When we planned this trip, we really needed it to be at the end of Oct , but my wife did not want to be traveling on the voting day. There’s so much hate out there she’s afraid of violence that day. She wants to be safe home. So it’s a shorter trip. Leave Wednesday and back next Monday.

I kind of expect to be a Senior for the rest of my lifetime, I guess it’s official now.

So the planet is edging further into…

Scientists have discovered that Earth’s carbon sinks are not really carbon sinking at the moment

Whenever we go to Costco, I slow down by the pumpkin pie. My wife always say no, and we move on. Last week she finally said yes. With the help of my grandsons, this is the last piece.

Bummer. They are so entertaining

Erik ten Hag sacked by Manchester United: news and reaction – live

As I’ve gotten older, I get to the airport early and just take my sweet time

Shift gears it’s been all baseball with a sprinkling of college football for the past couple of weeks. The Arsenal is back n action #UpTheArs

Just heard thunder in Kona at 6 am. Haven’t heard that in while

This is fun. Here’s a screen shot from the stream of the race helicopter shot with me taking a photo of the eventual race winner. Patrick Lange. It’s at the exact same time, he’s pouring water on his shoulders

The eventual winner of the Ironman Kona, Patrick Lange of Germany passed us on Alii Drive in 2nd place. He won in a new course record time of 7:35:53

They tried to come from ahead to lose. Almost did it.

In the early days of Twitter I made a lot of great connections with people from around the world. Over the subsequent years people fell away for various reasons. It’s so cool that I’ve reconnected with many of these people on threads.

Texas should win today after last week’s debacle, but you never know.

We did a lap downtown. Got our fill of Ironman before it gets really crowded. We’ll likely go out to Alii Drive when the runners go by. We’ll hear the helicopters when it’s time

Back stage at the finish line.

The sequence goes down the run finish chute.

C’mon Dogs, walk off. That’s all

We have to keep our Amazon account, on Hawaii Island we have less choices, we are using it a lot less though. Canceled my Washington Post account last year.

A year ago switched to direct fiber internet. At the time also redid our home network. New router, Direct ethernet to high demand devices, 2 AppleTV, 3 Sonos, Wife’s work computer & Xbox when grandson is over. This frees up WiFi for laptops, phones and a myriad of smart devices. No issues at all

A little aged