Michael Hall

Every morning, I open Bluesky to see if he's dead yet. Someday ...

Forget painful gibberish like &!pR8B>5. Here's how to build a single, bulletproof master password using Shakespeare, random words, and simple padding.

My insurer charged me $60 because it wouldn't OK the mesh used in my hernia surgery. The doctor didn't show me a variety of meshes and I picked the purple one; it was a medical decision. It was just another fine mesh, Ollie. Anyway, that's one reason I support universal healthcare.

#booksky My son was in a used bookstore and the owner told him that 20- and 30-somethings are buying up 1930s and '40s sci-fi and mystery books like crazy because they read them as epubs and mobis and wanted hard copies to keep. I feel better.

Producer: We can’t afford a train Wes Anderson: No problem THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (2014) The glamour of filmmaking.

A cat stopped by yesterday and demanded food. We gave him ham and cream and water. He left us a dead mouse in the driveway before moving on.

It must be an election year: Kentucky Republicans are trotting out the trans men-playing-women's-sports thing again. No health care. No fuel prices. Hell, no food prices, either. When will Kentuckians wise up?

The hot and wet summer was a paradise for bugs. But it was a gift that keeps on giving, because it also was a paradise for ragweed. I would like to divorce my sinuses.

Not being thick is the new thicc…

Happy Caturday to everyone with love-scars. 🤷

I've never been to Louisiana, but I've seen it across the river.

Gamers have an interesting way of expressing their feelings.

How many children did ExxonMobil kill today?

You can tell Canadians on Bluesky. They're the ones posting pictures of salads.

When I was there, I thought USA food was the worst I'd had.

So measles is killing people again, people who ignored established and well-documented science, threatening themselves and other unvaccinated people. I. Don't. Care.

I have been dealing with gastritis for the last couple of months, and were I to write about it, the book would be called "The Summer Without Tomatoes." It would be warm and folksy but heart-rending, much as if the Waltons met Anna Karenina.

Now we know.

We have a very, very hungry mosquito in the house, and it's really hard to swat them when you're asleep. Perhaps a small nuclear device would work.

I don’t like country music, but I don’t denigrate those who do. And for those who like country music, denigrate means 'put down' 🐢💨

Stay the hell away from Elon Musk and especially his cars, rockets and software….

Yup … technology is not all it’s cracked up to be … #cdnpoli

British Golden Age mysteries would have been a lot shorter if they'd had DNA evidence. And Perry Mason TV episodes would have been shorter if they'd had cell phones. #booksky

I hope this gastritis busines ends before tomato season is over. The food of the southern gods is a sandwich made with a fresh tomato, white bread and Miracle Whip. I was a Miracle Whip child who married into a mayonnaise family, but sometimes I return to my roots.

Happy 4th of July to those who appreciate that America is a melting pot of many different flavors, not just angry, uneducated mayonnaise.

All spoons are the same length in the dishwasher basket. What do you expect this time of the morning -- real profundity?

I was trying to explain two-step verification to my Luddite wife and her response was her usual one to technology: "I'd better die before you do."

I am being cremated, and I want my ashes thrown in the face of my enemies, preferably still in the urn. I have a list, and it changes daily.

I have often thought about getting a passport, but now I think I'll wait.

A moving target gathers no moss.

Remember when all we had to worry about were the Koch brothers buying politicians?

HAPPY SOLSTICE!

Lunch today was Honey-Nut Cheerios, the high-protein version, and a banana. One of those days.

Concerning Year 250, the private sector, i.e. "everybody else" is doing what's right and honorable and ought to be done.

We suspect that AI is going to take over the world, but what happens when two AI systems compete for supremacy? Just another tidbit for when you're lying awake at night, worrying.

The pharmacy lady called me "honey." At my age, I know she's not flirting.

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