For the birds

I visited the aviary! It's a little cheating to shoot photos of birds at an aviary, because they can't fly away (at least not far). But it does introduce shooting past cages. 

Nope. Never that.

Dear phone,

I know I switch between English and Spanish keyboards and that can get confusing. But, phone. Mobday* is not a word in either language (or a mix of the two). You are supposed to be smart, I would have thought you could have figured out that I meant Monday, or at least offered it as an option for a correction. 

Just a bit of friendly feedback.

Owner

*Turns out Mobday is the name of a band, but if my phone thinks that is what I'm talking about, it only makes the situation worse. I do think there is some potential for a holiday called Mobday--flash mobs, mobs of people, etc. Or something with The Mob, although I don't think you want to celebrate them, so much as the Eliot Nesses of the world, maybe? I don't know. But there are definitely weirder holidays out there. 

Bad sequels

2026 is the WORST sequel ever. It's got all the elements of a poorly done sequel while adding even more bad plot twists.

• Last year, all of our tech programs broke at some point, with the exception of the tools we used to do cataloging. 
• This year, all of our tech programs are breaking, AND they got rid of our cataloging tools and gave us new ones. That don't work. 
• Last year, the weather was rotten. 
• This year, the weather is rotten and I'm in a state that is in a drought. It's probably going to burn down at some point, because that's what happens in drought conditions.
• Last year, everything politics was just lousy.
• This year, everything political is lousy and we started a war. And there's the whole dumb mid-terms thing. Blurg.

As with all sequels, people want a compelling story. Recycle, reduce, and reuse shouldn't apply to sequels. (By all means, apply them elsewhere). So, whoever the scriptwriters and producers of 2026 are, just some notes before you before you start working on 2027.