My personal glimpse into the first half of the 21st Century for some yet to be known future
Thursday, December 22, 2022
It's not often...
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Monday, December 12, 2022
Friday, December 02, 2022
Thursday, December 01, 2022
Monday, November 28, 2022
Thursday, November 24, 2022
Thanksgiving Squirrel
Sunday, October 09, 2022
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Monday, August 29, 2022
Sunday, August 21, 2022
Toebzilla and Joie as BW on Instax for Instagram
Instagram:
Friday, August 05, 2022
St. Louis and the Gateway Arch
I've finally returned to St. Louis long enough to take a ride up the Gateway Arch.
Eads Bridge |
Gateway Arch from Washington Ave. |
Gateway Arch for ants at the Museum at the Gateway Arch |
Old Courthouse as seen from top of Gateway Arch |
Focus on St. Louis thru a Gateway Arch portal |
Mississippi from the top of the Gateway Arch |
Looking straight down from the top of the Gateway Arch |
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg5cKLSLv5n/
Sunday, July 31, 2022
Goodbye Nichelle Nichols
Saturday, July 30, 2022
George the Welder
No one knows why humans have chins? Hmm, maybe I do...
Friday, July 29, 2022
Toebzilla is Toebchillin
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Monday, July 25, 2022
Sunday, July 24, 2022
Saturday, July 23, 2022
Friday, July 22, 2022
Visit to Snoqualmie Falls
Allie and I recently visited Snoqualmie Falls and enjoyed that awesome views.
Honey at the Salish Resort gift shop
Thursday, July 07, 2022
Found clickbaity video entitled "Stop the government from buying your home (the SOLUTION)"
It's hard to use a blog article to criticize a YouTube video. I've tried before, and will keep trying. I'm just not interested in the idea of making actual reaction videos (yet). Anyway, sometimes I run across an op-ed that's so bad in my opinion but presented so slickly, it makes me want to respond. "Stop the government from buying your home (the SOLUTION)" is one of those videos. In this video, the presenter is someone who claims to be involved in real estate. However, he provides opinions that ultimately seem to me to be questionable.
There's a lot of conflation of information and opinions in this video. In my opinion, this leads the video to support a conclusion that really doesn't amount to much. This is a very disappointing presentation.
As someone who grew up in low-income housing, I find the presenter's comments about government-directed affordable housing to be rather nonsensical. He pulls some very specific and extraordinary examples of supposed failure and presents these as if they are the norm.
Worse, the presenter comments about specific problems for some affordable housing projects in NYC as if they are general to all affordable housing projects in NYC, or anywhere in the US. Ironically, at least some of the problems he ties to affordable housing are actually pretty common in NYC, even in the most expensive skyrises.
Hell, the presenter even conflates affordable housing with eminent domain, as if every effort for affordable housing by government requires the use of eminent domain. This simply isn't true.
The presenter's solution is to rely on developers, but in a way that appears to ignore local democracy. A major portion of this video shows a developer talking about process for a real estate development project. Nothing talked about by the real estate developer seems unreasonable. The process for real estate development includes the sited steps in order to protect the interests of the people already living within the city and provide adequate support for new denizens. Further, the presenter completely ignores the fact that such projects also sometimes require the use of eminent domain.
To me, this video feels like watching a "60 Minutes" hit piece more than something that's actually factual and useful. Worst still is that the title of the video appears to be pure clickbait, as this video doesn't address how to actually stop the government from buying your home. A more accurate title might be "One idea on how to address housing shortage over time."
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Thursday, June 16, 2022
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Friday, June 03, 2022
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Check out spacy ambient music inspired by mining activities in planetary rings in Elite Dangerous
Spacy ambient music inspired by mining activities in planetary rings in Elite Dangerous
Monday, May 09, 2022
Thursday, April 07, 2022
Fishy Cold Place Sweden Mandela Effect
So, have you heard of The Fishy Cold Place and wondered why your friend called it Sweden? Well, it's not the Mandela Effect. It's Julie Nolke. I know. I know. Hard to believe, but it's true. BTW, this post is an experiment based on the comments for Julie's video:
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