505 voting with your feet



Taking another break from The Flood to clean off the phone. Could really do another Bike and Battery, but for now I'm going to wade through some general screencraps. So here's my take on some recent news.

At top and above, we saw this long line to get into El Rio a couple Saturdays ago. I have no idea what the show was, but even in "I love standing in line" Frisco, that's a long line!

We didn't see the baby owls in Glen Park.

Despite some splashy names catching Covid recently, we're still waiting on this next wave.

Here's the UK three weeks ago. We've tended to follow their trends by about three weeks.

This was us at that time.

Starting to shoot up.

But that kinda fizzled out a week later.

And the average number of new cases had increased, but so far it hasn't taken off like Omicron. Fauci says probably in the fall.

And nobody is sure a fourth jab will get you out of catching it, although it will likely help you stay out of the hospital. I guess I'm going to treat it like a flu shot at this point?

Yeah.

Yeah!

Yes!

Yeah boy!

There's a lot more to say about Ukraine than I'll ever fit in here. So let's just take a minute to talk about the talk about Ukraine.

Mark Twain once said, "When you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to stop and think."

Now, I'm pro-peace. That's it. So while I share in the global-west's relief that Kyiv remains free, I also don't feel so good about kids in burned out tanks.

That murderous and oppressive oligarchy? That's us.

Let's just take a minute to remember, if we're in WWII, and I've been saying we are since at least our proxy war with Russia in Syria, remember, we have done the most missiling, bomb dropping, and weapon supplying. Us. The United States. 

No, I'm not dumping on us. Yes, I am asking us to be very careful and thoughtful about any potential escalation. Peace, right, that's the goal?

If you close it, they will come.

But, you know, should we keep it?

But, but, the parking!?!

Oh, walkers don't care about parking?

Gosh, it's almost like people like using our bodies and enjoy being around other people.

There's more, but since I've already completely summed up what's right and wrong in the world, here's a picture of infill housing in Paris.

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