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- February 2, 2026
- Rudeness Thy Name is T-Mobile Fiber
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So I had a couple of false starts with T-Mobile Fiber recently.
Now look, while I remain open to new technologies, when their people go out of their way to be the rudest employees of any company on the planet I lose interest quickly. They have sent their people unannounced and without an appointment to try and sell me on their products.
While I understand that they just ran their fiber leg on my street their tactics are by and large unacceptable and they have lost my business because I have low tolerance for rude behavior in anyone, man, woman, corporate entity or their representatives.
I will never understand the rude nature of companies which think they have something new to offer when in actuality what is in place is quite adequate.
I was getting along just fine before they ever arrived unannounced at my door.
Their "too good to be true" offer simply landed on ears which were more deaf than not.
When you leave me wanting to throttle your representatives your efforts are wasted by and large.
Stop your rude behavior and get a handle on that "business customer" orientation you totally lack.
Maybe tomorrow ...
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- February 1, 2026
- Attack of the Dead HDTV
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I was napping today and noticed my began television freaking out.
It turned off of it's own accord. I turned it back on. It ran for less than a minute and turned off again.
I got up and troubleshot only to find no apparent discrepancies of setup.
I gave it another fifteen minutes of attempting to get it to return functionality to no avail.
So ... I ended up buying a new teevee. Isn't ecommerce wonderful?
My stop gap measure was to take my step father's old Dell monitor and attach it to the Roku via an HDMI port then tie in my trusty bluetooth speakers which have sat unused for several years now.
This resulted in a functional tiny screen boom box which is without the broadcast channels — but which will suffice just fine until I get the new dumb HD television set up.
You can't always get what you want so sometimes you have to make do in circumstances beyond your control.
Yawn !
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- January 31, 2026
- National Backwards Day 2026
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Today is National Backwards Day.
It is observed each January 31st annually.
It is more of a whimsical invocation of fun ...
I have had episodes whereby I did things unconventionally.
This is a function of that which I observed viz a viz what I know teched with that which I feel.
It wasn't always something I deemed as "correct" but more so something with which to experiment and pursue from an esthetic perspective.
The day beckons you to do things either in reverse or unconventionally.
I'm all for whimsey but I don't believe I'll be using the back door — nor taking any rides up the dirt road.
Have a nice day.
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- January 30, 2026
- Diabetic Foot Care
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I tend to my feet in accordance with what I have been told regarding diabetes and foot care. I have a professional deal with it and she does a thorough job and leaves me feeling glad that I went to her.
This matter of effective diabetic foot care involves checks for cuts, sores, or redness; washing feet in lukewarm water and drying thoroughly (especially between toes); moisturizing the tops and bottoms but not between toes; trimming nails straight across; wearing well-fitting shoes and moisture-wicking socks; never walking barefoot; and regular medical inspections because diabetes can cause nerve damage and poor circulation, increasing risks for serious complications.
I don't indulge much of a daily foot care routine on my own. I do hit the old clunkers with a frequent washing then a good moisturizer and go about looking for obvious problems, but that's about it.
The real foot care gets done by Tina at Mrs Goodfoot. She occasionally gets on to me regarding my failure to wear shoes or some other effective foot covering and indeed, at my this appointment she had to inspect where I jammed my toes into the wooden bedframe in my sleeping quarters sometime during the middle of the night on my way to the bathroom.
I wear well fitting orthopedic footwear to try and fill in those blanks of lax care on my part.
I do not use hot water to bathe my feet. Nor do I perform procedural repairs on them as well. I try not go around barefoot but find I have had a problem with that of late. All of the products I use are soothing and exclude strong soaps and medicated implementations.
I don't smoke. I did some 40 years ago but gave it all up as a lost cause. I am told this is likely why I don't have a list of serious issues with my feet and other aspects of my health. My daddy and my dearest friend both passed from the effects of a lifetime of smoking cigarettes.
I have yet to notice bruising or any discoloration aside from the hemosiderin staining which comes and goes. I try to take my cues from Tina because I feel she really goes out of her way to do a good job for me and I am very happy with her work.
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- January 29, 2026
- Daddy's Birthday in Heaven 2026
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Today is my dad's birthday.
He passed on December 4, 2001 and went down very hard.
My dad was a straight shooting no nonsense kind of guy who didn't put a lot of store in practical jokes or the trivial drivel of gossip.
After his protracted and failed treatment we have been without him a very long time now.
His passing was the most difficult episode in my life.
He was a Master Chief Nuke Machinist Mate and mechanical supervisor at Westinghouse NFD in his retirement from the Navy.
