Happy Juneteenth. I'm grateful it's a holiday. It's something worth celebrating.

This guy explains how far you could travel back in time and still understand English

Summer Solstice 2025. Thanks to Google Gemini for the image.

Paws care time

I went to see the movie "F1" tonight. GO SEE IT IN THE THEATER. Outstanding movie. I figured it would be good action movie, but it was more than that. Not a single false step. Great soundtrack, great plot, great action, GREAT cast. Highly recommended. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Today was a dark day in the Latham household. Two cats were obliged to visit the cat doctor. Both got some shots, and one had some blood drawn. The latter cat also had his claws clipped because of the ferociousness he demonstrated while under care. Four cats out of the five had

There are events and commemorations of the 250th anniversary of American independence coming up. We are about to enter the 250th year of American independence, which starts this coming Friday. Over the past day or two I've been thinking, even though there will be all of these

The Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission (VA250) invites you to start commemorating America’s 250th year in the state that started it all. Learn more at VA250.org.

There are others out there who know how cool this is. I was invited (or, as I was reminded by the mailer, required by federal law) to participate in the American Community Survey for the U.S. Census Bureau. Be jealous!

Charlie is helping me with the laundry. Without this kind of help, the clothes might float up into the air and get scattered around.

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249th birthday of our experiment. 🇺🇸

According to Grok there are 65 countries that have declared independence from the UK. If we start with July 4, then we could celebrate a country declaring independence from the UK an average of about every 5.5 days between now and next July 4. Happy Independence Day to the

Happy birthday to the Land of Dreams. 🇺🇸 youtu.be/hgo9xuIE8YM?si…

I have been on a staycation for a bit following the June primary, and it has been nice just staying at home and minding my own business.

From my Social Security statement. Encouraging news. Social Security will be there, even when it's only 81% of what I'm supposed to receive. I have a feeling if I only paid the IRS 81% of my tax liability they wouldn't consider me as showing up.

A driver waits while watching a woodcock finish crossing the road. 😂

Virginia's 2025 election is coming together. Today we sent off the artwork for our ballots to be printed. We plan on starting testing of voting machines this Friday. Early voting starts Friday, Sept 19.

If you don't like election laws, you need to talk to elected officials, not election officials. Elected officials make the laws that govern elections.

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