Surviving The Heat [2019 original with AI background]
Good morning! It’s Tuesday and, so far, everything is going pretty much the way we would want it to. The kids were up and out the door without making much sound, possibly because they both knew they hadn’t finished their chores yesterday. We’ll have to address that when they get home this afternoon. Everyone was tired and not feeling especially well yesterday afternoon, though. Kat even came home early and curled up in bed. She ordered soup for dinner and the kids and I all had smoothies. No one could handle anything heavier.
But on the home front, that’s it. Nothing spectacular happened. Just a normal day in a normal city in a normal summer. I’ve no reason to expect things to be much different.
This morning we have Tipper’s IEP meeting. We’ll be talking with her primary support coach who happens to be one of the top 10 finalists for Teacher of the Year. I met her at the back-to-school event a couple of weeks ago and it was pretty easy to see why she’s in line for such an honor. I think the meeting will go well and help to ensure that Tipper gets all the help she needs to be successful this year. G is anxious to actually get started on classwork. They finally got their Chromebooks yesterday, but he can’t bring it home without a note from a parent. I sent the email to his advisory coach last night so that matter should be resolved. I’ve never seen someone so anxious to do schoolwork.
There’s nothing especially earthshaking in the news this morning, either, unless you’re Google. The ruling that Google holds an illegal monopoly over search sounds more frightening than it actually is, though. Microsoft went through the same sort of ruling roughly 20 years ago, just before Google popped on the scene. Google’s only guilty of doing some of the same things Microsoft did to keep their Windows operating system dominant in the industry. For there to be any significant change there has to be someone with a better alternative and at the moment that alternative doesn’t exist.
Of course, everyone’s anxious to find out who Kamala Harris is choosing as her VP candidate this evening. The sitting Vice President secured the Democratic nomination yesterday via virtual roll call. This means that the Democratic Convention can be more about platform building and political hype. We’re 91 days away from the election, though, and something tells me we won’t have to wait until October for both parties to look for political bombshells against their opponents.
Remnants of Hurricane Debby are soaking the Georgia and Carolina coasts. This is pretty much what was forecasted, so hopefully there aren’t too many people caught off guard. Flooding is the primary concern at this point, and cities along that part of the coast have experience in dealing with this problem. Support teams from other states, including Indiana, are in place so hopefully they’ll have the mess under control soon.
If you’re looking at headlines about the Nikkei index having a 10% bump this morning, you’re looking at old news. The Japanese market ended up sliding back down as the day wore on. European markets so far are mixed (as of 7:30 AM EDT). No one is sure what’s going to happen over the next couple of days, so we’ll all have to watch together and find out.
To no one’s surprise, the hot summer is yielding a lot of unrest across the Northern Hemisphere. The UK, Brazil, Italy, Bangladesh, and Nigeria all have their trouble points that are internally significant but not yet bleeding beyond their borders. Summer does this every year. The heat intensifies unrest over perceived injustices and emotions explode into violent actions. Sometimes, the change created is ultimately good, but the loss of life and damage to property is often a high price for moderate results.
One of the most exciting Olympic moments yesterday may have been when a whale decided to join the surfing competition in Tahiti. None of the surfers were in any danger as the whale breached the swells and this type of occurrence isn’t that unusual around the better surf areas. However, in April, Pacific Indigenous leaders— including some from Tahiti— signed a treaty recognizing whales as “legal persons.” Perhaps the whales are taking that as a sign that they’re welcome to join some of our water-based games.
Those are the highlights. I’m sure there will be more excitement in the morning when we know who the Democratic VP nominee is. In the meantime, I hope everyone stays comfortable and happy.
Good morning! It’s Tuesday and, so far, everything is going pretty much the way we would want it to. The kids were up and out the door without making much sound, possibly because they both knew they hadn’t finished their chores yesterday. We’ll have to address that when they get home this afternoon. Everyone was tired and not feeling especially well yesterday afternoon, though. Kat even came home early and curled up in bed. She ordered soup for dinner and the kids and I all had smoothies. No one could handle anything heavier.
But on the home front, that’s it. Nothing spectacular happened. Just a normal day in a normal city in a normal summer. I’ve no reason to expect things to be much different.
This morning we have Tipper’s IEP meeting. We’ll be talking with her primary support coach who happens to be one of the top 10 finalists for Teacher of the Year. I met her at the back-to-school event a couple of weeks ago and it was pretty easy to see why she’s in line for such an honor. I think the meeting will go well and help to ensure that Tipper gets all the help she needs to be successful this year. G is anxious to actually get started on classwork. They finally got their Chromebooks yesterday, but he can’t bring it home without a note from a parent. I sent the email to his advisory coach last night so that matter should be resolved. I’ve never seen someone so anxious to do schoolwork.
There’s nothing especially earthshaking in the news this morning, either, unless you’re Google. The ruling that Google holds an illegal monopoly over search sounds more frightening than it actually is, though. Microsoft went through the same sort of ruling roughly 20 years ago, just before Google popped on the scene. Google’s only guilty of doing some of the same things Microsoft did to keep their Windows operating system dominant in the industry. For there to be any significant change there has to be someone with a better alternative and at the moment that alternative doesn’t exist.
Of course, everyone’s anxious to find out who Kamala Harris is choosing as her VP candidate this evening. The sitting Vice President secured the Democratic nomination yesterday via virtual roll call. This means that the Democratic Convention can be more about platform building and political hype. We’re 91 days away from the election, though, and something tells me we won’t have to wait until October for both parties to look for political bombshells against their opponents.
Remnants of Hurricane Debby are soaking the Georgia and Carolina coasts. This is pretty much what was forecasted, so hopefully there aren’t too many people caught off guard. Flooding is the primary concern at this point, and cities along that part of the coast have experience in dealing with this problem. Support teams from other states, including Indiana, are in place so hopefully they’ll have the mess under control soon.
If you’re looking at headlines about the Nikkei index having a 10% bump this morning, you’re looking at old news. The Japanese market ended up sliding back down as the day wore on. European markets so far are mixed (as of 7:30 AM EDT). No one is sure what’s going to happen over the next couple of days, so we’ll all have to watch together and find out.
To no one’s surprise, the hot summer is yielding a lot of unrest across the Northern Hemisphere. The UK, Brazil, Italy, Bangladesh, and Nigeria all have their trouble points that are internally significant but not yet bleeding beyond their borders. Summer does this every year. The heat intensifies unrest over perceived injustices and emotions explode into violent actions. Sometimes, the change created is ultimately good, but the loss of life and damage to property is often a high price for moderate results.
One of the most exciting Olympic moments yesterday may have been when a whale decided to join the surfing competition in Tahiti. None of the surfers were in any danger as the whale breached the swells and this type of occurrence isn’t that unusual around the better surf areas. However, in April, Pacific Indigenous leaders— including some from Tahiti— signed a treaty recognizing whales as “legal persons.” Perhaps the whales are taking that as a sign that they’re welcome to join some of our water-based games.
Those are the highlights. I’m sure there will be more excitement in the morning when we know who the Democratic VP nominee is. In the meantime, I hope everyone stays comfortable and happy.
Oh, and Frankie says “Hi.”
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