They've been warning us all week that a severe rain and thunderstorm will hit our state today. It's sunny and clear, but a huge foreboding gray cloud is way the hell west of us, but nothing is happening. The weather readers are wrong yet again. Shucks. The future is still unknown to us hoo-mans. Why even try?

I just spent an hour watching "Fashion Week-the naked truth" it's a look into the life of model, businesswoman, social media star Emma Chamberlain. It's a life that is foreign/alien to mine. I've never seen anything like it. I'm dazzled. I watched it on the Bing video feed you get from Bing dot com. I had never heard of her, but I did google her afterward and was enlightened.

I used to read a lot before the Internet. I had books in bookcases, I can still read without glasses. Then I dumped my books because I sold my house and did not want to take my books with me because of the weight. I got a kindle when it came out and started reading on that. But somehow, I fizzled out. I opened it up yesterday and found that I had 25 books waiting for me. I pass. Maybe later I'll catch up.

This poster turned up in my X-feed, her name is Maggie Reed. She makes me laugh.

I had a sharp pain in my chest this afternoon. it woke me from a nap. As I lay there thinking, I decided that I have so much crapola in my room, that I should make it easier on my family to get rid of most of it so they won't have too much to do after I pass into the dimension where there may not be a need for showers. But first I have to buy some large 33 gal gobbige bags.

When the pandemic started, I coincidentally moved to the west side. I confined my driving to this neighborhood because suddenly, a lot of stores and restaurants started opening thus I didn't see the need to go to other parts of the island. However, since I ran across some food vloggers 3 wks ago, I regretted not going outside of my comfort zone.There are tons of restaurants I never tried.Even mom & pop stores have secret comfort foods. My head is in the clouds! I resolve to change my ways.

For "Franklin," It required that one pay close attention to the subtitles bc a lot of characters spoke French only. But I hung on and surprised myself by getting into the story of Ben Franklin tryna establish an alliance treaty during the revolutionary war. But alas! The streaming suddenly stopped bc not all episodes were released. D'oh!

I'm enjoying "Franklin" on Apple TV streaming. Michael Douglas who is quite aged is disguised as Dr. Franklin in France seeking to establish an alliance with France because America is near collapse, having lost every major battle thus far in the Revolutionary war. They need money, men, and supplies, in addition to ships. Washington thinks the end is near. That's all presented in the opening. As he ages, Mike resembles his father Kirk more and more.

I just checked my "Pervs" folder and discovered it had 154 files it it. Haw! I think I started it around 2022 bc I was bored.

Ive had this paper shredder for over a year, unused, in the box sitting on the floor. Yesterday, while going thru some papers I had with tax records and bills that I paid, I unpacked it and used it. Great fun. My last one was ruined by my g/kids when they were just teeny tiny kids. They kept feeding it toys, coins, and rubbish. I had disconnected the power cord so their fingers were safe. When I turned it on, it ground to a stop, unable to digest what was in it! That was in 2007.

I finished with City Hunter, I watched but did not finish The Dead Boy Detectives. This is a cheeky story, very well done. I'm on episode 3, I think they're about an hour long for each episode. I was about ready to fall asleep, so I stopped after episode 2. The boys are dead and they're detectives. They rescued a psychic who was possessed, not unwillingly at first.

I hadn't seen the original live action City Hunter with Jackie Chan, nor did I see any of the anime films. So I watched it on Netflix yesterday as it was released this month. It started off great with a crazed hero and wild sfx but by the end, everyone's face blended into one another and it lost it's steam and novelty. check it out!

My g/daughter accomplished 16trips around the sun by yesterday. I babysat her since she was 3 months old. I initially disliked it, but eventually she won me over. I didn't realize how much work it was raising a baby, since I left raising my 4 kids to my late wife; I was too busy working extra hours so I could afford them. As a policeman you can increase your pay by writing traffic tickets, making arrests, and working "special duty" jobs when you're off. She's a year old in this pic.

show how delusional you are of your good looks, tastes, or ideas by posting 20Xs a day, no explanation. Xtra points if people will scroll past without a 2nd thought or look. The least interesting the better. Haw! Haw!

When it opened this morning I was at the bank to pick up cash for my g/dtr's birthday. The bank security guard was sitting at a desk facing me when I walked in. He greeted me. I nodded. I didn't have to wait long for service, there was a teller in training waiting for me. When I left, the guard was in an office talking to someone. He said, "have a nice day," I nodded. He said it again. I smiled. Hmm, was I that suspicious?

When I was in my armored cavalry unit patrolling the Viet DMZ, I always thought it lucky that the enemy did not have any jets or tanks fighting us. Today, I learned that UKR took our top of the line Abrams tanks off the front lines because they've already lost 5 of 31 to drones. Modern anti-tank weapons make battle tanks obsolete! Or any other armored vehicles for that matter.

Soon as I saw his picture on the Bing dot com feed with the headline NFL MVP Dies. I knew who it was: A QB from my young days, Roman Gabriel. He played with legendary players in the 60's! From when I first started watching football. They are all in their 80's!

Had a damn good b/fast buffet with police recruit school classmate Smitty at the Hale Koa, a military hotel on Waikiki Beach. I knew his stepfather who was my lieutenant in police dispatch! His dad was a scream, a rail thin red-haired curmudgeon I liked. Smitty and I are Vietnam vets, me in armor and he was a combat engineer. He's 5 yrs younger. We both had rough and tumble childhoods, though his was rougher. I had tumbles

Finally brought my camera out of my car to my bedroom bc the battery is dead. So I have pics in it from January. Here's one of them, it was taken on a Saturday when I usually go and sit on the beach and eat b/fast. I have a 30X zoom on my Sony point and shoot. This shot was about 200yds away. I keep forgetting that I know how to take pictures.

As some may know, a big part of the foodie scene in Hawaii is Asian food. But you know, as much Chinese food as I've eaten in my life (I had to learn how to use chopsticks when I was young so that I could eat in my friend's houses) It is only recently that I've learned about Mapo Tofu. It's the best food to get for me. If there's a buffet, I'd eat that over rice and ignore ever thing else. I found a place this morning that serves it in a heaping plate! It's pork and tofu in a savory sauce.