He was born January 29, 1932 and died from the sequela of smoking.
Rest in peace Daddy.
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- January 28, 2026
- Data Privacy Day 2026
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I have had to involve myself with more security than I might like to otherwise. Maintaining an internet node comes with a wide selection of people out to exploit your defenses to gain access to anything and everything you might have on a server in the public domain.
Toward this end, I have implemented a very involved set of convoluted access criteria anyone attempting to gain access to or utilize my protected resources must meet.
One false move toward unauthorized access and you are firewalled automatically. I hate to go to these extremes but there are so many out there on the public domain without any sense of human decency who feel what's theirs is theirs and what's mine is theirs — so I simply take a proactive unforgiving bent regarding security violations of any type.
Today is Data Privacy Day.
This is an international event that occurs every year on January 28th.
The purpose of Data Privacy Day is raising awareness and promoting privacy as well as data protection best practices.
It is currently observed in the United States, Canada, Qatar, Nigeria, Israel and 47 European countries.
While you are welcome to a lot of my stuff there is a certain set belonging to others which you may not access and the consequences for attempting are permanent and severe. It's not what I "want" but something I "require". You can't have just any old thing you want from me if I find myself charged with protecting it from you.
Happy Data Privacy Day.
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Data Privacy Day 2024
Data Privacy Day 2021
Data Privacy Day 2020
Data Privacy Day
The Data Broker's Bitch
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- January 27, 2026
- Grissom, White, and Chaffee died aboard Apollo 1 in 1967
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When I was on the cusp of twelve I recall the Apollo 1 disaster whereby three astronauts were killed in a fire which sprang up quickly and asphyxiated them before they could be rescued. I recall how horrible I thought it must be to die thusly — particularly in the hyperoxgenated engulfing type blaze described in the literature.
At that time I was exceedingly "pro NASA" and it was an incident which has stayed with me from then until now.
During a launch simulation US astronauts Virgil I Grissom, Edward H White, and Roger B Chaffee perished in a fire aboard Apollo 1. I was dismayed that a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal could even happen, much less kill three of our national heros.
The result of this tragedy was that significant safety changes were made that enabled the success of the Apollo program possible.
Virgil "Gus" Grissom was a veteran astronaut, and had already participated in the Mercury and Gemini programs.
Edward "Ed" White was The first American to walk in space during the Gemini IV mission.
Roger Chaffee was A naval aviator and aeronautical engineer, making his first spaceflight.
Elements of The Apollo 1 Tragedy
The tragedy was caused during a "plugs-out" test for the planned February 21, 1967 launch.
A fire erupted in the Apollo Command Module caused by a spark from damaged wiring ignited flammable materials in the pure oxygen environment.
There was a inward-opening hatch which trapped the astronauts.
The three men were asphyxiated.
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Apollo 1 Fire of 1967
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- January 27, 2026
- Holocaust Remembrance Day 2026
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The Holocaust refers to the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators during World War II. In Hebrew, the term Shoah which means catastrophe is often used to describe this genocide
It also targeted other groups deemed subhuman including Romani people, disabled individuals, Poles, Soviet prisoners of war, gay men, and political opponents with numbers in the millions driven by Nazi racial ideology and the goal of racial purity and conquest.
It all began with discriminatory laws and harassment in Germany after 1933. Jews were forced into overcrowded ghettos. Millions of targeted individuals were shot by mobile killing squads called Einsatzgruppen and gassed in extermination camps like Auschwitz.
It included ghettos, mass shootings, and extermination camps, culminating in the Final Solution which was a plan to eliminate all Jewish people in Europe.
Slavs, Roma, people with disabilities, homosexuals, and others were also systematically murdered. Extreme antisemitism and racial supremacy were the order of the day. They aimed to create a racially pure German empire with abundant living room which they referred to as Lebensraum.
See Also:
Elie Wiesel
Yom HaShoah 2020
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
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- January 26, 2026
- Eddie Van Halen Happy Birthday in Heaven
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- January 25, 2026
- Dominos Wings get a thumbs down
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No go on the Dominos Wings.
They have no aspect of crispy and taste like a big blob of the same thing. I was expecting FAR too much when I went there in the ice storm expecting a superior product.
I may or may not ever go back for Pizza being this chapped in general over their lack of quality in a product, namely hot buffalo and Honey BBQ wings.
Feel free to partake of a truly third rate ... or worse wing all you like. In all fairness, Mom liked hers but she is 87 years old.
