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[John G.]

Four!

[Jane]

River Walk photo I forgot to share. From last week.

Pretty.

[Jane]

It looks ugly out there and the air quality is unhealthy.

[Jane]

We are keeping our windows shut as we drive.

[bk]

I'm up, I'm up - ten hours of non-consecutive sleep.

[Jane]

I thought I was good getter somewhere between six and seven hours of sleep.

[Jane]

We made a pit stop. Before getting back in the car Keith tried to open the gas tank door.

[Jane]

It wouldn't open.

[Jane]

He said we have enough gas in the tank to get us home ⛽️

[Jane]

That's a relief.

[Jane]

Conveniently we already have an appointment on Friday to have the car serviced.

[Jrand74]

Beverly Hills only had 3.14 inches.

But they claimed it was 7.5 inches.

[Jrand74]

The Smart Car gas tank sometimes locks on its own.....sometimes when it's OPEN - the little clicker pops out.

[Jrand74]

I bought a 3-pak of microwave popcorn at OLLIE'S to have sometime but not TODAY.

[Jrand74]

I canceled tonight's rehearsal because I didn't want 8 people my age and older outside driving around in 95 degree feels over 100 degrees weather.

[John G.]

Good for you.

[John G.]

My favorite sentence fragment of the day:

Sackbuts and euphoniums and glockenspiels, oh my!

[singdaw]

We are all about fragments.

[singdaw]

And the fragmented.

[singdaw]

I myself have been feeling vaguely scattered all day.

[singdaw]

I just don't seem to be able to get it all quite together.

[singdaw]

Nevertheless, I persist.

[singdaw]

Ronan Farrow has an fascinating (and slightly terrifying) take on Elon Musk in the latest New Yorker. Top-level recap:

The meddling of oligarchs in the fate of nations is not new. But Elon Musk’s current influence on global affairs is especially “brazen and expansive.” As Ronan Farrow explains in a deeply reported story from this week’s issue, Musk’s SpaceX is currently the sole means by which NASA transports crew from U.S. soil into space. The govern­ment’s plan to move the auto industry toward electric cars requires increasing access to charging stations, many of which are owned by another Musk enterprise, Tesla. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military has relied on Musk’s Starlink mobile Internet terminals for communications in its fight against Russia. “We are living off his good graces,” a Pentagon official said, of Musk’s role in the war. “That sucks.”

Farrow added that it is easy to become distracted by the flurry of strange news and controversies that Musk invites and incites. “For all the arresting details about him, say, using ketamine and speaking with the Kremlin, I was in the end less transfixed by Musk and more by what his influence shows us about the systems around him,” he said. “There’s a lot to learn here about the consequences of extreme capitalism and the way in which declining state investment in important areas of progress has empowered private entities to fill new spaces—with consequences both positive and dangerous.”

[Jane]

Beverly Hills only had 3.14 inches.

But they claimed it was 7.5 inches.

They likely got more rain.

[John G.]

I myself have been feeling vaguely scattered all day.

But have you felt your sackbut today.

[Jane]

The Smart Car gas tank sometimes locks on its own.....sometimes when it's OPEN - the little clicker pops out.

 

[Jane]

I canceled tonight's rehearsal because I didn't want 8 people my age and older outside driving around in 95 degree feels over 100 degrees weather.

Good idea.

[Matthew]

Good Afternoon!  Well, the kids are back.  It's good for what ailes you for sure.   Sometimes it's like there was no time between the end of last year and the beginning of this year.  We have very little turn over and just a handful of new kids - well, there are 24 new kindergarteners - and I popped in there this morning and they are cute!  I'll see them for music next Monday.  Today, I did a lot of tech admin things that needed to be done, and tomorrow I'll do much of the same.  I'll see each Jr High class for 10 minutes to talk about religion and music, and that's about it.  I'm off on Wednesday, then I'll see the Jr High on Thursday and then the rest of the school for music next week.  I'm glad the kids are back because then my motivation to get things done really begins.  It can be exciting for sure. The rest of the day was a quick meeting and now I'm with the the boys.

[singdaw]

I see what you did there, DR Jand72.

[Matthew]

The weather in the Bay Area is very humid and sticky today.  It's been cloudy all day and it rained for about 5 minutes this afternoon.  It's also been gusty windy, so no bike ride today.  The ceiling fan in the apartment works quite well so it's not too warm in here today.  If they wind wasn't crazy, I'd definitely go for a ride, I love to ride in the humidity and such -but gusty wind, no way.