HER OWN FAULT! She led a wild, wild life. She ate badly. She shopped badly. She didn't appreciate her fine, fine job. She'd slamdance till all hours of the night. And then she'd be cranky all the next day! Oh you know what happened to her ... she got sick and dies a horrible, lingering death. And it what her own fault! #CowboyWho
The original Commodore 64 had a pretty long run for a computing platform, released in 1982 and discontinued in 1994. Its fortunes mirrored that of the company which developed it as Commodore achieved its greatest success with the C64 and never quite managed to achieve a similar level of market dominance thereafter. Now there is a new Commodore 64, the Commodore C64 Ultimate, which promises to be an end-all, be-all solution to running C64 software on a platform worthy of the Commodore legacy. Today, having had a chance to play with one for about a week, I can put those claims to the test.
We’ve now entered a sequence of pages I “drew ill”. This was the worst day. I held it together through the shivering and rivers of snot and quality didn’t suffer too badly. I wore my bathrobe over my clothes and tucked a hot water bottle down the front. You might ask, John, why did you not just go and watch an old film on the sofa? I found myself asking the same thing quite quickly. But sometimes it helps to have a distraction.
Google Fiber, now officially called GFiber, is being sold to private equity firm Stonepeak and will be combined with cable-and-fiber firm Astound Broadband to create a larger Internet service provider.
Google owner Alphabet announced Wednesday that it will keep only a minority stake in the fiber ISP that launched with grand ambitions in 2012 but scaled back its expansion plans in 2016. Alphabet and Astound owner Stonepeak announced "an agreement to combine GFiber with Astound Broadband, creating a leading independent fiber provider," with the merged company to be "majority owned by Stonepeak, an investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets."
The deal is subject to regulatory approvals and other closing conditions, with an expected closing date in Q4 of this year. The sale price was not disclosed. The deal will help GFiber take "a major step toward its goal of operational and financial independence" and obtain the "external capital and strategic focus needed to accelerate its next phase of growth," the announcement said.
PALO ALTO, CA – With Silicon Valley boasting that artificial intelligence could replace millions of jobs around the world, currently laid-off workers have reported having more free time to form angry mobs dedicated to storming and torching the homes of the tech billionaires responsible. The mobs, made up primarily of formerly-employed white collar workers whose […]
A survey from West Health-Gallup found that nearly one in 10 adults say they’ve postponed retirement because of healthcare costs, with many respondents also reporting delaying job changes, home buying, or having a child. What do you think?
“I take it the other 9 in 10 aren’t retiring at all?”
Kara Schulz, Scaffolding Expert
“My HMO specifically says all life decisions are decided in-network.”
QUEEN’S PARK – Pitching itself as “one of the most transparent governments in the history of Ontario,” the Ford government has announced that it will radically curtail transparency. The Ford Government unveiled plans today to “modernize” Ontario’s freedom-of-information laws, specifically by exempting the records of the premier, cabinet ministers, parliamentary assistants and their offices from […]
Howdy folks, and welcome back to HHR. Today, we’re taking a bit of a vacation, not too far away, just to San Antonio, to feature a chain that once flourished in Houston, Handy Andy. These photos are from a visit I made not too long ago, during Big Lots’ bankruptcy, to visit what was then the oldest intact example of a Ranch Style Handy Andy location open to the public. These photos are from December ...
In brief: A spectacular Friday and a winner of a Saturday will close Houston’s spring break week out nicely. Sunday will be warm and humid before a powerful cold front brings a pinch of rain and some potent winds in the evening and overnight hours. Much colder weather will drop temperatures from the 80s Sunday evening to the 40s Monday morning. Things then calm down.
After a cool but delightful Thursday, we set sail for another winner of a day today.
Friday & Saturday
It’ll be a cool start to the morning, but the day should warm up nicely, with highs in the mid or even upper-70s in spots on Friday. Saturday looks much the same with highs near 80 degrees. Humidity will slowly begin to inch upward later today and on Saturday, which you won’t notice a ton. Morning lows will be in the 50s tomorrow.
Rodeo Forecast
Spectacular evening for getting (responsibly) tipsy with Shaboozey. Temps will fall from the 70s into the 60s through the evening with light winds. The weather continues to look good for a moment like this on Saturday with Kelly Clarkson. Expect temperatures mainly in the 70s, maybe dipping into the upper-60s late. And then Sunday, it’ll be a little breezier and a little cloudier. Temperatures will be much warmer, and it will be humid. Look for 80s with a south wind blowing in around 20 to 30 mph. Prometiste.