I suppose I'll just have to suffer the consequence of my actions in silence for my poor selection decision yet again.
Boo and YUK.
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- January 25, 2026
- Rare planetary alignment 2026
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We have a somewhat rare celestial event consisting of the alignment of seven planets in the night sky.
They are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. All will be visible with the naked eye except Uranus and Neptune which will require telescopic viewing. It is touted as "a billion years" event while it is in actuality a regular visual occurrence.
Beautiful — but not as incredibly rare as some media outlets might lead you to believe.
Regardless, if you have interests in astronomical phenomena this event will provide a fantastic visual spectacle.
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- January 24, 2026
- National Compliment Day 2026
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I recall my cousin's young child Michael, who was just out of the toddler stage back then smiling as he said "Hello handsome" to me when I was a much younger man than I am today.
Now this took me quite aback and I realize he was only repeating that which had been said to him sometime earlier.
Anyway, all I could do is grin back at him, wave and somewhat sheepishly say "hello!".
Today is National Compliment Day.
It is observed each January 24th annually and is said to be a day dedicated to spreading positivity and kindness by giving real time compliments to others in an effort to improve everyone's mood and strengthens those interpersonal connections.
These ideas include praising someone's effort, character, or style, and sharing the positive impact as you see fit.
The day provides an opportunity to vocalize nice things you think about others, making people feel noticed and appreciated.
It instigates a ripple effect of kind words in the name of creating happiness and belonging.
So if you are so inclined share a compliment with some deserving other. It will provide improvement and mesh between you and your significant others.
Happy National Compliment Day.
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- January 23, 2026
- The Frisbee first created in 1957
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When I was young I was all about frisbee and tossing these plastic disks about. I learned that a flat flip flew straight and that an angled release made it curve.
I was by no means a competetor nor an expert but I did get out there and play with them when few other things caught my interest.
On January 23, 1957, the Wham-O toy company began rolling out the first batch of their plastic disks —
Now known to millions of fans all over the world as Frisbees.
This is primarily a story out of Bridgeport, Connecticut, where one William Frisbie opened the Frisbie Pie Company in 1871.
Students from nearby universities would throw the empty pie tins to each other, yelling "Frisbie!" as they let go.
In 1948, one Walter Frederick Morrison and his partner one Warren Franscioni invented a plastic version of the disk called the “Flying Saucer” that could fly further and more accurately than the tin pie plates.
After splitting with Franscioni, Morrison made an improved model in 1955 and sold it to a new toy company called Wham-O as the “Pluto Platter” in an attempt to cash in on the public craze over space and Unidentified Flying Objects aka "UFOs".
High school kids in Maplewood, New Jersey, invented a game known as Ultimate Frisbee which is a cross between football, soccer and basketball in 1967.
In the 1970s the late Edward Early Headrick, aka "Steady" Ed Headrick invented Frisbee Golf, in which disks are tossed into metal baskets; there are now hundreds of courses in the US with millions of devotees.
There is also Freestyle Frisbee, a choreographed version with routines set to music and multiple disks in play as well as and various Frisbee competitions for both humans and canines — which are the absolute best natural Frisbee players.
Today, at least 60 manufacturers produce the flying disks generally made out of plastic and measuring roughly 8-10 inches in diameter with a curved lip.
Nowadays the official Frisbee is owned by Mattel Toy Manufacturers, who bought the toy from Wham-O in 1994.
I'll likely never play with another but they certainly did have their heyday in my lifetime.
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- January 22, 2026
- 1968 Premiere of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
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When I was 13 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In was a regular television entity in my life.
The show was created by one Digby Wolfe and starred Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, and Gary Owens.
It popularized rapid fire vignette comedy including comedy sketches, punch-lines, musical numbers, and gags are edited together in a rapid and almost random format.
Their trademark elements included the joke wall, the dancing women painted with one-liners and the fickle finger of fate award.
It was here that I got my first good look at and listen to Mr Herbert Butros Khaury, aka Tiny Tim.
At the time it was all very entertaining to a fool boy such as myself. I'm glad to say I've grown past most of it by now.
The show as aka "Laugh In" and was a prime example of sketch comedy on teevee at the time. It ran from January 22, 1968, to July 23, 1973. It was even touted as the most popular television show in the United States for a time.
It supported a gaggle of writers including Lorne Michels before he became the producer of Saturday Night Live. Before he fired Charlie Rocket. Before he became a woke idiot.
All in all "Laugh In" was an enjoyable interlude in the life of this fool child and I never became so involved in any other comedy programs again.
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Henry Gibson
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