Blathr Wayne Lorentz

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Blathring in October, 2019

Bird news

Saturday, October 26th, 2019 Alive 17,714 days

Mike the hummingbird who lives in my backyard has a female friend. Alice is not afraid of me and sits on a twig and watches me while I water the plants.

The family of grackles who used to visit me outside my office window every day doesnʼt come around anymore now that the weather is cooler and they can go elsewhere for food. Now I have all this leftover fondue bread sitting in my filing cabinet.

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Should have listened to the Fiat GPS

Monday, October 21st, 2019 Alive 17,709 days

A dirt road across the Nevada desert

Dear Apple Maps,

This is not State Highway 87.

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Did you press the button?

Thursday, October 3rd, 2019 Alive 17,691 days

A Halloween decoration at Target
  • Square, black keys?
  • CLR/HOME key?
  • INST/DEL key?
  • RESTORE key?
  • RUN STOP key?
  • and cursor keys?
  • Dedicated currency key?

Yep, the Commodore PET has been immortalized as a Halloween trinket at Target.

In keeping with the Halloween theme, the HELLO, HELP, and Escape keys have been highlighted.

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