I rather like that detail in the original series. It was, I think, meant to mimic the challenges faced by the sailing ships of the 18th and 19th centuries, which could be weeks or months at sea, and years from the homeland. Thus, a ship’s captain was the full expression of the law and authority of the nation or king…

I watched some of the rally video, and she’s fun to watch. She starts out wearing the flag as a scarf (maybe a flag scarf?). Then she dips out of sight and comes up with her red hat. Then she kind of goes away again, and is without the scarf. Later the scarf is back. Then she rolls a booger on it.

Oh, you mean Dr. “Candy Man”?

What’s with the girl with the flag scarf? She’s unable to stand still! She’s up and down, sometimes with the hat, sometimes not. I thought she fell off of the riser at one point.

I am so behind the times!

Wow. Everything is classy in Latin.

And here, just in time, is an electrical generator kit to buy before it all comes apart!

“Nauseated”

“In the case of the Emirates flight that landed at JFK on Wednesday, the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene determined that 10 passengers were suffering from either the flu or the common cold.”

These tiny knobs become elongated, ranging in length from 1 millimeter to 18 millimeters in length.

Indeed. It makes me literally sick!

It needs to send me an email or text message when the main bag needs replacing, or if it gets stuck on something. If the Roomba has to give up and go into standby underneath my bed, I want the docking station to receive a location alert, so I know where it’s hiding. I should then be able to open the app, and see a…

Chesley Bonestell Strikes Again!

Just the name is good enough to deter any active shooter!

Here’s a picture

Oh, yeah. Of course.

“The Stand”

It’s a good thing that I don’t work in the Hospitality industry. All those white people look alike . . .

R2D2 did this when everyone was stuck in the trash compactor, but it’s not a good thing for a tech company, right? (Had the Empire used better encryption on their mundane network communications, the Death Star would still be with us)

‘Thoughts & Prayers only come into play if some of the victims were white.