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Better Alexa than the Weasel! But I’ve only tried using Siri once or twice. I refuse to use Google’s Assistant and I intentionally do not own anything that offers Alexa or Cortana.

With Murcha, who needs Wikipedia! ;–) I wonder i there are any special doorways out there? ;–) It’s a scary universe out there!

I’m old enough to remember the old Batman TV series, but we must have watched early reruns (because the dates don’t match when my mother would have allowed us to watch that kind of show). We used to read Batman and Superman comic books in the Seventies. We were only allowed to buy them to keep us occupied during our (usually) twice a year 8-hour drives from San Diego to San José on US-101 up the coast (no air conditioning in the car). I’m not used to the dark Batman. I’ve never watched any of the movies – I’ve only seen the Christopher Reeve Superman movies, but I’ve seen almost all of the Marvel movies even though I never read any of the comic books. ;–)

…and that’s why so many of my Comments are silly and ridiculous! ;–)

That’s a different REric series! ;–)

Pheromones are chemical symbols to others. They aren't just attractants. Some are repellants like your ex-wife’s stinky feet and wind!

I attended Kindergarten at Noelani Elementary School in Honolulu, just like ‘Barry’ Obama (I’m two years older and he had a different teacher). We were taught how to be humane. The Aloha Spirit was always present. ;–)

I’ll get to your story eventually, Gary! ;–)

I agree. Puns should die!

Pheromones, man, pheromones! ;–)

They have to teach you how to be an infant in the UK? ;–)

Maybe a few could be better looking if they had a makeover… There’s also the ‘grass is greener’ phenomenon at play here… ;–)

It’s amazing how much the two of the talk, but don’t really hear each other. Of course, they don’t explicitly say what they truly want the other to know. They are afraid to expose their deepest, darkest secrets, fearful of being vulnerable and being too exposed.

Caravaggio directed by Derek Jarman Film debuts of Tilda Swindon and Sean Bean Nigel Terry as Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

I’m watching the parade now. Because it’s live, they didn’t manage to censor a naked guy, very visible in the background. Naturally, he wasn’t anyone you’d want to see naked. This is an official CBS event. KPIX is owned by CBS. This is the very first time CBS has rainbow-ized the CBS Eye logo! This is the first time a sitting Speaker of the House (Nancy Pelosi) has participated in a Pride Parade. This is also the first Pride Parade that a sitting California Governor (Gavin Newsom) has participated in. Sitting Senator/Presidential candidate Kamala Harris was also here!

There is no logical reason why any religious institution should be given tax-exempt status!

Joseph Wölfl - Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, II : Andante

My dad certainly wasn’t as Progressive as Eddie’s dad, but he read lots of different magazines to keep up with what was going on in the world. I never paid any attention to what he preached because I was a child when I was forced to sit through his services. The big news event that was taking place during that time period was the war in Southeast Asia, along with all the protests here at home. My parents were opposed to the hippies and other radicals. But his congregation in very conservative San Diego would have had it no other way. What I can remember was more a quieting of the support for the war than any sort of active opposition to the continuation of the fight. There seemed to be weariness that increased with time. Being a Navy town, there wasn’t going to be loud and active opposition to a major employer on the part of the establishment. My father would talk about god’s unconditional love, but would never have preached that it extended to LGBTQ+s. On the other hand, he would never have advocated violence. And I was never kicked out of the house even after they became aware that I am Gay. My being Gay was just another burden they had to suffer in silence… ;–)

If anyone wants to watch a major Pride Parade online, SF Pride will be streamed live for several hours on the local CBS station from 10:30am PDT (06:30pm in London or 3:30am in Sydney) on Sunday, June 30th. If your city or town doesn’t celebrate with a parade or if it’s not safe for you to participate, this is one way to have the experience. The Bay Area is large enough and Progressive enough that there are actually several different parades and other events that commemorate Pride, most on different days avoid competing with the one monster event. Personally, I’ll either stay home or be sitting in the Castro Theatre during the parade. ;–) Today was Trans March and Saturday will be D*ke March – both in San Francisco and are proudly non-commercial – and, no, KTVU Fox2, it’s not the “D*kes on Bikes March.” San José (aka Silicon Valley) and Oakland have the next two largest parades, but there’s at least one in the North Bay. Concord has a non-parade event. Earlier in the year, a Prom is held for LGBTQ+ students. It’s an embarrassment of riches compared even with larger metro areas in the US. ;–)

Oh, love isn’t here to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure. - Hermann Hesse