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We had two new scouts cross over to the troop last night. So that's nice. Hopefully, we'll get some more from other packs in the next few weeks.
The two new scouts should be at the meeting tonight. Which means the other scouts will ask them to say the name of their favorite Disney Princess. The last few scouts asked that question have said they don't have one. I was proud of those boys.
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I keep seeing articles about this Bad Bunny fellow, both pro and con. I really have no opinion on the kid one way or another. Except that he's an entertainer, so probably a filthy commie.
Still, if it hadn't been for the Super Bowl, I would never have even been aware he existed. Maybe that was the point. If so, it's a brilliant marketing strategy.
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Of the 14 pieces of mail I pulled out the mailbox yesterday, all but 2 of them went right in the trash. F@#$ing junk mail. It's probably one of the few ways that outdated relic can stay in business. That and taking the occasional chunk of taxpayer money as bailout.
I think of junk mail in the same way as Daylight Savings Time - utterly useless, but someone with influence in or over the government is making money off it. So we get it inflicted upon us.
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"There is nothing in the world so permanent as a temporary emergency." - Robert Heinlein - The Man Who Sold The World.
Delos D. Harriman was the Man Who Sold The Moon. :-)
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And, of course, now they've started some road work just down the way from the entrance to the sub-division. Oh joy!
Turns out, they’re resurfacing that road as well.
The wife was looking into it, and apparently it has something to do with FIFA. I think that’s some soccer crap. I guess our area has something to do with it. Either that, or someone got a pot of money for basic road improvements, and they’re using some leftover stuff to fix these roads. Who knows?
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Some WBD executive thinks the new Harry Potter TV will be the "streaming event of the decade"? Talk about wishful thinking.
Who knows? He may be right. I have my doubts, however. It will probably start off strong. I think some folk are going to get part way into it, see that it's not the faithful adaptation they were promised, and abandon the show. And considering the changes they're already making, I wouldn't be surprised if the showrunners put in certain one-sided talking points, further alienating fans.
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There is a tagged male great white shark named Contender. They've been tracking him swimming around the Atlantic off the East coast of the USA. He's one of the largest males, at 1,700 lbs.
That reminded me of the Blake Lively movie with her trapped on a buoy, fending off a large great white shark. The people behind the movie made it a point to say that shark was a female, because they are typically larger and more aggressive. They also eventually went that route in the Jaws franchise. The third movie (the 3D one) has a female great white and her offspring.
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When I went to pick up the boy last night, the scoutmaster and another adult leader were talking to him in the parking lot. Apparently they were encouraging him to push on earning his First Class rank. I'm glad to see someone other than me was finally pushing him to do better.
Meanwhile, another scout, the son of the other adult talking to the boy, was sitting in their car waiting. I parked right next to them. Got out, and started making faces and doing goofy s%$t, trying to catch his attention. He was totally absorbed in his phone and didn't even notice me.
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Ugh! They've extended the road work to just past the entrance to our sub-division. So the whole getting in and out is not boogered up. Stupid road work.
At least the resurfacing of the road where my daughter's art class sits is mostly complete. Looks like all they have to do is repaint. Of course, I wouldn't be surprised if they move on to another section, and booger that up for a few days.
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WOOT! I had an autogenerated email from Indeed letting me know a job I had applied to last week was closed. A few minutes later, I got a call from the staffing agency that had listed the job.
I was out and about driving, so had to wait until I stopped somewhere to call the guy back. He's going to send my resume to the company. So we shall see.
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We shall see. The boy has his last day of driver's ed class today. That's a good thing. The other day, however, when going to get gas in my truck I noted they had orange traffic barrels goin way further than the stretch of road currently under construction. So that has great potential to suck balls.