Notices by spaf (spaf@mstdn.social)

Happy Burt Gummer Day!

"Do What You Do Best: Find Something Simple And Complicate It."

Has anyone else noticed that when time travelers grab you by your shoulders and ask what year it is, and you tell them, they don't reply, "Then I'm not too late," anymore?

That's rather concerning.

Old Soviet joke repurposed for 2025:
Several times daily, a woman opens a news website, glances at the screen, then closes it.

Her spouse, curious, asks what she's doing.

The woman explains she's looking for death notices.

The spouse says that the website only has headlines, not obituaries.

The woman replies, "Oh, the obituaries I'm praying for will be headlines."

We're going to stay up until midnight this New Year's Eve.

Not because we are at a party or celebrating -- it is to be certain that 2024 leaves.

We are delighted to see that "Cybersecurity Myths and Misconceptions" has been added to the Cybersecurity Canon of definitive literature!
https://icdt.osu.edu/about-cybersecurity-canon

Have your copy yet? If not, why not?

Aren't timezones fascinating?

In Australia, it's already 2025

In Europe, it's still 2024

In the USA, we're entering 1937

There are literally no rules that your New Year's resolutions can't be for mischief.

Don't make evil resolutions, though -- the GOP has that covered.

Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

A forensic investigation by the medical examiner's office determined it was carbon monoxide from a faulty furnace.

Here's a no-cost, non-denominational, last-minute gift idea.

Reach out to people who made a positive difference in your life but with whom you have not been in touch for a while. Tell them that they were a force for good in your life. Thank them.

Be generous -- pass on this idea. Spread some joy.

The best satire has some basis in reality. Buckle up.

https://open.substack.com/pub/duffelblog/p/ex-army-sniper-prepares-for-potential

Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats. --Voltaire

Trump will likely get angry and take it out on Elon if he hears about us all referring to Musk as the real President — the one with the brains. So, don’t post that everywhere

DJT continues to name his cabinet picks.

@jwz Maybe it will work better now that we have some experience. However, we also need to cast it on Vance, Musk, and Miller (at least).

I think I figured out what went wrong.

Instead of a national election we should have had a national exorcism.

Almost no musicians will allow their music to be used at Trump rallies and events. (Now add Taylor Swift to that.)

But the GQP has a solution! Ted Nugent is composing a new song especially for Trump and Vance events: Cat Snack Fever.

Found in the social media intertubes:

@jigmedatse It's name can't be rendered in English, but he's supposed to answer to "Stevie."

It's not the eclipse I'm worried about.

It's if I get the incantation wrong and this happens in the backyard again.

Several people have asked me recently what I do for "fun" -- when I am not at work (but I repeat myself).

I thought I'd share one thing today. To stay sharp as I get older, I have memorized the first 24,100 digits of pi

Perhaps after I retire I will memorize them in the correct order.