July 2024

Is this Marine boot camp or soccer training?

Because of earth's fragility and because I am convinced that human consciousness is unique, I believe strongly in Elon Musk's quest to hedge humanity's bets by ensuring humanity thrives off the earth. In the US where the government's impetus to explore space has been flagging in recent years, Musk's quest to seek to populate humans on other planetary bodies represents the revival of a necessary and proper human quest to advance human progress and to secure human consciousness. Periodic visits to the Fossil Butte National Monument timeline fence serve, at least for me, as a necessary reminder of this exigency: Reach for the stars!

Freddie always seeks out two legged dogs at dog park. Two legged dogs often carry food, where four legged dogs do not.

Hassett continued waxing optimistic as he noted Stanford professor, Erik Brynjolfsson's recent claim that 4% US GDP growth rates are within reach as more artificial intelligence (AI) applications come on stream.

Francisco Torres, LA session musician guest trombonist, mesmerized by world class timbales solo.

Video of assassination attempt, 30 March 1981, on President Ronald Reagan. Creepy feeling, watching this video just two days after the assassination attempt on former president, Donald Trump, but grateful that both men survived, and hopeful that one can build on the successes of the other.

Ukraine war may be a stalemate but more support from US can tip the balance in Ukraine's favor. WWI was a stalemated war which was nudged into an allied victory with US support. H.R. McMaster

Koessler family on their way to church. Bishop and TIMDT very proud of these guys!