My Google timeline dutifully reported my visit to Boise and surrounding towns.
But what’s this? Parma is some patchy grass near a fence? You can do better, Parma. At the very least you could have a picture of Parma Furniture.
The house across from my Vrbo rental had a huge truck in the driveway with this license plate.
However, the house and yard attached to the driveway were very neat and tidy; the very opposite of hog wild.
I guess they are just hog wild when driving? I guess they have to blow off steam somewhere.
One of our favorite finds in the big bedroom at 7611 was this yarn Jesus my aunt must have made at some point.
It’s too bad I was shaky with the picture, but you get the effect.
It’s a pretty good yarn Jesus. Perhaps my future friend would like it? If only I had an address to send it to.
Mail came today addressed to a future friend. Though I can see that it was sent from Dallas, this friend did not include a return address. How will I find my future friend?
Ah, but it’s just proselytizing. I think my future friend won’t want to be my friend if I don’t come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
What do you want to bet the “false religion” the mother was practicing was Catholicism?
I do love a friendly letter that ends in a scary quote from Revelation.
But! I love these booklets. I used to come across them on a fairly regular basis at bus stops and the like, but it’s been some times since I’ve gotten to read one.
Back in 2011, my mom gave Matt a page-a-day origami calendar. Matt added it to his rotation.
It is now 2024. You can see how quickly his rotation rotates.
It only took him 12 years to fold all of the pages.
It was a long-lasting present for sure.
Matt and I have been catching up with shows on Hulu. Because I opted for the Hulu with commercials, we’ve seen a lot of commercials for Hims. We’ve seen fewer for Hers.
Hims is a company that hooks you up with a professional to help with hair loss/erectile disfunction/depression, and Hers focuses on depression/anxiety/weight loss (though hair loss is also a thing for women, though less advertised.) I find the ads’ focus a depressing reflection on our gender roles.
So I was amused to see that the product they are selling in the store was on super sale.
Portland is getting a new form of government, and with it comes the task of splitting the city in four districts. FLO Analytics was charged with this task. Part of what FLO offers is a platform so the public can make their own suggestions by creating maps.
This comes in handy because it helps the public see what elements come with trying to make reasonable district boundaries. The app walks potential mapmakers through all the things they need to consider. But sometimes, people just want to be creative, like in these four maps.
I appreciated how all but one mapmaker kept the districts about even in number.
Here’s what the final map looks like. I’m District 2.
I’m not sure where this came from, but it made me laugh.
The Pac-12 basically dissolved due to too many colleges leaving (that’s my basic understanding, I’m not a sports fan.)
What I am a fan of is anguished letters to the editor about sports topics. This was a fun one.
