"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter." —Mark Twain
What’s going on in my life
Normally I post morning walk photos on Instagram, auto-copied to Facebook and Threads. Some of these photos were on those platforms earlier today, but I’ve been neglecting the blog so here they are again, all together in one post.
It’s early days and my product is amateurish.
Speaking of AI, artificial intelligence, isn’t AS, artificial stupidity, a far greater and more prevalent danger?
The last line of defense — the only defense we have remaining, now that checks and balances to executive power are gone — is our vote.
If I don’t post again before then, happy New Year to you and yours!
Happy solstice to you, and happy holidays too.
I’m going to assume I don’t have to explain that Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered in their home Sunday, and that Donald Trump posted a hateful rant about Reiner on Truth Social. What I’m finding interesting is reaction to Trump’s nastiness on the right.
Our grandson Quentin’s commencement ceremony at the University of Nevada, Reno, was yesterday afternoon.