For those wondering, we’re on an actual vacation, and not just on a pleasure trip combined with business, for the first time in a long time. We flew to Cancun yesterday, and are ensconced in a resort between there and Playa del Carmen. Keeping an eye on the hurricane, but the current projected tracks show it heading north, not west, after it beats the hell out of Jamaica and Cuba. We’re here all week, and I may find some time to keep up with events and blog, but we plan to see some Mayan temples and do some diving. Next Friday we head to Orlando, and then I’ll be at space conferences next week at the University of Central Florida.
Anyway disport yourself gently in comments on topics general.
It is good to have a real vacation.
Try to not think about the blog and just in joy it and each other.
Have fun, trying to go for a beach holiday ourselves but weather bad. Who looks after the kitties?
We have professional pet sitters come in every couple days. Used them for years, and they’ve known them since kittens.
Excellent! I’d dearly love to have another couple of cats but we go away a fair bit. We used to have the retired lady from across the road come over to look after our little guys but she got dementia and later died.
Since my last cat died, I’ve wanted to get another one. Big concern is, my wife and I are both 75 and don’t want to leave orphans behind.
Well, looking at the previous reply, maybe you can go into the cat-sitting business.
WB: Big concern is, my wife and I are both 75 and don’t want to leave orphans behind.
JB: Well, looking at the previous reply, maybe you can go into the cat-sitting business.
Then there is always the possibility that the sitting cats get left behind. I suppose in that case the owner can attempt to sue your estate?
I don’t really have neighbors I could cat sit for. Mayb pit-bull-sit? Almost all of my cats have appeared at the back door, looking for a handout, and stayed on. Those were strays. The ferals don’t come to the door, just eat my voles. I’ll probably just go to the shelter and pick one or two out. Last time I was there, they asked if I wanted to help socialize kittens, as well as walk dogs.
I cat sit for my Sister and her Husband as well as look after various dogs for my neighbours. It is a good
way to socialise, and so far all the animals have been very greatful. OK, the dogs have been greatful, the cats have been ambivalent.
“Bill Gates Admits That Climate Change ‘Will Not Be the End of Civilization’
The Microsoft co-founder recently penned a letter arguing that increasing global prosperity is the best way forward on the issue.”
“On Monday, the Microsoft co-founder penned a letter on his blog, Gates Notes, that argued for adopting “a different view and adjust[ing] our strategies for dealing with climate change.” Specifically, Gates said, the world has “a chance to refocus on the metric that should count even more than emissions and temperature change: improving lives. Our chief goal should be to prevent suffering, particularly for those in the toughest conditions who live in the world’s poorest countries.”
https://reason.com/2025/10/28/bill-gates-admits-that-climate-change-will-not-be-the-end-of-civilization/
Hopefully this means he doesn’t want all of us to end up eating crickets…
So far, Bill G. is my leading candidate to become Howard Hughes 2.0.
“So far, Bill G. is my leading candidate to become Howard Hughes 2.0”
Perhaps. As for the reason for the sudden change of heart my guess would be post divorce young girlfriend less than half is age new lease on life.
I’ll await judgement on that until I hear Bill G. has purchased a top floor luxury suite in Vegas.
I figure that since the government slush fund has dried up there’s no profit to be made in the Climate Grift. Time to move on to other slush funds….
Hopefully this means he doesn’t want all of us to end up eating crickets…
I’m not convinced. After all, as a founder of Microsoft, Bill G. is an expert at forcing bugs onto the public.
I just this second got an email from my employer that Microsoft is experiencing a *global* outage.
I wonder if the Climatistas decided to teach Gates a lesson.
From CNBC:
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/29/microsoft-hit-with-azure-365-outage-ahead-of-quarterly-earnings.html
…Alaska Airlines
said on Wednesday afternoon that it’s currently “experiencing a disruption to key systems,” including websites, due to the outage on Azure, “where several Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines services are hosted.” Alaska closed its $1.9 billion acquisition of Hawaiian last year…
So… Baked Alaska Airlines?
“Baked Alaska” (2030) was Cheech and Chong’s last movie. The dauntless duo journey from East LA to Fairbanks as they bring edibles to sled dogs suffering from osteoarthritis.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15239749/Moon-landing-astronaut-Buzz-Aldrin-loses-wife-wedding.html
That’s very sad. I think that was the first time he separated from a wife that wasn’t a divorce.
Grok and I have written a song for the election season in the style of the old hit “Nagasaki”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagasaki_(song)
Hot jazz in old Manhattan,
Trumpets swingin’, martinis pourin’ free,
Chorus girls and brokers dancin’,
Under neon glow on old Broadway.
Refrain:
Donny, I wanna be Mamdani’s mommy,
Wrap him in cashmere, keep him snug and balmy,
Tickle his chin with a Wall Street tie,
Donny, I wanna be Mamdani’s mommy, oh my! Yellow cabs on the avenue,
Secret vaults hum beneath the street,
Uganda gold in a briefcase glow,
India spice in the midnight heat. Refrain:
Donny, I wanna be Mamdani’s mommy,
Feed him bagels, sweet as apple pie,
Sing him lullabies in a subway key,
Donny, I wanna be Mamdani’s mommy, you see! Bridge (scat-break):
Bop-bop-a-doo, Brooklyn-shoo,
Shiite crescent moon in a penthouse view,
Kampala cash, Mumbai flash—
Mamdani, baby, I’m talkin’ to you! Skyscrapers smokin’ in the distance,
Hidden billions in a Harlem vault,
From the Bronx down to old Coney Island,
We’ll paint the Big Apple up and down. Final Refrain (big finish):
Donny, I wanna be Mamdani’s mommy,
Rock him gentle where the brownstones steamy,
Till the rising sun turns the Hudson gold,
Donny, I wanna be Mamdani’s mommy,
Hot diggity, hot cha-cha,
Hotter than Manhattan, by golly!
A little long on the wicky-wacky-woo…
If I were an NYC resident, post-election I’d probably consider “Shuffling off to Buffalo” with the Boswell Sisters.
https://spotify.link/wvcvtmMqTXb
…of course of my g-g-g-generation I’m reminded of this:
You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world …
You say you got a real solution
Well, you know
We’d all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well, you know
We’re all doing what we can
Don’t you know it’s gonna be
Alright
Alright
Alright
Aah!
Elon just bumped up the ole spice weasel by a notch:
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/spacex-starship-will-be-going-to-the-moon-with-or-without-nasa/
Elzar Musk