We had this picture postcard up on our fridge in the 1980s.

My cephalopod segment. From SE Minnesota near Rochester. Pen for scale.

We’ve grown tired of wrestling w seals on food containers (e.g., milk jug, ketchup squeeze bottle) and have armed ourselves w new tools. I can’t help but think there’s a market for selling a “food grade” kitchen accessibility toolkit in designer colors w these and a few other implements.

Just out of curiosity I ran the longer sections of Trump’s first 100 days interview w Time through an AI to evaluate reading level. The run provided 5 separate estimates (Ave grade level of 7.3) and the following summary.

His official picture is essentially a “Kubrick Stare”. Meant to invoke a feeling of fear and menace.

Try again? Maybe a momentary outtage? I just got in.

Santa has drafted behind his teammates up to the final climb and is now making his move to take the lead in the last few kms. Merry Christmas all ya bikers and … well … everyone.