The first Halloween after VJ Day. Nancy Pelosi was 5, Bernie Sanders was 4, and Mitch McConnell was 3. So don’t call them Boomers! I can imagine Mitch, Alabama-born and raised, wearing one of those spook costumes when he was a kid. Joe Biden? Halloween, 1945, he was three weeks away from turning 3.
From a few weeks after “Love Me Do” was released in England, a Beatles interview. The lads are still sounding a bit uncertain about it all, and Ringo admits he’s been in the band “nine weeks now.”
Somebody I know needs a GPS for a trip, but doesn’t want to use phone navigation software. Do I have something that works directly with the Global Positioning System satellites? Why, yes I do. A now-idle Garmin nüvi 58 that I bought six years ago, along with a nice beanbag dashboard mount, for getting around greater Phoenix.
After repurposing a 32 GB microSD card to make it possible to update the maps, the Garmin is now ready to go.
Fun fact: The Internet and the Global Positioning System were both created with American taxpayer dollars, under the auspices of the Defense Department, formerly the War Department. Reminding you and all Americans to take the right route and DON’T BE A SUCKER!
Is the Smithsonian haunted?
Does Linus really think it would be good to meet the Great Pumpkin?
“Stupid, am I??”
Today’s big thrill, after a prostate check during my annual physical, was getting a new case for my Pixel 4a. With the phone now being an ancient model from two years ago, Best Buy has the OtterBox Commuter on clearance for $17.
I don’t commute anymore, but my pal Denro and I will be seeing Joe Sinnott’s family this weekend in New York. The OtterBox case works well with the Topgo phone holder I have in the car. I’ll probably use the Waze app for navigation.
A while back I took advantage of a sale on digital reprints of Atlas comics from the 1950’s. Some of the art published by Atlas is right up there with EC.
