. My dad had one fashion phone you can use to talk to people on the other side of building replying​ neat 😀 - Smiley