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A piano-playing miniature pony named Black Pearl wakes up anesthetized children in Shriners for Children Medical Center. I would think I had died on the operating table and gone to hell.
Reception room of Windows on the World, the restaurant located on the top floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center, New York City, c. 1976. Designer: Warren Platner. Looked the same when I went to press events there 15 years later. Spooky to see today.
I went to Comic-Con yesterday. Here are some photos
More precisely, I went near Comic-Con. I didnât get tickets. But thatâs OK â Comic-Con takes over all of downtown. I like to ride the Trolley in, walk around, people-watch, take photos, look at all the wild decorations and themed attractions studios put up to advertise the big movies and TV shows. I like to rack up the steps. I did 23,000 steps yesterday. A friend came down from Orange County, and it was delightful to see him.
Iâm on my way, looking dapper, if I do say so myself, wearing a tasteful shirt.
This is not a Comic-Con photo. Itâs just a nice scenic photo of the San Diego embarcadero.
Another scenic San Diego photo.
In past years, there used to be a couple of dozen of these guys hanging out at the trolley stop. Now I only saw two or three scattered around. We used to be a country, I tell ya.
Dozens of downtown skyscrapers are wrapped to advertise TV and movies. This is just one example.
At first glance, I thought this gentleman, who I saw on the Trolley ride home, was cosplaying. Upon further scrutiny, I think he is just exquisitely fashionable.
I had an actual, legitimate wrong-number text just now, followed by a phone call. They werenât trying to get me to invest in crypto or a pump-and-dump meme stock. They were just trying to reach somebody else and got me instead.
What a refreshing novelty.
Links and ephemera for Monday, 7.28.2025
âȘ The Department of Homeland Security is tweeting Nazi propaganda. msn.com
âȘ Passkeys wonât be ready for primetime until Google and other companies fix this zdnet.com â I donât use Passkeys. I donât quite understand them. I researched them when they first started hitting the mainstream, but have since forgotten what Iâve learned. I fear I could be locked out of my accounts if Apple and/or Google take a dislike to me. Passwords and 2FA are faulty, but theyâre devils I am familiar with.
âȘ How chat-based LLMs replicate the methods of a psychic con. softwarecrisis.dev
âȘ This little boy is why we need live music in public spaces.Â
âȘ Anthony Bourdain on In-N-Out: âMy Favorite Restaurant in L.A.â youtu.be. I like, but do not love, In-N-Out.
âŠJoin star fleet they saidâŠItâll be an adventure they saidâŠ
One Day in Metropolis (MAD #226, October 1981). Artist: Don Martin
