Discoverer’s Day 2026

Angel Youngs

Another no-holiday holiday … Columbus Day, Discoverer’s Day, Indigenous Peoples Day … has come and gone. So, why not “discover” hurdy-gurdy hottie, Angel Youngs instead?

The nice weather was interrupted by heavy rain on Wednesday afternoon and continued through Thursday. The excess moisture caused the humidity to rise to 88% and resulted in another heatwave. Hotter than Angel Youngs? Obviously not.

The bout with “COVID” … errr, the common cold … continued until Friday last week. The overall duration of the illin’ event was two weeks. The Watch Series 9 logged higher resting heart rate and breathing disturbances as expected. Incidentally, HRV and AFib History appear to be somewhat useless after the WatchOS 27 update.

A chance encounter with neighbor, Ignacio, occurred last week as well. He was “beside himself” because he was yet to receive his mail-in ballot for the November (s)election. “We got to win,” he said, obviously referring to the Republican candidates. Ignacio is a devoted supporter of “Orange Bad Man” and the despicable fool’s policies.

Retirement has been less than ideal. The invocation of strict dietary constraints has made dining out impossible. Not having to prepare meals is one of the main perks of retirement. Truly pathetic. Otherwise, the itinerary remains the same. How long that itinerary can be maintained is anyone’s guess.

The wait for the “shock to the system” continues. So far, no sign of duress. The situation continues, unaffected by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the widening war in the Levant (Ansarallah versus the Saudi-backed PLC). The alleged “diesel agreement” between empire and the Russian Federation appears to be another public relations stunt by “Orange.” It will do little to mitigate the diesel shortage.

Addendum: The iCloud e-mail account has been rendered useless by thousands of “spam” e-mail being delivered to it from Japan of all places. The latter predicament is a result of the horrendous data breach chronicled previously in Notes.

Miscellany: GeoPolitiQ (Substack) has been added to the approved Web site list.