K. E. Aplin🇺🇸🇨🇦

Raven67@zirk.us

<p>Retired Math, Physics, Computer…teacher. Music and Movie fan. Pragmatic Progessive. Romantic Realist. Agnostic. Philomath. "At the end of my rainbow lies a Golden Oldie."</p>

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Post #2432915
&quot;Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.&quot; -- Friedrich von Schiller
Post #2432914
&quot;Don&#39;t try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.&quot; -- Philip K. Dick (some of the most useful advice I ever got)
Post #2432913
It&#39;s the National Day of Reason… I&#39;m sure MAGAs will castigate it as &quot;woke&quot;
Post #2432912
In 1975 I was working on my Masters during the &quot;Energy Crisis&quot; and we proposed a car that used a small turbine (that would run on any fuel) to power electric motors in 4 wheels. Our hangup at the time was lousy batteries and computing power, but I still think it was a good idea.
Post #2432911
&quot;It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.&quot; -- Harry S Truman 33rd president of US (1884 - 1972) Happy Truman Day to all who celebrate.
Post #2432910
&quot;Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.&quot; -- Michael Crichton, Caltech Michelin Lecture, January 17, 2003
Post #2432909
&quot;Sometimes when you look in his eyes you get the feeling that someone else is driving.&quot; -- David Letterman
Post #2432908
It&#39;s Twilight Zone Day… …but then every day now feels like the Twilight Zone in Trumpland.
Post #2432907
&quot;A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.&quot; -- Ogden Nash
Post #2432906
https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2026/05/11
Post #2432905
died May 11, 2001 😥
Post #2432904
Businesses must make a profit to stay in business of course, but if one is in business to make a profit, one is just being greedy on a grander scale.
Post #2432903
Harriet Quimby, pioneering aviator, died May 11, 1912 at the age of 37. Deserves a biopic!