Day 20,547
Gonk is back, after more tweaks and pencil effects. Shooting for a halfway point between the Kenner action figure and the movies, the smoothing filter saved my butt in a few ways.
I would love a helpful battery to follow me around and be a useful surface.
If one person with measles spends 15 minutes in a room with 100 unvaccinated people, 90 of them will get measles. Of those, 7 will get serious complications. That is how infectious it is. You are infectious before you become ill and 4 days before the rash comes.
Signs you are clairvoyant:
* You tend to use the phrase, “I see.”
DYK the Human Genome Project cost taxpayers about $3 billion over 13 years but is estimated to have generated an ROI of $1 trillion, impacting the fields of medicine, agriculture, energy, and the environment?
Science is not a cost; it’s an investment with countless returns.
Via Dr. Catharine Young
Happy Revenge of the Fifth!
I do like that Luke and Leia are siblings here. Kris Kristofferson and Paul Lynde only add cherries to the sundae.
Day 20,546 – morning
• Monday’s tasks include shipping a package, car maintenance, getting cash, picking up a prescription, and ordering Mother’s Day flowers.
• Gifts for Mrs. Bear and her mother also need to be decided upon.
Day 20,545
Happy May the Fourth!
Have a doodle of my favorite droid, ready to be colored in by *you*! (Or just enjoy it as is)
Downloaded from here to my phone, just to play. No digital markers, just a quick fill and some boxes.
Happy Birthday, Ann B. Davis
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Happy Cinco de Cuatro, ya'll!H/t to @toddfaulkner.bsky.social
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Sitting outside with a radio, a book, my sweetheart, and a frozen lemonade. A good day.
Mrs. Bear beat me by 10 points in Lost Cities: Roll & Write, and we cracked the mystery of the dead old lady in Family Matters: Mini Crimes!
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your résumé?
Me: Yes, that’s what’s called a lacuna. It refers to when manuscripts have missing parts, lost to time. For example, the Epic of Gilgamesh has…
Hi, yeah, I know I’ve been on this medication for eight years, but I need one more month, please. I’ll call you in a month to request another month. Thanks. Bye. Love you.
Pearl claimed the rugs as her own for her birthday.
Speedy little skunk this morning on the backyard cam
#skunk #backyardzoo #roanokeva
Day 20,543
It’s Pearl’s fifth birthday! (Mayday might be more appropriate, given her personality.)
Waldeinsamkeit is a German word that refers to the feeling one has while being alone in the woods, usually a sublime or spiritual one.
(You are never alone in the woods)