Sunday night and Monday
Here’s where the forecast gets a little wild. The cold front hits the area in the evening hours Sunday, after highs in the mid-80s. It will probably carry a broken line of thunderstorms. We don’t currently expect any severe weather from this, but it’s possible some strong storms occur, especially in northeast Harris or Liberty County. The area is in a marginal risk (level 1/5) for severe storms. But the front is going to arrive with some oomph. As winds flip around to come out of the north, they could gust over 40 mph for a few hours Sunday evening. Temperatures will also drop about 30 to 40 degrees from highs in the 80s to lows in the 40s.
Wind gusts on Sunday evening (NAM model forecast shown here) could be above 40 mph across much of the area and possibly even near 50 mph at the coast for a time. (Pivotal Weather)
We try not to be too preachy on the blog here, but this is one of those times where we’ll strongly encourage you to secure any loose outdoor objects, as these may be our strongest post-frontal winds since October, or even since last March. Those wind gusts will keep up into Monday morning, though slowly back off their peak levels, still probably 30 to 40 mph though. After Noon on Monday, winds should more rapidly drop off into the 20s mph. We are probably not getting out of the mid to upper-50s on Monday, even with sunshine. Monday night will be cold with lows in the 30s and low-40s.
Forecast low temperatures Tuesday morning look to be the coldest since late February. (Pivotal Weather)
Rest of next week
We sort of break out of this fairly active weather pattern next week, with quieter weather, warming temperatures, and increasing humidity. 70s should return by Wednesday and 80s by Thursday. Our next chance at rain after Sunday may be a good way away.
WASHINGTON—Saying critics of the missile strike that killed at least 175 civilians were dodging a fundamental question, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday demanded to know what girls were doing attending school to begin with. “In all this talk about who was responsible and how this happened, are we just going to ignore the fact that girls were allowed to learn?” said Hegseth, adding that of all the grim details to emerge from the bombing, what troubled him most was the thought of innocent young girls sitting at desks and studying geography. “What kind of savages let girls, some as young as 4, acquire knowledge? Is our woke media just going to sweep that under the rug while they’re blabbering about faulty intelligence without even mentioning the teaching that was going on right out in the open?” Hegseth went on to say that while the strike on the school was unintended, it was probably better that the girls were killed before they could be fully educated.
The British Parliament voted to end centuries of political tradition by removing hereditary aristocrats from its unelected House of Lords, ousting dozens of dukes, earls, and viscounts who inherited their seats along with their aristocratic titles. What do you think?
“Good luck getting the government to function without a bunch of old creeps.”
Erik Wiebusch, Reptile Behaviorist
“I get ejecting dukes and earls, but viscounts?”
Louie Sensat, Ash Scatterer
“I’m glad people are finally realizing that Britain is an outdated idea.”
MONTREAL—Admitting that he initially felt a little shy about storing his toiletries there, former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters Friday that he was finally comfortable enough to keep an extra jar of his brown face paint at girlfriend Katy Perry’s house. “Things have gotten pretty serious between us, and having my own race impersonation makeup there is so much more convenient than remembering to pack it every time I stay over,” said Trudeau, who explained that he always kept paint on hand in case an Arabian Nights-themed party or gala came up. “I was so nervous when I accidentally left it on her nightstand last week—what if she thought the relationship was moving too fast? But Katy said I can keep as much brownface there as I want. She even cleared space in her closet for my spare turbans and scimitars! Of course, she’s welcome to use them, too.” Trudeau confirmed that he returned the favor by encouraging Perry to keep one of her Japanese kimonos at his place.
WASHINGTON—Further fueling speculation that the commander-in-chief might have undisclosed medical conditions, rumors regarding President Trump’s health swirled Friday after he screamed, “Fuck! I’m dying!” during a press conference. “Fuck! I’m fucking dying! Oh God, it hurts! Ahhhhhhh!” Trump said in response to a question about the ongoing war in Iran, sparking fervent discussion among Beltway insiders over whether the president wincing in pain while clutching his chest and screaming, “I see the light, I see the light,” could potentially signal a serious illness he had failed to share with the public. “Ahhh! Ahhh! Ahhh! This is it! Here I go! I can feel my body shutting down! Jesus Christ, it’s all over!” At press time, additional concerns about the president’s health emerged after paramedics were spotted lifting Trump’s body into a body bag, zipping it up, and wheeling it out of the West Wing on a stretcher.
Uber launched a feature that allows both women riders and drivers across the U.S. to be exclusively matched with other women for trips, expanding a pilot program intended to address safety concerns. What do you think?
I’m very sorry to announce that Dean is not going to be on the boat. In the original draft of the script, he was. The poor fellow was ejected overboard on the first morning of writing week. I needed the pages for something else and I’m not sorry. Lottie’s flash-forward shows you the future that almost was.
